| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L69626/01 |
| Title: |
A GATEWAY PROVIDING SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF TCP/IP NETWORKS USING SATELLITE LINKS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Fairhurst, Professor G |
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| Department: |
Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Aberdeen |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 June 1997 |
Ends: |
30 November 2000 |
Value (£): |
53,534
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| Networks & Distributed Systems |
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A programme of research is proposed to investigate the design of a transparent gateway to improve the performance of the TCP transport protocol over satellite links. The research will determine the elements which constrain the performance of the TCP and select or develop protocol algorithms which alleviate the constraints on performance. The algorithms will be implemented in a simulated environment to assess performance and to consider the merits and demerits of each algorithm. Any interaction between existing algorithms and/or the new developed algorithms will also be investigated. The architecture for implementation of a gateway will be considered. A set of algorithms will be implemented in an experimental system to observe the impact on the performance and reliability when used over a satellite link. One or more satellite link simulators may also be used to provide a hardware emulation of the satellite environment. This will assess whether a TCP gateway may satisfy the needs of commercial Very Small Aperture satellite Terminal (VSATs). The construction and evaluation of a functional prototype gateway will be the subject of a later research programme. Since the overall concept will have been developed in this research, industrial collaboration will be sought for this subsequent development phase.
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http://www.abdn.ac.uk |