UDPspeeder/lib/fec.h

/*
 * fec.c -- forward error correction based on Vandermonde matrices
 * 980614
 * (C) 1997-98 Luigi Rizzo ([email protected])
 *
 * Portions derived from code by Phil Karn ([email protected]),
 * Robert Morelos-Zaragoza ([email protected]) and Hari
 * Thirumoorthy ([email protected]), Aug 1995
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:

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/*
 * The following parameter defines how many bits are used for
 * field elements. The code supports any value from 2 to 16
 * but fastest operation is achieved with 8 bit elements
 * This is the only parameter you may want to change.
 */
#ifndef GF_BITS
#define GF_BITS  8	/* code over GF(2**GF_BITS) - change to suit */
#endif

#define	GF_SIZE ((1 << GF_BITS) - 1)	/* powers of \alpha */
void fec_free(void *p) ;
void * fec_new(int k, int n) ;//n>=k

void init_fec() ;  //if you never called this,it will be automatically called in fec_new()
void fec_encode(void *code, void *src[], void *dst, int index, int sz) ;
int fec_decode(void *code, void *pkt[], int index[], int sz) ;

int get_k(void *code);
int get_n(void *code);

/* end of file */