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Evaluating TCP Mechanisms for Real-Time Streaming over Satellite Links

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Wired/Wireless Internet Communications (WWIC 2006)

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Real-time streaming over satellite IP networks is challenging, since satellite links commonly exhibit long propagation delays and increased error rates, which impair TCP performance. In this context, we quantify the effects of satellite links on TCP efficiency and streaming video delivery. We investigate a solution-framework composed by TCP implementations which are expected to perform adequately in such environments. Furthermore, we study the supportive role of Selective Acknowledgments (SACK). Along with protocol performance, we also evaluate the impact of delayed acknowledgments. Our simulation results illustrate that most existing end-to-end solutions do not comply with the stringent QoS provisions of time-sensitive applications, resulting in inefficient bandwidth utilization and increased delays in data delivery. Finally, with the absence of a satellite-optimized TCP implementation for real-time streaming, we identify TCP Real as the most prominent solution, since it manages to alleviate most of the impairments induced by satellite links, sustaining a relatively smooth transmission rate.

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  1. Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Demokritos University, Xanthi, 67100, Greece

    Panagiotis Papadimitriou & Vassilis Tsaoussidis

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  1. Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of Bern, Switzerland

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  2. Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik, University of Tübingen, Germany

    Georg Carle

  3. Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, 250 N. University Street, IN 47907-2066, West Lafayette, USA

    Sonia Fahmy

  4. Department of Communications Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 10, 33720, Tampere, Finland

    Yevgeni Koucheryavy

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Papadimitriou, P., Tsaoussidis, V. (2006). Evaluating TCP Mechanisms for Real-Time Streaming over Satellite Links. In: Braun, T., Carle, G., Fahmy, S., Koucheryavy, Y. (eds) Wired/Wireless Internet Communications. WWIC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3970. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11750390_6

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