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In computer networking, IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC) is a humorous proposal to carry Internet Protocol (IP) traffic by birds such as homing pigeons. IP over Avian Carriers was initially described in RFC 1149, an April 1 RFC issued by the Internet Engineering Task Force written by D. Waitzman and released on April Fool’s Day 1990. It is one of several April 1 RFCs. Waitzman described an improvement of his protocol in RFC 2549, IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service (1 April 1999). IPoAC has been successfully implemented by a Linux user group. However, with a packet loss ratio of 55%, and a response time ranging from 3000 seconds to over 6000 seconds, the technology has been shown to be inferior to other data transfer methods.
— IP over Piccione (via napolux)
