Patent ID: 8817691

Claim:
A device, comprising: a memory that stores computer-executable components; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that executes or facilitates execution of the computer-executable components, the computer-executable components including: a wireless communications component configured to communicate with a source node via a first link and configured to communicate with a relay node via a second link; and a decoder component configured to decode a current message that is transmitted by the source node to the wireless communications component and the relay node as a function of information provided by the relay node in response to a determination that the decoder component is not able to decode the current message before the relay node and that a different memory associated with the relay node is not at a defined level, and decode the current message without the information provided by the relay node in response to an acknowledgment message that indicates that the current message is decodable by the relay node and a determination that the decoder component is able to decode the current message before the relay node.