Title :
A MAC protocol for ATM-satellite systems
Author :
Iera, Antonio ; Molinaro, Antonella ; Marano, Salvatore ; Aloi, Gianluca
Author_Institution :
DIMET, Reggio Calabria Univ., Italy
Abstract :
This paper reports a novel MAC protocol answering the need for an efficient transport of information on the MF-TDMA air interface of a satellite network adopting the ATM technology. The MAC is based on variable-rate DAMA for real-time VBR traffic coupled with a connection admission control algorithm, exploiting statistical multiplexing of VBR sources, and a pre-emptive buffer management policy. The main result is a high bandwidth exploitation as well as the QoS guarantee to each class of service
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; buffer storage; demand assigned multiple access; mobile satellite communication; quality of service; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; time division multiple access; ATM; MAC protocol; MF-TDMA; QoS guarantee; air interface; bandwidth exploitation; class of service; connection admission control; pre-emptive buffer management policy; real-time VBR traffic; satellite network; statistical multiplexing; variable-rate DAMA; Access protocols; Admission control; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Delay; Media Access Protocol; Multimedia systems; Quality of service; Satellite broadcasting;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999. VTC 1999 - Fall. IEEE VTS 50th
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5435-4
DOI :
10.1109/VETECF.1999.800312
