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Project: Transport Protocol for DVB-RCS Interoperable PEP-Phase 1

Acronym: TOP
Main Objective:
The project objective is to develop a congestion control method alternative to that of TCP, fully interoperable with the I-PEP specification and specifically aimed at optimizing web browsing performance in the I-PEP environment, while maintaining good performance for other TCP traffic such as large file transfers.
The project will produce a full specification of a new protocol, validated by simulation and/or prototyping, together with a prototype implementation shall also be delivered.

Reference: 20173/06/NL/NH
Funding: ESA-ESTEC
Start Date: 01-11-2006
End Date: 01-07-2007
Team: Jose Manuel Rego Lourenco Brazio
Groups: Network Architectures and Protocols – Lx
Partners: Information Technology Services (ITS), Italy, Università di Roma Tor Vergata (UTOR), Italy
Local Coordinator: Jose Manuel Rego Lourenco Brazio

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