In message <v03110700b0850aa236f4@[137.78.161.32]>, Keith Scott writes:
> Hey all,
>
> A few comments on the draft:
> ============================
>
> When cataloging the advantages of satellites over fiber, you might want to
> mention satellites' ability to support mobile users. A ubiquitous
> satellite network will enable internet everywhere not only on the
> ISP-scale, but also on the personal scale allowing anyone, anywhere,
> anytime network access.
>
> For these mobile satellite users, it might be possible to take advantage of
> the extra information that: 1) yes, there is definitely at least one
> satllite link involved and 2) we know that the first hop is a satellite
> link. Significant performance increases could come through coordination
> between the mobile user and the earthstation he's downlinked through.
> These methods would probably fall into the "further research" category.
HTTP, WAIS, gopher proxy, mail forwarding, news forwarding, etc,
through a proxy on the otherside of the satellite link seems like the
application of existing practices. These practices applied to
terrestial links are beneficial but for satellite are enormously
beneficial. I guess the point is that this is not research. The
techniques are well known and already widely used.
Curtis
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