VDL Mode 3 subnet simulation models in OPNET

Author

Wang, Paul T R ; Hung, Brian T L ; Eckstein, Bruce E.

Author_Institution

Mitre Corp., McLean, VA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

36465

Abstract

The Very High Frequency (VHF) Digital Link (VDL) Mode 3 is based on a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) media access control (MAC) protocol. This MAC protocol incorporates priority queuing, slotted ALOHA, and polling by the ground station to handle channel contention and to achieve the speedy delivery of time critical ATC messages. This paper provides an overview of the VDL Mode 3 subnet simulation models in Optimized Network Engineering Tools (OPNET). Four different subnet models are available for the simulation of different system configurations, namely, 2V2D, 3V1D, 4D, and 3T. The usefulness of these simulation models is demonstrated by their capability in simulating a wide range of scenarios and protocol alternatives in dealing with various configurations, load factors, and protocol parameter settings

Keywords

aerospace simulation; air traffic control; aircraft communication; radio links; telecommunication computing; time division multiple access; OPNET; TDMA media access control protocol; VDL Mode 3; VHF digital link; acceptable ranges; channel contention; channel resource utilization; optimized network engineering tools; polling by ground station; priority queuing; protocol parameter settings; slotted ALOHA; subnet simulation models; time critical ATC messages; traffic load factor; user group size; what if scenarios; Access protocols; Air traffic control; Aircraft; Bit error rate; Delay; FAA; Media Access Protocol; Resource management; Satellite ground stations; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1999. Proceedings. 18th

Conference_Location

St Louis, MO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5749-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1999.863746

Filename

863746