Ensuring resilience and graceful degradation of military SATCOM TCP/IP links
N.J. Frall, I. Griffin, Gorry Fairhurst, J. Tay · 2003
The paper describes work undertaken in the UK by QinetiQ (formerly the Defence Evaluation Research Agency) and the University of Aberdeen to design a packet mode for a military satellite modem. Simulation of the protocols has shown significant improvements in performance. The design was optimised and validated at QinetiQ by direct recompilation in a SATCOM 'software radio' testbed. This novel approach has allowed rapid prototyping while allowing further simulation analysis to optimise the design.