A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6865 Title: Simple Reed-Solomon Forward Error Correction (FEC) Scheme for FECFRAME Author: V. Roca, M. Cunche, J. Lacan, A. Bouabdallah, K. Matsuzono Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: February 2013 Mailbox: vincent.roca@inria.fr, mathieu.cunche@inria.fr, jerome.lacan@isae.fr, abouabdallah@cdta.dz, kazuhisa@sfc.wide.ad.jp Pages: 23 Characters: 48493 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-fecframe-simple-rs-06.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6865.txt 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. This document is a product of the FEC Framework Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC