Measurement of the Performance of the HSC and USI Satellite Routers

European Space Agency (ESA) (TE)
1994/1995


This project investigated the performance of TCP/IP over a VSAT LAN-interconnection system. The project was a part of the European Co-operative Data Environment (CODE) network. Personnel from the University of Aberdeen carried out a detailed analysis of the performance of the Hub Station Controller (HSC) and User Station Interface (USI). These two equipments each consist of a satellite channel access subsystem and a TCP/IP router. The latter supports the full functionality of an IP router. The tests evaluated a number of software releases indicating performance bottlenecks and providing data on the maximum performance obtainable under various test conditions.

The output of this work was a series of reports which documented the test procedures and provided test results. The reports were used as part of the continuing CODE programme in support of high performance VSAT networking.

Personnel

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