APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENDING/RECEIVING PACKET IN MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for sending forward error correction (FEC) configuration information by a sending apparatus in a multimedia system. The method includes sending source FEC configuration information for an FEC source packet to a receiving apparatus, wherein the source FEC configuration information includes information related to an FEC source or repair packet which is firstly sent among at least one FEC source or repair packet when an FEC source or repair packet block includes the FEC source or repair packet.