[Starlink] Starlink in Northern Europe: A New Look at Stationary and In-motion Performance

[Sascha Meinrath]

Hi Hesham,

I've downloaded your paper to read when I get a moment; but could you provide 
the topline results for those of us who are interested to hear what you found?

--Sascha

On 2/27/25 00:00, Hesham ElBakoury via Starlink wrote:
> This paper [1] This paper evaluates the Flat High Performance (FHP) terminal's 
> performance in Finland, Northern Europe.
> 
> *_Abstract_*
> "Starlink has introduced the Flat High Performance (FHP) terminal, specifically 
> designed to support the vehicles and the vessels in motion as well as the high- 
> demand stationary users. The research on FHP terminal throughput analysis 
> remains limited, only a few existing studies evaluate FHP, focusing on the 
> limited parameters and scenarios. This paper evaluates the FHP terminal's 
> performance in Finland, Northern Europe. We examine round-trip time (RTT), 
> uplink, and downlink throughput for both stationary and in-motion use. We 
> measure network efficiency across six geographically diverse servers and get 
> insights of network routing strategies. Our results show that Starlink provides 
> high-speed, low-RTT connectivity, however, the throughput experiences 
> fluctuations with slight degradation when in motion. Additionally, we compare 
> Starlink and terrestrial network RTT and possible routing paths."
> 
> Hesham
> [1] https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15552 <https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15552>
> 
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Sascha Meinrath
Director, X-Lab
Palmer Chair in Telecommunications
Penn State University