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\lhead{Marc Horowitz}
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This proposal describes a UROP project for IAP, 1996.  This research
is a component of a larger project in course 16 investigating the
viability of satellite-based data services, analagous to the
satellite-based phone services which are nearing deployment today.
One advantage of satellite-based networking is that extremely
long-distance links, such as one between North America and Australia,
do not require additional infrastructure beyond what is generally
needed for global coverage.  Since inter-satellite communication
requires somewhat different design than ground-based communication, it
is necessary to have an idea of what long-distance network traffic is
like to engineer the satellite network and generate a viable business
model.

My project is to produce a model for very long distance network growth
for the next 20 years.  This model will determine what technology and
business model is appropriate for a satellite data network.  This can
then be compared to projections for ground-based networks, determining
if the satellite network is actually viable.

In order to produce such a model, I will collect historical data on
international and intercontinental network traffic.  Once this data is
obtained, I can use numerical techniques to build a model of network
growth as a function of time or some other useful independent
variable.  Then, I can use this model to extrapolate future usage.  I
expect this project to take me about forty hours over IAP.

My background includes some focused work on global networking.  In
this work, the network technology is frequently an end in itself.
This project interests me because it will let me apply my existing
knowledge about networking to a real-world project.  Since the project
is run from a non-course 6 perspective, I hope to gain some insight on
how other fields use as a means the technology which I normally
perceive as an end.

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