Method of decoding content data blocks, corresponding computer program product and decoding device

A method of decoding a data block received by a receiver node in a communication network comprising a plurality of nodes wherein a sender node broadcasts data to a plurality of nodes in the network and the receiver node receives same data directly from the sender node and via at least one node other than the sender node, the data block being encoded using an error correction code which can correct an erasure, wherein the method comprises:

• an obtaining step of obtaining a data block directly received from the sender node and at least one corresponding data block received via a node other than the sender node;
• a determining step of determining an erasure symbol in the data block directly received from the sender node;
• a replacing step of replacing the erasure symbol by a value of a corresponding symbol corresponding to the erasure symbol in the corresponding data block if the corresponding symbol is not an erasure symbol;
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• a correction step of correcting the erasure symbol, which could not be replaced in the replacing step, using the error correction code.

A computer readable storage medium storing a program comprising a program code for implementing a method of decoding a data block received by a receiver node in a communication network comprising a plurality of nodes wherein a sender node broadcasts data to a plurality of nodes in the network and the receiver node receives same data directly from the sender node and via at least one node other than the sender node, the data block being encoded using an error correction code which can correct an erasure, wherein the method comprises:

• an obtaining step of obtaining a data block directly received from the sender node and at least one corresponding data block received via a node other than the sender node;
• a determining step of determining an erasure symbol in the data block directly received from the sender node;
• a replacing step of replacing the erasure symbol by a value of a corresponding symbol corresponding to the erasure symbol in the corresponding data block if the corresponding symbol is not an erasure symbol;
• and
• a correction step of correcting the erasure symbol, which could not be replaced in the replacing step, using the error correction code.

A node for decoding a data block received from a sender node in a communication network comprising a plurality of nodes wherein the sender node broadcasts data to a plurality of nodes in the network and each node receives same data directly from the sender node and via at least one node other than the sender node, the data block being encoded using an error correction code which can correct an erasure, wherein the node comprises:

• an obtaining unit adapted to obtain a data block directly received from the sender node and at least one corresponding data block received via a node other than the sender node;
• a determining unit adapted to determine an erasure symbol in the data block directly received from the sender node;
• a determining unit adapted to replace the erasure symbol by a value of a corresponding symbol corresponding to the erasure symbol in the corresponding data block if the corresponding symbol is not an erasure symbol;
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• a correction unit adapted to correct the erasure symbol, which could not be replaced in the replacing step, using the error correction node.