Over the last decade there has been a critical need to provide remote users a native transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) link across ultra-high frequency satellite communications (UHF SATCOM), especially among military service branches. For many users (troops, small ships, submarines, aircraft and others) UHF SATCOM is the only available radio frequency (RF) path. While there have been attempts to provide products with such capability, these products are not interoperable with other products. Further, the products have limited capabilities and other drawbacks.
Therefore, there is a current need for a protocol that may provide multi-user TCP/IP access across UHF satellite communications and that may operate on low bandwidth, handle long-latency communication, operate with half-duplex communications, and provide a high channel quality.