X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=web%2Fmanual.m4;h=30fe922f63bd6fab3ffd86ca4f2653dc0423bf1c;hp=5926b55536c736c0bd8f031bd596d51e31587fbb;hb=ef679cdaa57f21fb578ab774520b0972fefaefcb;hpb=2a65c90cd295d3054185ff1510ecb302b3a4b29c 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