Title :
A transmission coordination protocol for a mobile satellite messaging system
Author_Institution :
Lockheed Martin Global Telecommun., Clarksburg, MD
Abstract :
We describe a transmission coordination protocol for a non-GEO mobile satellite messaging system based upon a distributed architecture. One major challenge facing the system is transmission planning, which is performed at satellite gateway (SG) Earth stations sharing the same radio resource. Lacking centralized control, the successful operation of the system relies on meticulous coordination among the SGs accessing the same satellite. Our protocol is capable of ensuring the consistency of information used by SGs to schedule their data transmission in a distributed fashion. It is robust in resolving potential network failures and is simple to implement
Keywords :
data communication; distributed processing; internetworking; mobile satellite communication; transport protocols; data transmission; network failures; nonGEO mobile satellite messaging system; satellite gateway Earth stations; transmission coordination protocol; transmission planning; Access protocols; Artificial satellites; Centralized control; Data communication; IP networks; Low earth orbit satellites; Mobile communication; Robustness; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite ground stations;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2000. GLOBECOM '00. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6451-1
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2000.891307
