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Presentation 2016-05-19 10:20
A novel data transfer protocol for INTELSAT satellite network -- Application of throughput control protocol --
Ken T. Murata (NICT), Masaki Okada (NIPR), Kazunori Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Nagaya, Praphan Pavarangkoon (NICT), Takamichi Mizuhara, Ayahiro Takaki (CLEALINK), Kazuya Muranaga (SEC), Eizen Kimura (Ehime Univ.) SAT2016-3
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) A communications satellite (INTELSAT) data receiving system with a 7.6m-diameter parabolic antenna was installed at Syowa Station in February 2004. After the equipment, data transfer have been carried out using from the Syowa station in Antarctica to NIPR (National Institute of Polar Research) in Tokyo using the satellite communication network. The current bandwidth of the INTERSAT between Syowa and NIPR is 3 Mbps. The latency between Syowa and NIPR is non-negligible, and general file transfer applications, such as FTP, rsync, and rcp, don’t show good throughputs. It is due to restriction of TCP function on networks with large latency. The SteelHead provided by Riverbed is one of the WAN accelerators for such long-distance data transfer. It intercepts TCP on both sides of the network, and accelerates TCP connection replacing with its own data transfer technologies. Another important role of the SteelHead is to control QoS of multiple data tarnsfers. Several projects at Syowa Station in many research fields are being conducted, and data transfers are independently conducted in principle. There needs a traffic control of data transfers over the satellite communication network. Network managers at NIPR give priorities to each data transfer project, and the SteelHead allocates bandwidths to each network connection. However, this QoS controller simply sets highest and lowest bandwidths. Ocasionally total throughput could be lower than 3 Mbps depending on setting of the QoS table. Herein we propose a new data transfer protocol to work on the transport layer; the HpFP (High-performance and Flexible Protocol). This protocol is a connection-oriented protocol to works on the top of UDP. It provides us with a stream-type of reliable data transfer. One of the ingenious attemps in the HpFP is to set an internal target throughput for pace control of sending packets. This parameter setting is time-dependent; the target throughput is calculated based on network conditions monitored by the HpFP. The HpFP is able to detect unused bandwidth at every moment, then dynamically allocates the HpFP data connection. We discuss how effectively the HpFP covers the unused bandwidth on the condition of SteelHead control on the INTERSAT networks based on laboratory experiments.
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(in English) INTELSAT / HpFP / observation data / Antarctica / Syowa station / SteelHead / Data transfer /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 116, no. 41, SAT2016-3, pp. 13-17, May 2016.
Paper # SAT2016-3 
Date of Issue 2016-05-12 (SAT) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee SAT WBS  
Conference Date 2016-05-19 - 2016-05-20 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Nagoya Institute of Technology 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Coding, Modulation, Signal Processing, etc. 
Paper Information
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Conference Code 2016-05-SAT-WBS 
Language English (Japanese title is available) 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Sub Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Title (in English) A novel data transfer protocol for INTELSAT satellite network 
Sub Title (in English) Application of throughput control protocol 
Keyword(1) INTELSAT  
Keyword(2) HpFP  
Keyword(3) observation data  
Keyword(4) Antarctica  
Keyword(5) Syowa station  
Keyword(6) SteelHead  
Keyword(7) Data transfer  
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1st Author's Name Ken T. Murata  
1st Author's Affiliation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
2nd Author's Name Masaki Okada  
2nd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
3rd Author's Name Kazunori Yamamoto  
3rd Author's Affiliation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
4th Author's Name Yoshiaki Nagaya  
4th Author's Affiliation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
5th Author's Name Praphan Pavarangkoon  
5th Author's Affiliation National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
6th Author's Name Takamichi Mizuhara  
6th Author's Affiliation CLEALINKTECHNOLOGY Co.,Ltd. (CLEALINK)
7th Author's Name Ayahiro Takaki  
7th Author's Affiliation CLEALINKTECHNOLOGY Co.,Ltd. (CLEALINK)
8th Author's Name Kazuya Muranaga  
8th Author's Affiliation Systems Engineering Consultants Co., LTD. (SEC)
9th Author's Name Eizen Kimura  
9th Author's Affiliation Ehime University (Ehime Univ.)
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Date Time 2016-05-19 10:20:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
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Paper # SAT2016-3 
Volume (vol) vol.116 
Number (no) no.41 
Page pp.13-17 
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Date of Issue 2016-05-12 (SAT) 


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