Fountain codes

Fountain codes are a type of data encoding that allows a message to be reliably transmitted over unreliable networks. They work by breaking the message into many small pieces and then generating an unlimited number of encoded fragments, each combining different pieces. These fragments can be sent in any order, and the receiver can reconstruct the original message once enough of these fragments are received, even if some are lost or corrupted along the way. This flexible approach makes Fountain codes efficient for applications like broadcasting or streaming, where network conditions can be unpredictable.