Experimental and Simulation Performance Results of TCP/IP over High-Speed ATM over ACTS

Abstract

To assist in the design and understanding of future global networks, this paper describes the practical and simulation experiences gained from a TCP/IP on ATM network over a high speed satellite link and presents performance comparison studies of such networks with the same host/traffic configurations over local area (LAN) and wide area (WAN) networks. It was found that the satellite systems deliver performance similar to the terrestrial networks regardless their path latencies in cases where the communication channels exhibit a low bit error rate (BER). NASA's Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS), with its special characteristics and high data rate satellite channels, and the ACTS ATM Internetwork (AAI) were used in these experiments to deliver broadband traffic. Network performance tests were carried out using application-level software (ttcp, Netspec) on OC-3 and OC-12 ATM satellite links.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA353846

Entities

People

  • Charalambous P. Charalambos
  • Georgios Y. Lazarou
  • J. S. Evans
  • Roelof Jonkman
  • Victor S. Frost

Organizations

  • University of Kansas

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Satellites
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Science
  • Electronic Mail
  • Ground Stations
  • Models
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Satellite Networks
  • Simulations
  • Transport Protocols

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites