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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Gainesville, FL (US);
Dapeng Oliver Wu, Gainesville, FL (US);
Xin Li, Gainesville, FL (US);
Kairan Sun, Gainesville, FL (US);
Qiuyuan Huang, Gainesville, FL (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated, Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
A network system for increasing data throughput and decreasing transmission delay from a source node to a sink node via a relay node. The network system may comprise a source node configured to encode a plurality of data packets using rateless coding and transmit the plurality of data packets; at least one relay node configured to receive at least one of the plurality of data packets from the source node, and if the at least one relay node has received a sufficient quantity of the plurality of data packets, regenerate, re-encode, and relay the plurality of data packets; and a sink node configured to receive one or more of the plurality of data packets from the at least one relay node, and if the sink node has received the sufficient quantity of the plurality of data packets, regenerate and decode the plurality of data packets.