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Will SonicOS plan to support SD-WAN Forward Error Correction(FEC)

TomChouTomChou Newbie ✭
in High End Firewalls

Have known many SD-WAN vendors already support FEC.

Wish SonicOS will consider to support FEC.



Forward Error Correction (FEC) is a mechanism to recover lost packets on a link by sending extra “parity” packets for every group (N) of packets.

Forward Error Correction (FEC) is a technology that is well known for its ability to correct bit errors at the

physical layer. However, this technology can also be adapted to operate on packets at the network layer to improve

application performance across WANs that have high-loss characteristics. With packet-level FEC, network equipment

can reconstitute lost packets at the far end of a WAN link, avoiding delays that come with multiple round-trips

retransmissions. This enables WANs to easily recover from packet loss due to a variety of network layer conditions,

such as queue overflows and constrained bandwidth links. With packet-level FEC, enterprises commonly see significant

improvements in application performance — up to a 10-fold performance increase in some WAN environments.


When both endpoints of a VPN tunnel

that use forward error correction (FEC),

the receiving tunnel endpoint can recover lost packets

before the link needs to fail over to a better path.

Thus, FEC at the network level allows you to maintain

a high-quality application experience in your SD-WAN.

FEC is especially helpful for applications that are sensitive to packet loss,

such as voice and video streaming.

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  • shiprasahu93shiprasahu93 Moderator

    Hello @TomChou,

    This is actually a wonderful suggestion. I could not find any existing RFE for this specific feature.

    I would suggest reaching out to your Sales representative and have them file this.

    Thanks!

    Shipra Sahu

    Technical Support Advisor, Premier Services

  • TomChouTomChou Newbie ✭

    Unfortunately I don't know how to find a sales representative to file a RFE.

    So I posted this idea here, could you help on this? or anyone here can help to file a RFE?

  • shiprasahu93shiprasahu93 Moderator

    @TomChou,

    Let me check internally on this matter. Thanks again!

    Shipra Sahu

    Technical Support Advisor, Premier Services

  • MallikMallik Moderator

    Hello @TomChou ,

    We are evaluating the request and it is on our radar


    Thanks

    Mallik Vatti

    Product Management

  • TomChouTomChou Newbie ✭

    Hello Mallik & Shipra,


    Hope Sonicwall SD-WAN support FEC soon!😊


    Thanks

    Tom

  • KavimKavim Newbie ✭

    How is the FEC integration going for Sonicwall?

    I work at a company specialising in FEC solutions for the application layer using the latest high performance algorithms. Would be great to connect and help you deploy FEC in Sonicwall SD-WAN.

  • benthebish887benthebish887 Newbie ✭
    edited April 2023
    https://community.sonicwall.com/technology-and-support/discussion/comment/3443#Comment_3443

    Where do we stand in the implementation of this feature?

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