Patent ID: 8243655
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring at least a first information entity from a first node to a second node, and a second information entity from the first node to a third node, and wherein the first node comprises the first and second information entities, the second node comprises the second information entity, and the third node comprises the first information entity, the method comprising: forming an ad hoc network including at least the first, second, and third nodes; receiving, at the first node, first identification data identifying one or more information entities stored in a memory associated with the second node, and second identification data identifying one or more information entities stored in a memory associated with the third node; using the first and second identification data to identify, at the first node, the first and second information entities; jointly encoding, at the first node, at least the first information entity and the second information entity to generate a composite information entity that can be decoded using at least one of the first information entity and the second information entity; and transmitting, from the first node, a composite message comprising the composite information entity.