The perceived quality of real-time media delivered over IP networks depends on both the rate and burstiness of packet loss. In this paper, we develop a new mathematical model for the residual burstiness of loss under erasure coding. We derive the expected number of consecutive losses in a burst as a function of erasure coding parameters and the network loss probability assuming a Bernoulli model for network losses.
@article{arxiv.1911.03265,
title = {The Effect of Erasure Coding on the Burstiness of Packet Loss},
author = {Bobak McCann and Kerry Fendick},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.03265},
year = {2019}
}