The '''packet erasure channel''' is a communication channel model where sequential packets are either received or lost (at a known location). This channel model is closely related to the binary erasure channel.
An erasure code can be used for forward error correction on such a channel.
==See also== *Network traffic simulation *Packet loss *Traffic generation model
==References== * Philip A. Chou, Mihaela van der Schaar: Multimedia over IP and wireless networks, {{ISBN|0-12-088480-1}}
Category:Coding theory
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