Multimedia Satellite Networks and TCP/IP Traffic Transport

To meet an increasing demand for multimedia services and electronic connectivity across the world, satellite networks will play an indispensable role in the deployment of global networks. A number of satellite communication systems have been proposed using geosynchronous (GEO) satellites, medium earth orbit (MEO) and low earth orbit (LEO) constellations operating in the Ka-band and above. At these frequencies satellite networks are able to provide broadband services requiring wider bandwidth than the current services at C or Ku-band. Most of the next generation broadband satellite systems will use ATM or 'ATM like' switching with onboard processing to provide full two-way services to and from earth stations. The new services gaining momentum include mobile services, private intranets and high data rate internet access carried over integrated satellite-fiber networks. Several performance issues need to be addressed before a transport layer protocol, like TCP can satisfactorily...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2001
• Where: International Journal of Computers and Applications,
• Authors: Sastri Kota, Mukul Goyal, Rohit Goyal and Raj Jain
• Keywords: ATM, Broadband Satellite, Satellite Networks, TCP Enhancements, TCP/IP, UBR