Adrian,
The niche for these gateways is so small that I don't see a driving need for
a standard. However, better yet would be if there was a way for all common
stacks (read Windows, etc.) to "detect" a long latency link and tune
themselves appropriately, so gateways were not required. Again, there
probably won't be enough of a user base to warrant this.
Regards,
Brian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian J. Hooke [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:41 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Satellites running IP
>
> At 01:29 PM 6/18/2002 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> >For example, we are using INMARSAT
> >Swift64 (64Kbps) circuit connections for this purpose right now. We
> require
> >than airborne laptops be able to use their normal stacks though so for
> now
> >are using gateways to handle TCP issues.
>
> Brian:
>
> Yes, we're aware of these neat aircraft applications via our close work
> with Larry Freudinger at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, and in
> particular with the use of intermediate PEP gateways. The question is
> whether (in order to use the gateway capabilities) you feel that their
> various internal flavors of TCP need to be put on an *IETF* standards
> track. Dan Shell apparently feels that they do; what about you? TCP
> Tranquility is a full International Standard within the space community;
> do
> you feel in any way inhibited from experimenting with its use?
>
> Adrian Hooke
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