PATROCLOS (parallel transport subsystem for cell-based high-speed networks) is a transport subsystem to support modern applications, such as multi-media applications, in high-speed network environments. PATROCLOS increases the throughput performance by the integration of protocol and implementation issues. It provides the required functionalities between the media access layer interface of cell...

IP multicast has enabled a number of large-scale collaborative applications, several of which require reliability. However, no single reliable multicast (RM) transport protocol fits the requirements of all classes of applications and functions efficiently over all types of heterogeneous networks. In this paper, we propose a novel framework approach to RM protocol design that involves a generic ...

Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks (WSANs) are characterized by the collective effort of heterogenous nodes called sensors and actors. Sensor nodes collect information about the physical world, while actor nodes take action decisions and perform appropriate actions upon the environment. The collaborative operation of sensors and actors brings significant advantages over traditional sensing, inc...

The throughput of conventional transport protocols suffers significant degradation with the increased Round Trip Time (RTT) typically seen in deep space communication. This paper proposes a Delay Resistant Transport Protocol (DR-TCP) for point-to-point communication in deep space exploration missions. The issues related to deep space communication protocol design and the areas where modificatio...

This report proposes a generic delay tolerant transport protocol constructed as an extension of the Licklider Transmission Protocol, a delay tolerant point-to-point protocol currently under development which is primarily aimed at deep space applications. The report justifies and describes the proposed protocol and the work that is planned to validate its properties.

The new Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) was originally standardised for the transport of signaling messages – originating from the Common Channel Signaling System No.7 (SS7) – over IP based networks. Nonetheless, SCTP is a general purpose IP-based reliable transport protocol which is connection oriented and offers message based data transfer. It supports multiple independent message...

The paper began proposing two possible frameworks where the different solutions to improve the performance of the transport layer over satellite channels may be classified: the Black Box (BB) approach and the Complete Knowledge (CK) approach. The former implies that only the end terminals may be modified; the rest of the network is considered non-accessible (i.e. a black box). The latter allows...

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The emerging of high speed networks provides the infrastructure for handling a wide set of new applications, covering distributed multimedia cooperative features. In this framework, multipeer communication is a major service/protocol issue because most of these applications exhibit the need for such a functionality. Besides many functions and mechanisms, the semantics of transport layer multica...

Unstable networks such as wireless mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are radically different from traditional fixed networks like the Internet. The success of these emerging networks is determined by the performance of the communication layers and the transport layer. For the latter, many protocols have been proposed based on adaptations of TCP for such unstable networks. In this paper, we claim ...