Capacity Assessment of Net-Centric SATCOM Systems

Author

Gobbi, Richard L. ; Burris, Carl H. ; Fernholz, Jerry ; Alexovich, John ; Cascio, David M. ; Knab, John J.

Author_Institution

LinQuest Corp., Falls Church, VA

fYear

2006

fDate

23-25 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A capacity assessment methodology is described for Internet protocol based services over packet-routing SATCOM systems. The methodology accurately characterizes user networks while accounting for physical and system-specific constraints on terminal transmission and reception modes and on terminal-to-beam mappings. Statistical models of user packet traffic are developed from user application information. These models are applied in the SATCOM evaluation tool (SET) to assign satellite capacity to user connectivity requirements and to derive statistical multiplexing gains

Keywords

IP networks; routing protocols; satellite communication; statistical multiplexing; telecommunication traffic; Internet protocol; SATCOM evaluation tool; SET; net-centric SATCOM systems; packet traffic; packet-routing; satellite capacity assessment; statistical multiplexing gains; terminal reception; terminal transmission; terminal-to-beam mappings; Circuits; Downlink; Internet; Payloads; Protocols; Resource management; Satellites; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2006. MILCOM 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0617-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0618-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2006.302482

Filename

4086374