Performance Analysis of the AeroTP Transport Protocol for Highly-Dynamic Airborne Telemetry Networks

• Main Authors: Sterbenz, James P, Pathapati, Kamakshi S, Nguyen, Truc A, Rohrer, Justin P
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Subjects: AERONAUTICAL TELEMETRY NETWORKS; AERONP(AERO NETWORK PROTOCOL); AERORP(AERO ROUTING PROTOCOL); AEROTP(AERO TRANSPORT PROTOCOL); AIRBORNE; AIRBORNE TELEMETRY; ANTP(AIRBORNE NETWORK TELEMETRY PROTOCOL); COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS; COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS; DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION; MULTIMODE; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; RELIABILITY; ROUTING; TELEMETER SYSTEMS; Telemetry; TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS

Due to the challenging network conditions posed by a highly-dynamic airborne telemetry environment, it is essential for the transport protocol to provide automated mechanisms that dynamically adapt to changing end-to-end performance on any path. The AeroTP multi-mode transport protocol provides service tailored to the requirements of the telemetry mission control and data packets, achieving better performance compared to the traditional TCP and UDP. We use ns-3 to simulate the AeroTP protocol's reliable and quasi-reliable modes and demonstrate the performance tradeoffs between the modes, as well as comparing their performance with TCP and UDP. The original document contains color images. Prepared in collaboration with University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Sponsored in part by the Test Resource Management Center, Test and Evaluation/Science and Technology Program.