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Thesis (MScEng) -- Stellenbosch University, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Interest in TCP/IP as a communication protocol for use in space communication has increased substantially with the growth of the world wide web (WWW). TCP/IP is a relevant communication protocol for space based communication systems that need to access the broader terrestrial communication network. Low Earth Orbit(LEO) satellites have very short delay times between themselves and the ground, and correspondingly very short connection times. Staying in contact with a LEO satellite continuously through a space-based network requires large constellations of satellites and complex routing strategies. Connectivity with the world wide web using a widely accepted protocol such as TCP/IP is desirable because it would make communication with the satellite over a terrestrial station possible, were it to route communication onto the WWW. This thesis looks at the expected TCP/IP performance over satellite network links, identifies problem areas for current TCP/IP technologies, and makes suggestions for optimizing TCP/IP over such links. The thesis also introduces a new performance benchmark, the equivalence level, allowing for the simplified description of TCP throughput behaviour over a broad range of network parameters. The performance of the Linux kernel release 2.4.18 TCP/IP stack is also evaluated. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die belangstelling in TCP/IP as ’n kommunikasie protokol vir gebruik in die ruimte het kenmerklik toegeneem met die groei van die wereld wye web (WWW). TCP/IP is ’n relevante protokol vir kommunikasie stelsels in die ruimte, veral met die doel om toegang tot land gebaseerde kommunikasie netwerke te kry. Lae wentelbaan sateliete het baie kort vertragingstye tussen die aarde en die sateliet, en gevolglik baie kort verbindingstye. Groot sateliet konstelasies en komplekse verbintenis strategie word benodig om ’n lae wentelbaan sateliet deurentyd in kontak te hou met ’n ruimtegebaseerde netwerk. Verbinding met die wereld wye web deur die gebruik van ’n wyd aanvaarde protokol, soos TCP/IP, is wenslik, want dit sal kommunikasie met die sateliet oor ’n aardgebaseerde stasie moontlik maak, sou dit kommunikasie oor die wereld wye web stuur. Hierdie tesis kyk na die verwagte werking van TCP/IP oor sateliet netwerk konneksies, identifiseer probleme met huidiglike TCP/IP tegnologie, en maak voorstellings vir die optimale funtionering van TCP/IP oor sulke konneksies. Hierdie tesis stel ook ’n nuwe werkverrigtings maatstaf, die gelykheidsvlak, wat die vereenvoudige beskrywing van TCP/IP data tempo gedrag oor ’n groot variasie van netwerk parameters toelaat. Die werking van die Linux Kernel 2.4.18 TCP/IP stapel word ook geevalueer.

Orientador: Nobuo Oki / Banca: Artur Pantoja Marques / Banca: Dilvan de Abreu Moreira / Resumo: Com a globalização e a evolução tecnológica, a capilaridade das instituições, sejam elas públicas ou privadas, é realidade irreversível. O uso de computadores cada vez mais velozes e com elevada capacidade de armazenamento possibilitou a centralização das informações. Nesse contexto, surge a necessidade de interligar os sistemas computacionais com o objetivo de trocar informações, independentemente da região geográfica. A Internet, utilizando tecnologias de redes de dados, com arquitetura projetada para suportar em nível mundial a comunicação entre computadores, passa a ser a principal ferramenta utilizada na interligação de locais geograficamente distribuídos. Com a tecnologia e infraestrutura disponível para efetivar a comunicação, surge também a necessidade de garantir que os sistemas estejam ativos o maior tempo possível, atendendo a desempenho compatível às atividades desenvolvidas, pois as instituições passam a depender da interação entre os sistemas computacionais, independente do ponto do planeta em que estejam. Este trabalho propõe modelar, desenvolver e realizar ensaios de uma ferramenta que auxilie no monitoramento de pontos interligados por redes de comunicação dados sobre protocolo TCP/IP distribuídos geograficamente. O modelo consiste em monitorar um ou mais pontos, visualizados sobre um mapa com o traçado do perímetro político geográfico da área atendida. Em suma, propõe-se utilizar as ferramentas básicas de teste de conectividade nas redes de comunicação de dados, associadas aos conceitos de georreferenciamento e geoprocessamento / Abstract: The globalization and technological evolution, allowed the grow of institutions public or private over the entire world with highest capillarity. The development of computers becoming faster and with large storage capacity allowed the centralization of information. In this context the necessity of linking computer systems with the aim to exchange information regardless of geography became a reality. The technics and technologies used in Internet, envolving data communications, with architecture designed to support global communication between computers, becomes the main tool used in the interconnection of thousand geographically distributed sites. With the technology and infrastructure available for an effective communication, also arises the need to ensure that systems are active as long as possible, with a minimum of performance to the services, because the activities in the institutions are dependent upon interaction between computer systems, regardless of the point on the planet they are. This study proposes to model, develop and test a tool to assist in the monitoring of points connected by data communication networks over TCP / IP distributed geographically. The proposed format is to monitor one or more points, displayed on one or more maps with the route of political geographic boundaries of the area served. In short, it is proposed to use the basic tools to test network connectivity in data communications, combined with the concepts of GIS and georeferencing / Mestre