TCP/IP performance over satellite

Author

Tardif, Pierre

Author_Institution

Communication Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1994

fDate

27 Sep-1 Oct 1994

Firstpage

435

Lastpage

439

Abstract

A composite (computer, voice/video codec, facsimile, etc.) data signal is to be transmitted from a suitcase sized EHF (30/20 GHz) satellite terminal via a satellite and master earth station to public networks. Three TCP/IP data transfer protocols (PPP, SLIP and CSLIP) are presented where the effect of satellite propagation delay and signal quality are examined for data rates up to 19.2 kbps. Demonstrations were made over a Ku-band satellite of simultaneous PSTN and Internet communications using a 1.2 m portable satellite terminal. The Novell Wanlink PPP protocol was also evaluated over satellite at data rates up to 256 kbps

Keywords

Internet; data communication; satellite communication; telecommunication terminals; transport protocols; wide area networks; 19.2 kbit/s; 20 GHz; 256 kbit/s; 30 GHz; CSLIP protocol; EHF satellite terminal; Internet communications; Ku-band satellite; Novell Wanlink PPP protocol; PSTN; SLIP protocol; TCP/IP data transfer protocols; composite data signal; data rates; facsimile; master earth station; portable satellite terminal; public networks; satellite propagation delay; signal quality; voice/video codec; Artificial satellites; Cyclic redundancy check; Encapsulation; Internet; Propagation delay; Protocols; Spread spectrum communication; TCPIP; Throughput; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Personal Communications, 1994. Record., 1994 Third Annual International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1823-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUPC.1994.383121

Filename

383121