Personal Satellite Services. 4th International ICST Conference, PSATS 2012, Bradford, UK, March 22-23, 2012. Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Which Transport Protocol for Hybrid Terrestrial and Satellite Systems?

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-36787-8_20,
        author={Ihsane Tou and Pascal Berthou and Thierry Gayraud and Fabrice Planchou and Valentin Kretzschmar and Emmanuel Dubois and Patrick G\^{e}lard},
        title={Which Transport Protocol for Hybrid Terrestrial and Satellite Systems?},
        proceedings={Personal Satellite Services. 4th International ICST Conference, PSATS 2012, Bradford, UK, March 22-23, 2012. Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={PSATS},
        year={2013},
        month={4},
        keywords={TCP Hybrid networks satellite PEP},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-36787-8_20}
    }
    
  • Ihsane Tou
    Pascal Berthou
    Thierry Gayraud
    Fabrice Planchou
    Valentin Kretzschmar
    Emmanuel Dubois
    Patrick Gélard
    Year: 2013
    Which Transport Protocol for Hybrid Terrestrial and Satellite Systems?
    PSATS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36787-8_20
Ihsane Tou,*, Pascal Berthou,*, Thierry Gayraud,*, Fabrice Planchou1,*, Valentin Kretzschmar1,*, Emmanuel Dubois2,*, Patrick Gélard2,*
  • 1: EADS Astrium
  • 2: CNES, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales
*Contact email: Ihsane.Tou@laas.fr, Pascal.Berthou@laas.fr, Thierry.Gayraud@laas.fr, Fabrice.Planchou@astrium.fr, Valentin.Kretzschmar@astrium.fr, Emmanuel.Dubois@cnes.fr, Patrick.Gelard@cnes.fr

Abstract

Satellite systems complement terrestrial networks where the network could not be deployed for technical or economical reasons. Moreover, the natural broadcasting capacity of satellite networks makes it a good companion to terrestrial networks. In this context, future services will be deployed over networks that combine terrestrial and satellite systems. The infrastructure heterogeneity could be problematic, especially because of the delays variation. This article presents the problem from the point of view of the transport layer, the layer directly connected to the application, and compares several solutions to help future service developers using such network configuration.