A Satellite-LTE Network with Delay-Tolerant Capabilities: Design and Performance Evaluation

Author

Amadeo, M. ; Araniti, G. ; Iera, A. ; Molinaro, A.

fYear

2011

fDate

5-8 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper, a delay tolerant approach for traffic management in LTE over satellite link is presented. Due to the long propagation delays and frequent disruptions, mobile satellite communications pose many challenges, especially to the transport layer when the TCP protocol is used. We design and evaluate the performance of a transport protocol solution based on the DTN architecture in the satellite-LTE system. Our proposal, named Tiny Bundle Layer, acts as an overlay on top of different versions of TCP in order to overcome the satellite link impairments.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; computer network management; delay tolerant networks; mobile satellite communication; satellite links; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; DTN architecture; TCP protocol; delay tolerant network; delay-tolerant capability; long term evolution; mobile satellite communication; performance evaluation; propagation delays; satellite link impairment; satellite-LTE network; tiny bundle layer; traffic management; transport layer; Delay; IP networks; Mobile communication; Protocols; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Servers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8328-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2011.6093140

Filename

6093140