Loss tolerant transmission control protocol

A method of transmitting a data block containing a data window of a number of packets, the method comprising:

• setting a loss estimate value;
• setting the number of packets in the data window to a first number of packets corresponding to a window granularity, wherein each packet contains a first number of bytes;
• setting a block size of the data block to a window size, wherein the number of packets in the block is N;
• splitting the N packets in the data block into a first group of data packets and a second group of proactive forward error control (FEC) packets based on the loss estimate value;
• transmitting the data block, wherein the data block contains the first group of data packets and the second group of proactive FEC packets;
• searching a state table to obtain information on a state of the data block;
• updating the loss estimate value and recalculating the number of data packets and a number of proactive FEC packets based on the updated loss estimate value and the window size;
• and
• transmitting a second data block comprising the recalculated number of data packets and the recalculated number of proactive FEC packets;
• wherein the number of proactive FEC packets for the data window is based on an estimated packet loss rate.