From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.lang.hm (unknown [66.167.227.145]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9F893B29E for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 03:55:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from dlang-mobile (unknown [10.2.2.69]) by mail.lang.hm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BD34122E91; Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:55:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:55:01 -0800 (PST) From: David Lang To: Dick Roy cc: 'David Lang' , 'Daniel AJ Sokolov' , starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net In-Reply-To: <6520435B9E534AE6B242E102B15FECF3@SRA6> Message-ID: References: <1p492142-q944-r494-6s6r-p6q37s57qnq4@ynat.uz> <1F1EB112F8CB446FAB4BF308A76955FA@SRA6> <0ac195f5-3668-4c96-8dec-8a2d59a0bd52@Spark> <866405-s043-n12n-6pqs-46o38r189218@ynat.uz> <38pr9p5s-3ro4-49p9-9535-7o92oqrq62r1@ynat.uz> <6520435B9E534AE6B242E102B15FECF3@SRA6> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink Roaming X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 08:55:02 -0000 On Mon, 21 Feb 2022, Dick Roy wrote: > My thinking is that the laser links will make it possible to route the > traffic >> from wherever I am to the appropriate ground station that I'm registered > with as opposed to the current bent-pipe approach where, if I move to far from > my registered location, I need to talk to a different ground station. > > > > [RR] It is important to remember there is no need to go through a particular > ground station. What is necessary is to authenticate the dishy to the > network. Authentication servers will probably be distributed so that it can > happen quickly and the resulting flows and paths can be configured > independently. long term you are correct, short term I expect that dishes are assigned a specific ground station. It's a choice that would get them up and running faster, and with a fixed bent-pipe arrangement, doesn't really hurt that much (again, short term) David Lang