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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
Alexander Reznik, Titusville, NJ (US);
Eldad M. Zeira, Huntington, NY (US);
Chunxuan YE, Wayne, PA (US);
Sana Sfar, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Alexander Reznik, Titusville, NJ (US);
Eldad M. Zeira, Huntington, NY (US);
Chunxuan Ye, Wayne, PA (US);
Sana Sfar, King of Prussia, PA (US);
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method for network coding of packets between End Nodes (ENs) and a Relay Node (RN) in wireless communications can be performed at the RN. This method may include: receiving a new packet at the RN from one of the ENs; determining the source node of the new packet at the RN; providing a buffer for each EN; determining whether the buffer associated with the EN that is not the source of the new packet (non-source buffer) has the new packet buffered and based upon such determination, either: (1) storing the new packet in the EN buffer that is the source of the new packet on a condition that the non-source buffer is empty; or (2) network coding the new packet with an existing packet in the non-source buffer.