From: Andre Noll Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:30:05 +0000 (+0200) Subject: manual: Mention that also DCCP streams are FEC-encoded. X-Git-Tag: v0.4.7~17 X-Git-Url: http://git.tue.mpg.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ef679cdaa57f21fb578ab774520b0972fefaefcb;p=paraslash.git manual: Mention that also DCCP streams are FEC-encoded. --- diff --git a/web/manual.m4 b/web/manual.m4 index 5926b555..30fe922f 100644 --- a/web/manual.m4 +++ b/web/manual.m4 @@ -1504,9 +1504,9 @@ Forward error correction ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As already mentioned REFERENCE(Streaming protocols, earlier), -paraslash uses forward error correction (FEC) for the unreliable -UDP transport. FEC is a technique which was invented already in -1960 by Reed and Solomon and which is widely used for the parity +paraslash uses forward error correction (FEC) for the unreliable UDP +and DCCP transports. FEC is a technique which was invented already +in 1960 by Reed and Solomon and which is widely used for the parity calculations of storage devices (RAID arrays). It is based on the algebraic concept of finite fields, today called Galois fields, in honour of the mathematician Galois (1811-1832). The FEC implementation