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From: mckenney@aai8.itstd.sri.com (Paul E. McKenney)
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Subject: Re: Fletcher Checksum
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Date: 15 Dec 89 00:07:09 GMT
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In article <0CEC4873D71F21B02A@sdi.polaroid.com> HORN%HYDRA@sdi.polaroid.COM writes:
>[ . . . ]
>As transmission speeds increase I think that we will need to look
>more and more to forward error correction (FEC) techniques to
>replace ARQ techniques.

Nachum Shacham and I have recently written a paper on reducing the
need for ARQ through use of FEC.  The title is ``Packet Recovery
in High-Speed Networks Using Coding and Buffer Management''; drop me
a note with your USMail address if you would like a draft copy.

				Thanx, Paul