SatSim-a simulator for mobile satellite network

Author

Racherla, Gopal ; Das, Anindya ; Sreeramooju, Ramesh ; Chilakalapudi, Srinivas ; Subrahmanyam, R.V.S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci., Oklahoma Univ., Norman, OK, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

340

Lastpage

343

Abstract

Wireless and mobile computing is a newly emerging paradigm for computing which has created a set of new problems as compared to static network-oriented computing. These include mobility management, intelligent caching, efficient routing strategies and handoff strategies. Currently a number of efforts are underway to construct and deploy communication networks based on low Earth orbit (LEO) and intermediate circular orbit (ICO) satellites. Satellite systems can support both terrestrial wired and wireless networks. Simulation can be used in order to quickly prototype and compare various facets of a mobile satellite network system. There is a dearth of such tools for satellite network environments. In this paper, we present a modular simulation environment for mobile satellite networks

Keywords

digital simulation; mobile computing; mobile satellite communication; telecommunication computing; ICO satellites; LEO satellites; SatSim; efficient routing strategies; handoff strategies; intelligent caching; intermediate circular orbit; low Earth orbit; mobile computing; mobile satellite network; mobility management; simulator; wireless computing; Artificial satellites; Communication networks; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Low earth orbit satellites; Mobile computing; Mobile radio mobility management; Routing; Virtual prototyping; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal Wireless Communication, 1999 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Jaipur

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4912-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPWC.1999.759645

Filename

759645