Title :
A full mesh asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) satellite communications network
Author :
Mankarious, Ron R.
Author_Institution :
Interstate Electron. Corp., Anaheim, CA, USA
Abstract :
Effective operations in the tactical environment are becoming more dependent on the transfer of large quantities of multimedia information world-wide to both fixed and mobile platforms. Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) technology offers great potential to meet this challenge. However it must adapt to the tactical environment which is characterized by operations over noisy narrowband wireless channels, changing network topologies, and limited bandwidth availability. Emerging bandwidth-on-demand (BoD) commercial satellite networking technology coupled with ATM can meet these challenges. In essence, providing seamless integration of the satellite network into the terrestrial fiber-optic based network. The resulting hybrid ATM network provides instantaneous, on demand connectivity anywhere in the world. We discuss an architecture providing satellite DAMA services to transport ATM traffic. Special considerations are taken to discuss meeting the quality of service (QoS) requirements for the associated ATM class of service requested. The areas discussed are an overall satellite architecture and ATM interface support which includes the SONET interface, forward error correction, ATM cell switching and call management functions
Keywords :
SONET; asynchronous transfer mode; demand assigned multiple access; forward error correction; military communication; multimedia communication; network topology; optical fibre networks; satellite communication; switching networks; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; ATM cell switching; ATM interface; ATM satellite communications network; ATM traffic; SONET interface; asynchronous transfer mode; bandwidth availability; bandwidth on demand; call management; commercial satellite networking; forward error correction; hybrid ATM network; multimedia information; network architecture; network topologies; noisy narrowband wireless channels; quality of service; satellite DAMA services; satellite architecture; satellite network integration; tactical environment; terrestrial fiber optic based network; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Board of Directors; Narrowband; Network topology; Quality of service; SONET; Satellites; Telecommunication traffic; Working environment noise;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 1995. MILCOM '95, Conference Record, IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2489-7
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1995.483262
