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Note that the 2 to 4W conversion analogy in the case of network coding and wireless networks.
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While the statement that the Min Cut Max Flow Theorem produces the maximum theoretical capacity of a network [from the point of view of a single designated user node pair]is strictly speaking correct, it is a poor bound. This is so since its use assumes that no other nodes are inputing/outputing any data other than a specific designated pair. That is the same pair that defines the appropraite cut referred to by the Min Cut Max flow method. Consequently the use of the resultant to establish an upper bound for the capacity/utility in any useful sense is way too optimistic. Any meaningful estimate would have to assume some spatial/temporal distribution of concurrent users. Since the selection of a parametric distribution brings into play many additional degrees of modeling freedom, a prefered standard seems a long shot to say the least. Of course many more practical limitatins on the connectivity of the network [eg the reachability of a specific node from another without some necesary indirectivity] bring into play many more such model dependent conditions and parameters. Therefore it would seem that a meaningful capacity calculation based on "network topology" alone is not possible for any but the simplist "toy problems"
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