[Starlink] Comprehensive Measurement Study on Starlink Performance Published

[J Pan]

very nice paper and video---we've updated the reference to your work
as well. cheers.  -j
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J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan at UVic.CA, Web.UVic.CA/~pan



On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 10:13 AM Nitinder Mohan via Starlink
<starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Our comprehensive multifaceted measurement study looking at Starlink global and last-mile performance is now available online: https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.09242.
>
> TL;DR: See the summary in this nice teaser video we made: https://youtu.be/WtE3MoK8J80
>
> We looked at several third-party measurement sources (M-Lab, RIPE Atlas) and performed our own measurements over multiple Starlink dishes to uncover the following:
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> 1. How different is Starlink network performance globally? How do ground station and PoP availability impact performance?
> 2. How much latency is consumed by the satellite part of the link?
> 3. Is Starlink connection affected by bufferbloat?
> 4. Are satellite handovers the root-cause of Starlink 15-sec reconfigurations?
> 5. How good is Starlink compared to terrestrial cellular networks for real-time applications, specifically Cloud Gaming and Zoom.
>
> The study has been accepted and will appear in ACM The Web Conference 2024 (WWW), which is a flagship venue that has historically housed several pioneering works central to Internet success.
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> Feel free to let me know if you have any questions related to the work.
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> P.S. We also thanked this mailing list in our paper for providing us several key insights and inquisitive discussions :)
>
> Thanks and Regards
>
> Nitinder Mohan
> Technical University Munich (TUM)
> https://www.nitindermohan.com/
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