Patent ID: 9231812
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method in a network coding node, said network coding node configured to receive a first stream of bits from a first node, receive a second stream of bits from a second node and provide said first and second stream of bits to said second and first nodes, respectively, using network coding, the method comprising: the network coding node estimating a first number of bits per resource element to be received from said first node, the network coding node estimating a second number of bits per resource element to be received from said second node, the network coding node determining a first and a second number of resource elements for the first and second node, respectively, the network coding node allocating the first number of resource elements to the first node for providing said first stream of bits from the first node to the network coding node, and the network coding node allocating the second number of resource elements to the second node for providing said second stream of bits from the second node to the network coding node, wherein said step of determining the first and second number of resource elements comprises fitting the bits received from each one of said first node and said second node in an equal integer number of resource elements being allocated for providing said first and second stream of bits from the network coding node to said second and first nodes, respectively, using network coding.