Data transmission over Inmarsat in TCP/IP environment

Brian B. Luu; Christopher M. Sadler

doi:10.1117/12.438290

28 August 2001 Data transmission over Inmarsat in TCP/IP environment

Brian B. Luu, Christopher M. Sadler

Proceedings Volume 4395, Digital Wireless Communication III; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.438290
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The International Maritime Satellite (Inmarsat) communication service can be used to provide a wide area network (WAN) connection for a local area network (LAN) to the home LAN from almost anywhere on the earth. The communication link of the WAN connection is achieved through the satellite network of Inmarsat and a land-earth digital telephone network, such as Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). We determined the throughput data rate of data transmission in the TCP/IP environment over the Inmarsat link and compared it with the throughput data rate over a null-modem link (assumed to be error free) for the WAN connection. We also used the protocol boosters that provide forward error correction for the TCP/IP environment to test the improvement of data transmission over the satellite link. Communication over satellite tends to be noisy and delay prone. However, our analysis shows that the Inmarsat satellite-ISDN link is so reliable that the data transmission rate is nearly an error-free link in the TCP/IP network, and the application of forward error correction on the network causes a reduction in throughput data rate.

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Brian B. Luu and Christopher M. Sadler "Data transmission over Inmarsat in TCP/IP environment", Proc. SPIE 4395, Digital Wireless Communication III, (28 August 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.438290

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