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The effect of 'window size' on throughput performance of DTN in lossy cislunar communications

  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen
  • Lamar University
  • Argon ST/Boeing
  • School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Delay/disruption tolerant networking (DTN) offers a new solution to highly stressed communications in space environments. It is considered one of the most suitable technologies to be employed in space internetworking. To date, little work has been done in investigating how to achieve the best performance of DTN transmission over lossy, long-delay space channels. In this paper, we present an experimental investigation of how the throughput performance of Licklider transmission protocol (LTP)-based DTN is affected by the LTP flow control 'window' size, established by the Number of Sessions (NOS) and Number of Bytes per Session (NBS) characterizing the LTP channel. The intent of the work is, in particular, to find a relationship between the window size and throughput performance of DTN in a typical lossy and long delay cislunar communications infrastructure. One major conclusion is that a bigger NOS generally results in higher throughput than a low NOS, and NBS does not affect the throughput significantly.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2012
Pages68-72
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2012 - Ottawa, ON, Canada
Duration: 10 Jun 201215 Jun 2012

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
ISSN (Print)1550-3607

Conference

Conference2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2012
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityOttawa, ON
Period10/06/1215/06/12

Keywords

  • DTN
  • LTP
  • Space communication
  • bundle protocol (BP)
  • cislunar communication
  • lossy channel
  • window size

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