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Chair: Lim Seow San/TP [seowsan@tp.edu.sg]        (Interim)

Secretary: Lim Seow San/TP [seowsan@tp.edu.sg]

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Website: Website: http://www-eng.tp.edu.sg/sicu/

Internet industry is growing at a tremendous rate and new technologies are introduced to it to increase its efficiency and management and security. The transmission medium has included satellite communication and today many internet data are transmitted via satellite. This is especially true of places where terrestrial communications are not available and not viable to install.  Satellite Communication has its inherent latency problem which the TCP/IP internet protocol must adapt in order for the transmission link to be effective with high throughput. Other new internet protocols must also be tested on the satellite link to ensure that it is compatible to the terrestrial fibre links.    It is crucial for the Asia-Pacific region to capture the ongoing Satellite Internet trends and we must actively participate in the extension and evolution of this technology. With the advent of "internet in the sky" projects materialising in   the year 2002, it is important that we are ready to collaborate with such partners.    In view of the established AI3 (Asian Internet Interconnection Initiatives) testbed managed by the WIDE consortium and JSAT Inc., the first APAN Satellite Internet project will be using the AI3 satellite internet link for testing and experimentation of new technologies.    The AI3 link will be used as the testbed for the Working Group. As the C-band link will only be established by Dec 98, all tests and experiments will be conducted from Jan 99 onwards.  The C-band link is a 1.5 to 2 Mbps link and it will be sufficient to test for broadband services. The link is funded for 2 years and we must achieve good results during these 2 years.Satellite Internet project will be using the AI3 satellite internet link for testing and experimentation of new internet technologies.

Milestones/Actions:

Phase 1: Jan 98 - Dec 98      Installation of ground station at different countries     Phase 2: Jan 99 - June 99      Setup of testbed for experiments    Phase 3: July 99 - Dec 2001  Experiments to be conducted:     - Multicasting via satellite     - IPv6 via satellite     - ATM via satellite     - Asymmetric internet transmission   Phase 4: Dec 2001 - Dec 2003   Further Experiments     - DA-TDMA Satellite System     - IPv6 Tunneling & traffic measurements     - Network Monitoring and Traffic Measurements     - Asymmetric Satellite Link Routing     - Satellite RainFade Measurements     - GPS autonomouse vehicles     - Telemedicine     - more

Meetings:
2004.1	Honolulu Meeting
2003.1	Fukuoka Meeting

Appendix :

WG Brochure

 
* The WG Charter was chartered from 2003.1-2005.1.

                                                                                                         Last Updated: 2003.2