Patent ID: 8503346

Claim:
An operation method of a relay node, the method comprising: receiving a 1-1 partial source message and a 1-2 partial source message from a first source node, a first source message of the first source node including the 1-1 partial source message and the 1-2 partial source message; receiving a 2-1 partial source message and a 2-2 partial source message from a second source node, a second source message of the second source node including the 2-1 partial source message and the 2-2 partial source message; generating a network-coded message by applying a logical operation to operands of the 1-1 partial source message and the 2-1 partial source message; and transmitting the network-coded message to a first destination node corresponding to the first source node and a second destination node corresponding to the second source node.