Described herein are systems, methods, and other techniques for performing forward error correction in a communication system. A set of data blocks to be transmitted over a wireless channel are received. Rows of a flexible matrix are formed using the set of data blocks based on arrival times of the set of data blocks, each of the rows corresponding to a different time window. A set of random parity blocks are computed by performing row-wise parity operations on the flexible matrix. A set of burst parity blocks are computed by performing column-wise parity operations on the flexible matrix in accordance with a burst parity computation scheme. The set of data blocks, the set of random parity blocks, and the set of burst parity blocks are transmitted over the wireless channel to a receiver.

Described herein are systems, methods, and other techniques for performing forward error correction in a communication system. A set of data blocks to be transmitted over a wireless channel are received. Rows of a flexible matrix are formed using the set of data blocks based on arrival times of the set of data blocks, each of the rows corresponding to a different time window. A set of random parity blocks are computed by performing row-wise parity operations on the flexible matrix. A set of burst parity blocks are computed by performing column-wise parity operations on the flexible matrix in accordance with a burst parity computation scheme. The set of data blocks, the set of random parity blocks, and the set of burst parity blocks are transmitted over the wireless channel to a receiver.

In one embodiment, techniques for adaptive forward error correction (FEC) in Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANS) are disclosed. The techniques may include determining, by a process, for a block of messages transmitted through a computer network with forward error correction, whether any unrecovered data loss occurred during transmission; increasing, by the process, a level of forward error correction used to transmit through the computer network in response to unrecovered data loss; and/or decreasing, by the process, the level of forward error correction used to transmit through the computer network in response to no unrecovered data loss.

In one embodiment, techniques for adaptive forward error correction (FEC) in Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANS) are disclosed. The techniques may include determining, by a process, for a block of messages transmitted through a computer network with forward error correction, whether any unrecovered data loss occurred during transmission; increasing, by the process, a level of forward error correction used to transmit through the computer network in response to unrecovered data loss; and/or decreasing, by the process, the level of forward error correction used to transmit through the computer network in response to no unrecovered data loss.