Systems, methods, and media for checking available bandwidth using forward error correction

Abstract

Methods for checking available bandwidth using forward error correction are provided, the methods comprising: identifying data to be transmitted; determining an amount of forward error correction data to be sent to a receiver; creating the forward error correction data based on corresponding data in the data to be transmitted; transmitting to the receiver the forward error correction data and the corresponding data in the data to be transmitted; determining an error level in at least one of the corresponding data and the forward error correction data; and when the error level is below a value, increasing the amount of bandwidth used in a transmission to the receiver of other data in the data to be transmitted over the amount of bandwidth used in the transmission to the receiver of the corresponding data and decreasing the amount of bandwidth used for forward error correction data in the transmission of the other data.

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technical field [0001] The disclosed subject matter relates to systems, methods, and media for verifying available bandwidth using forward error correction. Background technique [0002] Modern electronic applications and communication systems often rely on the transmission of digital data from a transmitter to a receiver. Due to capacity and quality limitations in these networks and communication systems, senders may need to limit the bandwidth used in transmitting such digital data to receivers in order to prevent corruption or loss of the data. A sender may also need to limit the bandwidth used in order to allow other senders to send data on the same network and communication system. [0003] However, there are times when a sender may wish to increase the bandwidth used. For example, during a video conference, the available bandwidth between a sender and receiver may fluctuate according to network usage or due to temporary changes in network capacity. Once the bandwidt...

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Problems solved by technology

However, in the networks commonly used today, it is impossible to know whether the available bandwidth has increased and whether the application can use any of this increase from a certain point in time

[0004] Since the data being transmitted in a network or communication system may already be using the full available bandwidth, increasing the bandwidth for data transmission may result in loss of data and a decrease in the quality of experience enjoyed by users of the session

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