摘要 |
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for requesting additional forwar d error correction, when needed, in a communication system. In one exemplary embodiment, among others, a method includes receiving a first set of data p ackets and a first amount of forward error correction (FEC) from an upstream transmitting device. The method also includes determining whether or not th e first amount of FEC is sufficient to correct any detected errors with resp ect to the data packets. Then, an error indication is transmitted to the ups tream transmitting device when the first amount of FEC is not sufficient to correct the detected errors.
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