RFC 3452 (rfc3452) - Page 1 of 16
Forward Error Correction (FEC) Building Block
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Network Working Group M. Luby
Request for Comments: 3452 Digital Fountain
Category: Experimental L. Vicisano
Cisco
J. Gemmell
Microsoft
L. Rizzo
Univ. Pisa
M. Handley
ICIR
J. Crowcroft
Cambridge Univ.
December 2002
Forward Error Correction (FEC) Building Block
Status of this Memo
This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document generally describes how to use Forward Error Correction
(FEC) codes to efficiently provide and/or augment reliability for
data transport. The primary focus of this document is the
application of FEC codes to one-to-many reliable data transport using
IP multicast. This document describes what information is needed to
identify a specific FEC code, what information needs to be
communicated out-of-band to use the FEC code, and what information is
needed in data packets to identify the encoding symbols they carry.
The procedures for specifying FEC codes and registering them with the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) are also described. This
document should be read in conjunction with and uses the terminology
of the companion document titled, "The Use of Forward Error
Correction (FEC) in Reliable Multicast".
Luby, et. al. Experimental
