A deep analysis on future web technologies and protocols over broadband GEO satellite networks

The goal of this work was to understand the direction of the emerging web technologies and to evaluate their expected impact on satellite networking. Different aspects have been analysed using both real satellite testbeds and emulation platforms in different test sites in Europe. This analysis included an evaluation of the SPDY protocol performance over satellite and experiments to understand the expected interaction with PEPs (including scenarios with a SPDY proxy at a satellite gateway), the impact of security, and the effect of satellite capacity allocation mechanisms. The analysis also considered the impact of application protocols and the delay induced by end-system networks, such as a satellite-connected WiFi network.