On the Impact of Link Layer Retransmissions on TCP for Aeronautical Communications

Nicolas Kuhn; Nicolas Wambeke; Mathieu Gineste; Benjamin Gadat; Emmanuel Lochin; Jérôme Lacan

Personal Satellite Services. 5th International ICST Conference, PSATS 2013, Toulouse, France, June 27-28, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

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On the Impact of Link Layer Retransmissions on TCP for Aeronautical Communications

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-02762-3_4,
    author={Nicolas Kuhn and Nicolas Wambeke and Mathieu Gineste and Benjamin Gadat and Emmanuel Lochin and J\^{e}r\~{o}me Lacan},
    title={On the Impact of Link Layer Retransmissions on TCP for Aeronautical Communications},
    proceedings={Personal Satellite Services. 5th International ICST Conference, PSATS 2013, Toulouse, France, June 27-28, 2013, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={PSATS},
    year={2013},
    month={10},
    keywords={aeronautical communications ats/aoc services retransmissions strategies tcp link-layer},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-319-02762-3_4}
}

Nicolas Kuhn
Nicolas Wambeke
Mathieu Gineste
Benjamin Gadat
Emmanuel Lochin
Jérôme Lacan
Year: 2013
On the Impact of Link Layer Retransmissions on TCP for Aeronautical Communications
PSATS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02762-3_4

Nicolas Kuhn, Nicolas Wambeke¹^,*, Mathieu Gineste¹^,*, Benjamin Gadat¹^,*, Emmanuel Lochin²^,*, Jérôme Lacan²^,*

1: Thales Alenia Space (TAS)
2: University of Toulouse, ISAE, TeSA

*Contact email: Nicolas.VanWambeke@thalesaleniaspace.com, Mathieu.Gineste@thalesaleniaspace.com, Benjamin.Gadat@thalesaleniaspace.com, Emmanuel.Lochin@isae.fr, Jerome.Lacan@isae.fr

Abstract

In this article, we evaluate the impact of link layer retransmissions on the performance of TCP in the context of aeronautical communications. We present the architecture of aeronautical networks, which is manly driven by an important channel access delay, and the various retransmission strategies that can be implemented at both link and transport layers. We consider a worst case scenario to illustrate the benefits provided by the ARQ scheme at the link layer in terms of transmission delay. We evaluate the trade-off between allowing a fast data transmission and a low usage of satellite capacity by adjusting link layer parameters.

Keywords: aeronautical communications ats/aoc services retransmissions strategies tcp link-layer

Published: 2013-10-08

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02762-3_4