Transport Protocols for Internet-Compatible Satellite Networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 326-343

  Henderson, Thomas R ^a   Katz, Randy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Satellite communication; TCP; Transport protocols

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INTERNET; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT (GEO) SATELLITES; LOW-ALTITUDE EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITES; SATELLITE TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS (STP);

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 0033077011     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/49.748815     Document Type: Article

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