FEC performance in multimedia streaming

In this letter, the performance of packet-level media-independent forward e rror correction (FEC) schemes are computed in terms of both packet loss rat io and average burst length of multimedia data after error recovery. The se t of equations leading to the analytical formulation of both parameters are first given for a renewal error process. Finally, the FEC performance para meters are computed for a Gilbert-model loss process and compared to variou s experimental data.