Satellites and the Internet reviews everything you need to know about TCP/IP and how to make it work effectively over a long latency satellite network. It begins with an overview of how TCP, UDP, and IP actually work, and describes the problems running over a high delay network. The book then surveys the various techniques to improve performance, including standards-based TCP enhancements, satellite-specific protocols, TCP acceleration, caching and HTTP acceleration, compression, and reliable multicast. Worth its weight in gold for any satellite engineer.