Performance of packet networks in satellite clusters

Author

Ganz, Aura ; Li, Bo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA

Volume

10

Issue

6

fYear

1992

fDate

8/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1012

Lastpage

1019

Abstract

The authors introduce an approximate performance model for a packet switched satellite cluster consisting of m satellites interconnected through intersatellite links. The satellite cluster performance is expressed in terms of mean delay, throughput, and overflow probability. These performance measures are obtained as a function of the system load, traffic distribution, and system configuration in terms of the number of uplinks, number of buffers, number of transponders, and the intersatellite link capacity. The results obtained from the analytical model were within the confidence intervals of the simulation results obtained with a 99% confidence level. The analysis can be used to investigate the sensitivity of the system performance as a function of the system configuration

Keywords

packet switching; satellite relay systems; telecommunication networks; approximate performance model; buffers; confidence level; intersatellite link capacity; intersatellite links; mean delay; overflow probability; packet networks; packet switching; performance measures; satellite clusters; simulation results; system configuration; system load; throughput; traffic distribution; transponders; uplinks; Analytical models; Delay; Packet switching; Performance analysis; Satellites; System performance; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control; Transponders;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.144887

Filename

144887