Title :
Performance of a global circuit-switched satellite communication network
Author :
Tsai, Zsehong ; Chuang, Chum-Chen ; Chang, Jin-Fu ; Huang, Chun-Ming
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
A circuit-switched network consisting of multiple low Earth orbiting satellites and three geostationary satellites is considered. Crosslinks among low-orbit satellites are used as the major communication channels, while calls are routed via geostationary satellites only when low-orbit routes exceed or equal to a hop-count threshold. Simulation results are used to illustrate the network throughput under various traffic conditions and different link capacities. The impact of satellite failures on the network performance is also investigated
Keywords :
circuit switching; satellite communication; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; circuit-switched network; communication channels; crosslinks; geostationary satellites; global satellite communication network; hop-count threshold; link capacities; low Earth orbiting satellites; network performance; network throughput; routing; satellite failures; simulation results; traffic conditions; Artificial satellites; Circuit simulation; Communication channels; Low earth orbit satellites; Maintenance engineering; Routing; Satellite communication; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 1994 IEEE 44th
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1927-3
DOI :
10.1109/VETEC.1994.345371
