System, method, and apparatus for joint packet communication

A communication network comprising:

• an initial source node;
• a plurality of additional source nodes;
• a final source node;
• and
• a destination node;
• wherein the initial source node is arranged to transmit at least a prefix of a joint packet over a shared communication medium;
• wherein the one or more additional source nodes are arranged to transmit respective data of the joint packet over the shared communication medium in a respective time interval after the transmission by the initial source node;
• wherein the final source node is arranged to transmit at least a postfix of the joint packet after the transmission by the one or more additional source nodes;
• and
• wherein a destination node is arranged to receive the joint packet over the shared communication medium, wherein a format of the joint packet comprises the prefix directly followed by data of the one or more source node and the data of the one or more source node is directly followed by the postfix.