A Review of Transport Protocols as Candidates for Use in a Tactical Environment

Abstract

Transport protocols are an essential part of any modern data networks, including military tactical networks, Most networks today, including the Internet, operate mainly using the transport protocol TCP. However, this protocol makes a number of assumptions that make it unsuitable for use in a military environment, which is typically characterised by data links that are impoverished in some way. This paper examines TCP, its deficiencies and many other transport protocols that are evaluated for suitability to a military tactical environment. Many of the essential services of TCP as well as other desirable services can be well met by some of these other protocols in existence today in a way that is more suitable for a military tactical environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA444345

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Carter

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Channels
  • Communications Protocols
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Data Links
  • Data Transmission
  • Digital Communications
  • Mobile Phones
  • Network Protocols
  • Operating Systems
  • Packet Loss
  • Tactical Communications
  • Transport Protocols
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.