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I think this is a really good idea. Startup? PhD thesis?

• iqster 15y ago
  Here is a paper from 03: http://www.usenix.org/event/mobisys03/tech/full_papers/chakravorty/chakravorty.pdf http://www.usenix.org/event/mobisys03/tech/full_papers/chakr... As I recall, one of the key problems this group found was that GPRS had a very low incidence of packet loss. This was because the physical layer protocol had some error correction built in. TCP wasn't designed for this and ended up doing the wrong thing. This group proposed a custom reliable protocol between the mobile device and a proxy gateway, and their results showed improved performance. We're not talking about GPRS but I am curious why there is so much packet loss? Also, just FYI: MobiSys (the top academic conference on mobile systems) is happening in the DC area this week.
• leoc 15y ago
  I'll bet you thought Vint Cerf was just a trophy hiring. :) http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/vint-cerf-plugs-his-plucky-space-web-protocol-into-android/ http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/vint-cerf-plugs-his-plucky-spac...
• jarek 15y ago
  Do tell how you reckon a start-up could bring to popularity, let alone monetize a new Internet protocol?
  • goof 15y ago
    We're not talking about replacing TCP as the standard transport protocol. But if you're a mobile app developer and you control both the client (via a native app) and the server you can use whatever you want. If someone provided client and server implementations of a more efficient networking protocol it could become popular. I have no idea about monetization though. I doubt just charging for the code would work.
• grimoire 15y ago
  I know of at least one company that tried this and failed. It was quite a long time ago and targeted large companies, but it did work. To give you an idea of how long ago, it was written for PocketPC 3.0. The company is now defunct.