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[ns] Re: Some doubts in TCP throughput



On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Srihari Raghavan wrote:

>   Let's say that there is a link with a delay of 700ms
> (satellite) 

700ms?

You're hard-pressed to take more than a quarter of second to get to
geostationary orbit and back. What satellite and link delay are you
thinking of?

J. Postel, "Satellite considerations", Internet RFC 346, May 1972.
http://www.normos.org/ietf/rfc/rfc346.txt

M. Allman, S. Dawkins, D. Glover, J. Griner, D. Tran, T.Henderson,
J. Heidemann, J. Touch, H. Kruse, S. Ostermann, K. Scott, and
J. Semke, "Ongoing TCP Research Related to Satellites,"  Internet RFC
2760 (Informational),  February 2000.
http://www.normos.org/ietf/rfc/rfc2760.txt

M. Allman, D. Glover, L. Sanchez, "Enhancing TCP Over Satellite
Channels using Standard Mechanisms", Internet RFC 2488 (BCP 28), 
January 1999.
http://www.normos.org/ietf/rfc/rfc2488.txt

L.

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