Wire vs wireless Wire VS Wireless WIRE WIRELESS v An edge between two nodes √ The channel of one means that the two nodes are particular edge is actually physically connected Network Modeling shared by other neighboring edge v Multicast communication is studied while network coding v Unicast communication is of multiple unicast flows remains Traffic Pattern the dominate traffic pattern a largely unknown territory v Traffic rates are varies over Y The traffic rate(or distribution) time rather than constant is predetermined and Traffic Rate do not changeWire vs Wireless ✓An edge between two nodes means that the two nodes are physically connected. ✓Multicast communication is studied while network coding of multiple unicast flows remains a largely unknown territory. ✓The traffic rate (or distribution) is predetermined and do not change. Wire vs Wireless ✓The channel of one particular edge is actually shared by other neighboring edge. ✓ Unicast communication is the dominate traffic pattern. ✓Traffic rates are varies over time rather than constant. Network Modeling Traffic Pattern Traffic Rate WIRE WIRELESS 10