Title :
A bandwidth allocation strategy for multimedia traffic in a satellite network
Author :
Bolla, Raffaele ; Davoli, Franco ; Marchese, Mario
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun., Comput. & Syst. Sci., Genoa Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The paper proposes a bandwidth allocation scheme adapted for satellite networks. The traffic considered is divided into two categories: guaranteed traffic and non-guaranteed best-effort traffic. The control scheme is aimed at keeping the call blocking probability of the guaranteed traffic below a given threshold and at minimising the packet discarding probability of the best-effort portion in case of degradation of the satellite channel. In that way a minimum grade of service should be guaranteed for both traffic. The allocation scheme is designed as a two-level hierarchical mechanism: the upper level allocates a portion of the overall bandwidth to each station, the lower level shares the received portion between guaranteed and non-guaranteed traffic. The results show the behaviour of the algorithm and its performance
Keywords :
bandwidth allocation; multimedia communication; probability; quality of service; radio networks; satellite communication; telecommunication traffic; QoS; algorithm behaviour; algorithm performance; bandwidth allocation; call blocking probability; guaranteed traffic; minimum grade of service; multimedia traffic; nonguaranteed best-effort traffic; packet discarding probability; satellite channel; satellite networks; two-level hierarchical mechanism; Artificial satellites; Bandwidth; Channel allocation; Communication cables; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Intelligent networks; Resource management; Telecommunication traffic; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2000. GLOBECOM '00. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6451-1
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2000.891313
