Three of the best: Measurement
Measurement is always a popular topic on the APNIC Blog. Here are three of the best from 2024.
Tag: LEO
Gigabit data rates on Starlink — what’s the catch?
Guest post: How Starlink could make your Internet faster.
The Starlink vs cable conundrum in the Pacific
Guest Post: Could Starlink availability discourage undersea cable development for small island economies?
Democratizing LEO satellite network measurement
Guest Post: Researchers create the new open-source methodology ‘HitchHiking’ to conduct the largest LEO network measurement to date.
A multifaceted look at Starlink performance: The good, the bad and the ugly
Guest Post: First-of-its-kind comprehensive analysis of Starlink performance using several measurement sources.
Navigating Starlink’s FCC paper trail
Guest Post: What I learned when I figured out how to navigate FCC filings.
E pur si muove: Sometimes steering is virtual
Phased array antennas and their role in model LEO communications.
A transport protocol’s view of Starlink
How TCP interacts with the characteristics of the Starlink service.
The Cloud under the Sea — a good explainer of complex geopolitics
The role of submarine fibre networks in modern society.
[Podcast] Measuring Starlink TCP performance
Geoff Huston explores the performance of the BBR and Cubic flow control algorithms on the Starlink network through comprehensive measurements.