[Starlink] Starlink hidden buffers

[David Lang]

On Sun, 14 May 2023, Sebastian Moeller wrote:

> silly question, does starlink operate using fixed geographical cells and are 
> CPE/dishies assigned to a single cell? In which case handover would not have 
> to be so bad, the satellite leaving a cell is going to shed all its load and 
> is going to take over the previous satellite's load in the cell it just starts 
> serving. Assuming equal "air-conditions" the modulation scheme should be 
> similar. So wouldn't the biggest problem be the actual switch-over time 
> required for dishies to move from one satellite to the next (and would this be 
> in line with the reported latency spikes every 15 seconds)?

yes, there was a paper not that long ago from someone who was using the starlink 
signal for time/location purposes that detailed the protocol and the coverage 
(at least at that time)

in the last week or so the FCC approved increased power/utilization percentage, 
I don't know if units in the field have been modified to use it yet.

>
>> On May 14, 2023, at 10:43, Ulrich Speidel via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 14/05/2023 6:55 pm, David Lang wrote:
>>>
>>> I just discovered that someone is manufacturing an adapter so you no longer have
>>> to cut the cable
>>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/YAOSHENG-Rectangular-Adapter-Connect-Injector/dp/B0BYJTHX4P
>>>
>> I'll see whether I can get hold of one of these. Cutting a cable on a university IT asset as an academic is not allowed here, except if it doesn't meet electrical safety standards.
>
> 	[SM] There must be a way to get this accomplished with in regulations if 
> the test requiring this is somehow made part of the experiment, no? (Maybe 
> requires partnering with other faculties like electrical engineering to get 
> the necessary clout with the administration?)

the other optin would be to order a second cord and cut that. You then aren't 
modifying the IT asset.

David Lang