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As one of the most important convergence layer (CL) protocol for delay/disruption-tolerant networking (DTN), Licklider transmission protocol (LTP) has recently been proposed for deep space communications, but it has rarely been considered for near earth applications. In this paper, LTP is adopted instead of TCP as CL with Bundle protocol (BP) for future application in GEO-relayed space networks (GRSN). Experiments are conducted on our computer based testbed in emulation of the basic scenarios during data transmission from LEO satellite to a ground station in GRSN. The results show that in transmission efficiency BP with LTPCL outperforms other protocols, such as BP with TCPCL, direct terrestrial TCP (TCP Cubic) and TCP variants (TCP Hybla) for space segments in most scenarios. It could be envisioned that DTN with LTPCL for space segment is currently the best choice for future GEO-relayed space internetworking.
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61401194), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (021014380064) and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.
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Zhang, W., Fan, C., Zhao, K., Li, W. (2018). Licklider Transmission Protocol for GEO-Relayed Space Networks. In: Gu, X., Liu, G., Li, B. (eds) Machine Learning and Intelligent Communications. MLICOM 2017. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 226. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73564-1_40
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