摘要:
The present invention relates to a system and method for enabling a buffer-less or substantially buffer-less core network using a packet-level forward error correction (FEC) coding scheme. The system includes an ingress edge router configured to receive data packets destined to at least one egress edge router via an access link from an end-host. The ingress edge router is connected to the at least one egress edge router via a core network, where the core network is buffer-less or substantially buffer-less. Also, the ingress edge router is configured to apply a forward error correction (FEC) encoding scheme to the data packets at a packet level and transmit the encoded data packets to the core network.