Internetworking and Computing Over Satellite Networks

1 The Role of Satellite Networks in the 21st Century.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Internet over Satellite Architecture.- 3 Common Applications.- 4 Visions for the Future.- 5 Challenges.- 2 Satellite Constellation Networks.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Benefits of Going to LEO.- 3 Describing the Systems.- 4 Geometry, Topology and Delay.- 5 Delay.- 6 Handover.- 7 Networking Design.- 8 Simulators.- 9 Summary.- 3 Medium Access Control Protocols for Satellite Communications.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Polling Based Access Protocols.- 3 Fixed Assignment Multiple Access (FAMA) Protocols.- 4 Random Access Protocols.- 5 Demand Assignment Multiple Access (DAMA) Protocols.- 6 Hybrid Protocols.- 7 Conclusions and Summary.- 4 Direct Broadcast Satellites and Asymmetric Routing.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Problems with Dynamic Asymmetric Routing.- 3 Tunneling: A Practical Solution.- 4 Demonstration of Tunneling Approach.- 5 RFC 3077: The IETF Standard.- 6 Limitations and Long-Term Solutions.- 5 Using Satellite Links in the Delivery of Terrestrial Multicast Traffic.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Overview of Multicast Deployment.- 3 Satellite Delivery of Multicast.- 4 Integrating Satellite and Terrestrial Networks.- 5 Using Satellite Paths for Multicast Sessions.- 6 When to Use Satellites?.- 6 TCP Performance over Satellite Channels.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Overview.- 3 TCP Performance Problems over Satellite Links.- 4 Enhancing TCP Performance using Standard Mechanisms.- 5 Research Issues.- 6 Summary.- 7 TCP Performance Enhancement Proxy.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Motivation.- 3 The Practical Solution.- 4 The Big Argument.- 5 The “Show Stopper”?.- 6 Conclusion.- 8 Performance Evaluation of TCP splitting over Satellite.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Model-based Analysis.- 3 Discussion.- 4 The ExperimentSystem.- 5 Measurement-based Analysis.- 6 Implications on System Design.- 7 Conclusion.- 9 Scheduling Data Broadcast.- 1 Introduction.- 2 The Basic Model.- 3 Theoretical Results.- 4 On-line Scheduling Algorithm.- 5 Performance Evaluation.- 6 Conclusions.- 10 Information Dissemination Applications.- 1 Introduction.- 2 IIDS architecture.- 3 Mobile User Profiling.- 4 Dynamic User Profile Clustering and Aggregation.- 5 Data Dissemination techiques.- 6 Implementation and Demonstration.- 7 Conclusions.