Subject: [Fecframe] Why FEC?

From: "Caitlin Bestler" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:30:48 -0800

This is one of those fundamental questions that might have a simple
answer, but even if it does it needs to be stated.

> 
> Charter for FECFrame Working Group (Draft 051121)
> 
> The object of this group is to develop specifications for
> using forward error correction (FEC) codes with applications
> in the Internet to provide protection against packet loss.
>

The question is, why FEC?

Why not simple RAID striping?

What is the benefit of FEC over striping, or even packet mirroring?
The costs of FEC are increased complexity and greater processing
power requirements. So what is the justification?

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