Forward Error Correction on ITU-G.709 Networks using Reed-Solomon Solutions Application Note: Virtex-4 and Virtex-5 Platform FPGA Families R Forward Error Correction on ITU-G.709 Networks using Reed-Solomon Solutions XAPP952 (v1.0) December 5, 2007 Author: Michael Francis Summary The ITU-G.709, Interface for the Optical Transport Network (OTN) standard [Ref 1] describes the Forward Error Correction (FEC) requirement for an optical transport network. The purpose of FEC is to improve the quality of service on the network and ensure t……