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Rate Based Satellite Control Protocol
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<h2 id="means-of-operation">Means of operation</h2> <p>RBSCP works by tunneling the usual IP packets within IP packets. The transport protocol identifier is 199. On each end of the tunnel, routers buffer packets to utilize the link better. In addition to this, RBSCP tunnel routers: </p> <ul><li>modify TCP options at connection setup.</li> <li>implement a <a href="/facts/Performance_Enhancing_Proxy/T169tXVu">Performance Enhancing Proxy</a> (PEP) that resends lost packets on behalf of the client, so loss is not interpreted as congestion.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706144353/http://cisco.biz/en/US/docs/ios/12_3t/12_3t7/feature/guide/gt_rbscp.html">https://web.archive.org/web/20110706144353/http://cisco.biz/en/US/docs/ios/12_3t/12_3t7/feature/guide/gt_rbscp.html</a></li></ul>