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re: Re IP over Satellite

osama qadan <osama.qadan@intelsat.int> Tue, 16 June 1998 16:42 UTC

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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:42:00 -0400
From: osama qadan <osama.qadan@intelsat.int>
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Subject: re: Re IP over Satellite
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This is a false propaganda against GEO's.  It has been demonstrated over and 
over again that TCP/IP works over satellite without any kind of problems 
which can't be fixed by tunning the protocol parameters.  Even without such 
adjustments, the performance is good enough to deny such false accusations.  
Actually last year, we have demonstrated here in INTELSAT during the 
Internet summit held here that TCP/IP works over satellite, and we have 
drafted several documents supporting that.
If anyone has anything againt GEO's, then they should present their case 
scietifically, rather than "gossiping" about it (!!!)

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Osama Qadan,Engineer
Internet Services Over Satellite Group
International Satellites Organization (INTELSAT)
Tel:  (202) 944-7328 // Fax:  (202) 944-7644
Internet:  osama.qadan@intelsat.int
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>From BORDER@SMTPGATE (John Border) {border@hns.com}, on 6/16/98 12:14 PM:
To: TCPPEP@SMTPGATE {tcppep@lerc.nasa.gov}, TCP-OVER@SMTPGATE 
{tcp-over-satellite@achtung.sp.trw.com}


    This is really sketchy.  I am basically fishing here.  I didn't find
anything at the IETF web site...

    My management has heard (nth-hand) that there is some kind of statement 
or
draft associated with the IETF that says that either IP or TCP will not work
over satellite links with delays longer than 125 milliseconds.  Has anyone
heard of this or is aware of where this may have come from?  It sounds like
propaganda from LEO proponents but if there is any technical merit behind 
such
an assertion I definately want to see it...


John Border
Hughes Network Systems
border@hns.com

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