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The wire of the worlds.

Discusses proposals for an interplanetary Internet (IPN). How efforts to alter the Internet for space will require more reliable wireless connections and altered networking protocols; How TCP/IP, a traditional networking protocol is too chatty for space; Distances in space and their effect on commu...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 353; no. 8145; pp. 88 - 90
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 11/13/1999
Materias:
Interstellar communication
Internet
TCP/IP
File Transfer Protocol (Computer network protocol)
Technological innovations
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Sumario:Discusses proposals for an interplanetary Internet (IPN). How efforts to alter the Internet for space will require more reliable wireless connections and altered networking protocols; How TCP/IP, a traditional networking protocol is too chatty for space; Distances in space and their effect on communications; File transfer as another area which will require changes; Similar problems facing wireless Internet devices; The File Delivery Protocol (FDP), a modified file transfer protocol (FTP).