Fountain code

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf erasure code
gptkbp:application peer-to-peer networks
wireless communication
multicast transmission
gptkbp:category error correction codes
rateless erasure codes
gptkbp:feature can generate potentially infinite encoded symbols
original data can be recovered from any subset of encoded symbols slightly larger than the original data size
gptkbp:field coding theory
gptkbp:firstDescribed late 1990s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fountain code
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Michael_Luby
gptkbp:notable_for LT code
Raptor code
gptkbp:property rateless
gptkbp:relatedTo forward error correction
network coding
gptkbp:usedFor data transmission
data storage
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Error-correcting_codes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6