Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Michaël Fivez

Jochen Maes

Yannick Lefevre

Vincent Etienne Houtsma

Bart J Pauwels

Doutje T Van Veen

Amitkumar Mahadevan

Carl Mertens

Adriaan De Lind Van Wijngaarden

Koenraad Schelfhout

Various example embodiments for supporting forward error correction (FEC) in a communication system are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting FEC in a communication system may include the selection of a FEC setting for a communication channel from a transmitter to a receiver, e.g., the selection of a FEC setting for a communication channel, the selection of a FEC setting for a data burst sent over a communication channel, the selection of a FEC setting for a portion of a data burst sent over a communication channel, switching between FEC settings for different portions of a data burst over a communication channel, or the like, as well as various combinations thereof.

Forward error correction control

A distribution network with point-to-multipoint architecture couples a line termination unit to a plurality of network termination units. A network termination unit includes one or more user network interfaces configured to interface with respective user equipment of respective users, a downstream packet buffer for temporary storage of data packets, a downstream packet buffer monitor configured to monitor the status of the downstream packet buffer and to generate back-pressure signals indicative for the status, wherein the status corresponds to a fill level or fill level variation of the downstream packet buffer, and an upstream transmitter configured to upstream transmit the back-pressure signals to the line termination unit to be used there for shaping and/or scheduling future downstream transmission of data packets to the one or more user network interfaces.

Network termination unit and line termination unit

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Lier, Belgium

Michaël Fivez