The FODA-TDMA satellite access scheme: presentation, study of the system, and results

Author

Celandroni, Nedo ; Ferro, Erina

Author_Institution

CNUCE, Inst. of Italian Nat. Res. Council, Pisa, Italy

Volume

39

Issue

12

fYear

1991

fDate

12/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1823

Lastpage

1831

Abstract

A description is given of FODA-TDMA (FIFO ordered demand assignment-TDMA), a satellite access scheme designed for mixed traffic (patent N. 9373A/89). The study of the system is presented and the choice of some parameters is justified. A simplified analytic solution is found, describing the steady-state behavior of the system. Some results of the simulation tests for an already existing hardware environment are also presented for channel speeds of 2 and 8 Mb/s, considering both the stationary and the transient cases. The results of experimentation at 2 Mb/s on the EUTELSAT-F2 satellite are also presented and compared with the results of the simulation

Keywords

demand assigned multiple access; local area networks; satellite relay systems; time division multiple access; 2 Mbit/s; 8 Mbit/s; EUTELSAT-F2 satellite; FIFO ordered demand assignment-TDMA; FODA-TDMA satellite access scheme; LAN; channel speeds; hardware environment; local area networks; mixed traffic; simulation tests; stationary cases; steady-state behavior; transient cases; Bandwidth; Delay; Hardware; Local area networks; Protocols; Quality of service; Satellite ground stations; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Time division multiple access; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/26.120168

Filename

120168