Using FEC the satellite communications receiver is
able to correct errors itself without reference to the transmitter.
It does this by using additional information transmitted along with
the data and employing one of the FEC and detection techniques. Using FEC, the
satellite communications receiver can correct a small number of the
errors that have been detected. If the satellite communications receiver
cannot correct all detected errors, the data must be re-transmitted.
Other topics in our resources on Satellite Communications related to FEC include: