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StarTCP: Handover-aware Transport Protocol for Starlink

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APNet '24: Proceedings of the 8th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Networking

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3663408.3665803

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Legacy transport protocols such as TCP and QUIC suffer from high packet loss and low link utilization in Starlink. From the measurement data, we figure out the ground-satellite link (GSL) handover is mainly to blame. The periodic handovers result in link interruptions and bursty losses with a fixed interval of 15s, which impair TCP’s performance. Based on this finding, we present a handover-aware transport protocol, StarTCP, which proactively stalls transmission during handovers to avoid bursty losses and erroneous congestion signals. Preliminary results indicate that StarTCP can efficiently reduce packet loss and enhance throughput in Starlink.

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Kamel VZhao JLi DPan J(2024)StarQUIC: Tuning Congestion Control Algorithms for QUIC over LEO Satellite NetworksProceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on LEO Networking and Communication10.1145/3697253.3697271(43-48)Online publication date: 18-Nov-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3697253.3697271

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StarTCP: Handover-aware Transport Protocol for Starlink
1. Networks
  1. Network protocols
    1. Transport protocols

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APNet '24: Proceedings of the 8th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Networking

August 2024

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DOI:10.1145/3663408

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Kamel VZhao JLi DPan J(2024)StarQUIC: Tuning Congestion Control Algorithms for QUIC over LEO Satellite NetworksProceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on LEO Networking and Communication10.1145/3697253.3697271(43-48)Online publication date: 18-Nov-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3697253.3697271

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