RE: Satellites running IP

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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:[e-mail]]
> Sent:	Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:41 PM
> To:	[e-mail]
> Cc:	[e-mail]; [e-mail]
> Subject:	RE: Satellites running IP
> 
> At 01:29 PM 6/18/2002 -0700, [e-mail] 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