LIFT: a Local IPSec-aware Freezing Protocol to improve TCP Performance in Satellite Networks

In this paper a protocol, local to the satellite link, is defined in order to boost TCP performance in mobile integrated wired-satellite Internet. It has been conceived to help to overcome the well known retransmissions competition problem that arises when a satellite reliable link layer protocol is...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Ciccarese, Mario De Blasi, Sebastiano Elia, Cosimo Palazzo, Luigi Patrono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Croatian Communications and Information Society (CCIS) 2006-12-01
Series:Journal of Communications Software and Systems
Subjects:
ARQ
Online Access:https://jcomss.fesb.unist.hr/index.php/jcomss/article/view/280