Introduction to Network Coding for Mobile Peer to Peer (P2P)

In this chapter we introduce the concept of network coding and how it can be used in a network. We illustrate the potential of network coding with a simple example that shows how network coding can negate the effect of a bottleneck in the network. Network coding can be especially useful in cooperative scenarios, and therefore we compare the performance of different approaches for data transmission in a small network. To allow for first‐hand experience with network coding, we provide an example implementation of a small messaging program. Based on this example, the reader should be able to implement network coding in other applications.