Using erasure coding on partial code block communication interruption

A method for recovering from communication interruptions by a periodic blockage, the method comprising:

• selecting an inner code block rate supporting a Packet Error Ratio (PER) greater than or equal to a target PER during the periodic blockage;
• estimating an expected number of erasures based on a count of the inner code blocks in an outer code block, a count of periodic blockages expected in a transmitting duration of the inner code blocks, and the target PER;
• choosing an outer code block rate capable of correcting an erasure ratio of the expected number of erasures to the count of the inner code blocks;
• encoding an input using the outer code block rate to form an outer code block;
• forming inner code blocks by individually encoding segments of the outer code block using the inner code block rate;
• and
• transmitting the inner code blocks,
• wherein a count of inner code blocks is greater than 1, and the PER is a ratio of the expected number of erasures to the count of inner code blocks.