Traffic management for TCP/IP over satellite ATM networks

Author

Goyal, Rohit ; Jain, R. ; Goyal, Mukul ; Fahmy, Sonia ; Vandalore, Bobby ; Kota, Sastri

Author_Institution

Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

Volume

37

Issue

3

fYear

1999

fDate

3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

61

Abstract

Several Ka-band satellite systems have been proposed that will use ATM technology to seamlessly transport Internet traffic. The ATM UBR, GFR, and ABR service categories have been designed for data. However, several studies have reported poor TCP performance over satellite ATM networks. We describe techniques to improve TCP performance over satellite ATM networks. We first discuss the various design options available for TCP end systems, IP-ATM edge devices, as well as ATM switches for long-latency connections. We discuss buffer management policies, guaranteed rate services, and the virtual source/virtual destination option in ATM. We present a comparison of ATM service categories for TCP transport over satellite links. The main goal of this article is to discuss design and performance issues for the transport of TCP over UBR, GFR, and ABR services for satellite ATM networks

Keywords

Internet; asynchronous transfer mode; buffer storage; computer network management; satellite communication; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; ABR; ATM switches; GFR; IP-ATM edge devices; Internet traffic; Ka-band satellite systems; TCP transport; TCP/IP; UBR; available bit rate; buffer management policies; design; guaranteed frame rate; guaranteed rate services; long-latency connections; performance; satellite ATM networks; satellite links; traffic management; unspecified bit rate; virtual source/virtual destination option; Artificial satellites; Asynchronous transfer mode; Delay; Internet; Low earth orbit satellites; Satellite ground stations; Spine; Switches; TCPIP; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.751496

Filename

751496