Title :
Ensuring resilience and graceful degradation of military SATCOM TCP/IP links
Author :
Frall, Nicholas ; Griffin, Ian ; Fairhurst, Gorry ; Tay, June
Author_Institution :
QinetiQ, Worcester, MA, USA
Abstract :
The paper describes work undertaken in the UK by QinetiQ (formerly the Defence Evaluation Research Agency) and the University of Aberdeen to design a packet mode for a military satellite modem. Simulation of the protocols has shown significant improvements in performance. The design was optimised and validated at QinetiQ by direct recompilation in a SATCOM ´software radio´ testbed. This novel approach has allowed rapid prototyping while allowing further simulation analysis to optimise the design.
Keywords :
military communication; modems; packet radio networks; satellite links; transport protocols; Aberdeen University; QinetiQ; TCP/IP links; military SATCOM; military satellite modem; packet mode; protocols; software radio testbed; Degradation; Design optimization; Military satellites; Modems; Protocols; Resilience; Software prototyping; Software radio; Software testing; TCPIP;
Conference_Titel :
MILCOM 2002. Proceedings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7625-0
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2002.1180413
