Demand assignment in the ACTS LBR system

Author

Palmer, L. ; White, L.

Author_Institution

COMSAT Lab., Clarksburg, MD, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

12-15 June 1988

Firstpage

504

Abstract

The ACTS LBR (Advanced Communications Technology Satellite Low Burst Rate) system is presented, concentrating on its demand assignment features. A description is given of the central role of the spaceborne baseband processor (BBP) and how traffic terminals access the BBP according to a burst time-frequency plan that operates in synchronism with the hopping beam antenna. The role of the LBR control channels in carrying out the demand assignment process is described, and models are presented for their dynamics. Simulation results are provided that quantify the dynamics of the variable demand assignment process, and that compare different algorithms for burst time plan rearrangement on the basis of relative control channel load.<>

Keywords

satellite relay systems; ACTS LBR system; Advanced Communications Technology Satellite Low Burst Rate; burst time-frequency plan; demand assignment; hopping beam antenna; onboard processing; relative control channel load; satellite communication; spaceborne baseband processor; Baseband; Directional antennas; Frequency conversion; Packaging; Routing; Space vehicles; Switches; Throughput; Time frequency analysis; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1988. ICC '88. Digital Technology - Spanning the Universe. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1988.13617

Filename

13617