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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK CODED MESH NETWORKING IN A NETWORK OF MOVING THINGS

  • US 20170150299A1
  • Filed: 12/07/2016
  • Published: 05/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of receiving digital information from a content source via a network of moving things comprising at least first network node, a second network node, and a third network node, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by the third network node via a first communication path, a first subset of packets from a first set of N encoded packets, the first set of N encoded packets encoded by the first network node using a first set of encoding parameters and N corresponding packets containing the digital information;

    receiving, by the third network node via a second communication path, a second subset of packets from a second set of N encoded packets, the second set of N encoded packets encoded by the second network node using a second set of encoding parameters and the N corresponding packets;

    determining that sufficient encoded packets have been received, by the third network node, if the sum of a first number of packets in the first subset and a second number of packets in the second subset is equal to N, and that every packet in the first subset and the second subset corresponds uniquely to a packet in the N corresponding packets;

    decoding the packets in the first subset and the second subset to reproduce the N corresponding packets at the third network node and transmitting the N corresponding packets, by the third network node, to an end-user device, if it is determined that sufficient encoded packets have been received to enable decoding; and

    waiting for additional packets of the first set of N encoded packets or the second set of N encoded packets to be received, if it is determined that sufficient encoded packets have not been received to enable decoding.

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