RFC 5052: Forward Error Correction (FEC) Building Block

This document describes how to use Forward Error Correction (FEC) codes to efficiently provide and/or augment reliability for bulk data transfer over IP…

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Outgoing relationships (1 related RFC)

Obsoletes — RFC 3452: Forward Error Correction (FEC) Building Block

Incoming relationships (9 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 6363: Forward Error Correction (FEC) Framework
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5740: NACK-Oriented Reliable Multicast (NORM) Transport Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5170: Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) Staircase and Triangle Forward Error Correction (FEC) Schemes
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5510: Reed-Solomon Forward Error Correction (FEC) Schemes
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6726: FLUTE - File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6681: Raptor Forward Error Correction (FEC) Schemes for FECFRAME
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5401: Multicast Negative-Acknowledgment (NACK) Building Blocks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6816: Simple Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) Staircase Forward Error Correction (FEC) Scheme for FECFRAME
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6968: FCAST: Object Delivery for the Asynchronous Layered Coding (ALC) and NACK-Oriented Reliable Multicast (NORM) Protocols