Using low Earth orbiting satellites to backup the support of the existing ground mobile communications

Author

Chin, Le-Pond ; Chang, Jin-Fu

Author_Institution

Comput. Center, Shih Chien Coll., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

23-26 May 1993

Firstpage

1103

Abstract

Architecture and protocol are proposed and studied for a system in which low Earth orbiting satellites are used as a means to backup the existing terrestrial microwave mobile communication system. To incorporate these satellites, the existing ground system needs only to be modified slightly. The result is a great reduction in hand-off blocking probability. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed protocol, a model taking reality into consideration is established. The results are also checked with computer simulations

Keywords

aerospace simulation; land mobile radio; microwave links; mobile satellite communication; probability; transport protocols; backup; computer simulations; ground system; hand-off blocking probability; low Earth orbiting satellites; model; performance; protocol; terrestrial microwave mobile communication system; Artificial satellites; Computer simulation; Educational institutions; Europe; Ground support; Low earth orbit satellites; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Power system economics; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1993. ICC '93 Geneva. Technical Program, Conference Record, IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0950-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1993.397448

Filename

397448