[e2e] Is a non-TCP solution dead?

[renjish at cc.hut.fi]

It must be too early to rule out the dominance of telcos. Interests in 
WLAN,bróadband etc may not replace the wider mobile coverage provided by the 
cellular technology. With the amount of investments and infrastructure required 
plus the governmental regulations that exist in the cellular market, telcos and 
the equipment vendors will definitely have a greater say and control. In the 
coming days, this importance may not exist as it is now, but that again depends 
on the games they play and future market dynamics. 
   The implementation of new protocols could be faster in a mobile cellular 
environmnet unlike the fixed Internet due to these very factors(one good case 
where dictatorship helps). GSM being the dominant technology until now vs. CDMA 
and with WCDMA "hopefully" following the same trend, you might avoid ending up 
paying to Qualcomm for any changes.

All said and done, based on the number of research papers that have been 
generated for this topic of TCP issues over wireless, I wonder, if the solution 
eludes us or vice versa?

P at L




On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 00:43:20 -0600 "Ayyasamy, Senthilkumar  (UMKC-Student)" 
<saq66 at umkc.edu> wrote:

> 
> 
> > First all, the wireless world is tightly controlled by wireless 
> > service providers. They control applications that run on handsets, 
> > media servers, and even content providers. 
> 
> Yes. It is true even for the IP telephony market. But, looking at 
> the interest for wifi (wireless), broadband and flooding of 
> products like vonage (VoIP), we can expect a shift from the age 
> old telco models. But, obviously all these changes make your 
> customer a competitor. So, where lies the benefit for the 
> provider? 
>