Question: Achieving high data rates using TCP/IP over satellite networks can be difficult”- review and discuss some of the reasons TCP/IP has difficulty with satellite links, including the following issues: IP Throughput, IP Time To Live, IP Fragmentation, TCP Throughput and Throughput Expectations, TCP Sequence Numbers, TCP Transmission Window, Slow Start, and Congestion Avoidance.
Answer: Achieving high data rates using Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) over satellite networks can be difficult because satellite links have a high latency, which causes the reduction of the performance of some protocols like TCP/IP that are commonly used....(short extract)
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- Subject: Computer Science
- Course: Information Systems
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 63%
- Words: 1863
- Date submitted: August 28, 2009
- Date written: November, 2002
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2033
