Transparent Multichannel IPv6

Project Description

Satellite communication is a way to provide broadband internet access all over the world. However, with geostationary satellites the propagation delay leads to very high delays in the magnitude of several hundred milliseconds. In order to improve the interactivity and responsiveness of communication systems, utilizing a second communication link can be highly beneficial.

The Transparent Multichannel IPv6 (TMC-IPv6) Project aims to combine the advantages of multiple heterogeneous communication links. An illustrative example is the combination of a rural DSL connection with low data rate/low latency and a satellite connection with high data rate but high latency, which results in a user’s internet access with high data rate and low latency providing a better Quality of Experience (QoE).

Satellite-based internet access from different operators is provided by our project partners in order to experience realistic satellite communication environment and test potential solutions. The outdoor unit (parabolic antenna) is mounted on the roof of the Wolfgang-Händler-Hochhaus.

Project Period

2017-04-01 – 2020-12-31

Project Leader

Reinhard German, Kai-Steffen Hielscher

Project Members

Jörg Deutschmann

Sponsored by

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi)

Involved institutions

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
SIS Services IT Solutions GmbH

Related Publications

• Deutschmann J., Hielscher KS., Keil T., German R.:
  Multipath Communication over Terrestrial and Satellite Links
  DOI: 10.1109/LANMAN.2018.8475101
  BibTeX: Download
• Deutschmann J., Hielscher KS., German R.:
  Satellite internet performance measurements
  2019 International Conference on Networked Systems, NetSys 2019 (Garching bei München, 2019-03-18 - 2019-03-21)
  In: Georg Carle, Tobias Hossfeld, Wolfgang Kellerer, Jorg Ott (ed.): Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Networked Systems, NetSys 2019 2019
  DOI: 10.1109/NetSys.2019.8854494
  BibTeX: Download
• Deutschmann J., Hielscher KS., German R.:
  An ns-3 model for multipath communication with terrestrial and satellite links
  20th International GI/ITG Conference on Measurement, Modelling and Evaluation of Computing Systems, MMB 2020 (Saarbrücken, 2020-03-16 - 2020-03-18)
  In: Holger Hermanns, Holger Hermanns (ed.): Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) 2020
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-43024-5_5
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• Schmidt T., Deutschmann J., Hielscher KS., German R.:
  POSTER: Revisiting Multipath QUIC Experiments and Comparing them with more recent Multipath TCP Implementations
  27th IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, LANMAN 2021 (Virtual, 2021-07-12 - 2021-07-13)
  In: IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks 2021
  DOI: 10.1109/LANMAN52105.2021.9478815
  BibTeX: Download