Simple Reed-Solomon Forward Error Correction Scheme for FECFRAME
RFC 6865, “Simple Reed-Solomon Forward Error Correction Scheme for FECFRAME”, is a Proposed Standard document published in February 2013 by V. Roca, M. Cunche, J. Lacan, A. Bouabdallah, K. Matsuzono. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes a fully-specified simple Forward Error Correction (FEC) scheme for Reed-Solomon codes over the finite field (also known as the Galois Field) GF(2^^m), with 2 <= m <= 16, that can be used to protect arbitrary media streams along the lines defined by FECFRAME. The Reed-Solomon codes considered have attractive properties, since they offer optimal protection against packet erasures and the source symbols are part of the encoding symbols, which can greatly simplify decoding. However, the price to pay is a limit on the maximum source block size, on the maximum number of encoding symbols, and a computational complexity higher than that of the Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes, for instance.
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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