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Figure 8.18: The \N Source + VBR" Con guration with satellite l<strong>in</strong>ks and long<br />

feedback delays<br />

e ciency <strong>for</strong> three comb<strong>in</strong>ations of <strong>the</strong> mean and standard deviation. Table 8.14 is<br />

<strong>for</strong> TCP MSS = 512 bytes, while Table 8.15 is <strong>for</strong> TCP MSS = 9140 bytes.<br />

Observe that <strong>the</strong> queue lengths are quite large, while <strong>the</strong> total TCP throughput<br />

and e ciency are smaller (by 10-15%) compared to <strong>the</strong> values <strong>in</strong> Tables 8.12 and<br />

8.13 (1000 km feedback delay cases) respectively. The total queue is still a small<br />

multiple of <strong>the</strong> feedback delay or RTT (a feedback delay of 550 ms corresponds to<br />

201850 cells). This <strong>in</strong>dicates that satellite switches need to provide at least so much<br />

bu er<strong>in</strong>g to avoid loss on <strong>the</strong>se high delay paths. A po<strong>in</strong>t to consider is that <strong>the</strong>se<br />

large queues should not be seen <strong>in</strong> downstream workgroup or WAN switches, because<br />

<strong>the</strong>y will not provide so much bu er<strong>in</strong>g. Satellite switches can isolate downstream<br />

switches from such large queues by implement<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> VSVD option as described <strong>in</strong><br />

chapter 10.<br />

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