Re: IP over Satellite

From: Vern Paxson ([email protected])
Date: Tue Jun 16 1998 - 15:37:57 EDT


Paul wrote:

> I would suggest reading:
>
> Title : Ongoing TCP Research Related to Satellites

As I think someone else pointed out, better is its companion I-D, which
isn't about "research" but existing mechanisms:

        Title : Enhancing TCP Over Satellite Channels using
                          Standard Mechanisms
        Author(s) : D. Glover, M. Allman
        Filename : draft-ietf-tcpsat-stand-mech-04.txt
        Pages : 15
        Date : 01-May-98

        ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-tcpsat-stand-mech-04.txt

And, wearing my official IETF hat, let me state unambiguously: there's no
IETF document that TCP/IP is limited to paths with link latencies under
125 msec; speaking plainly, that's absurd; and at a recent research meeting
I was at, we debated whether TCP can work with RTTs of several minutes.

                Vern



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