A dynamic reservation protocol for LEO mobile satellite systems

Author

Chan, Henry C B ; Zhang, Jie ; Chen, Hui

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon, China

Volume

22

Issue

3

fYear

2004

fDate

4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

559

Lastpage

573

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a dynamic reservation protocol for the low earth orbit (LEO) mobile satellite system. Based on an analytical model, the dynamic reservation protocol enhances system performance by dynamically varying both the access probability and reservation bandwidth. To implement the protocol, a novel contention-pattern-analysis method is proposed to estimate the number of contending terminals at the start of a frame. The reservation protocol is employed to integrate connection-oriented and connectionless traffic over a satellite channel. Simulation and theoretical results are presented to analyze the performance of the protocol and illustrate its benefits.

Keywords

mobile satellite communication; packet reservation multiple access; telecommunication traffic; LEO mobile satellite system; access probability; connection-oriented traffic; connectionless traffic; contending terminal estimation; contention-pattern-analysis method; dynamic reservation protocol; low earth orbit; multiple-access protocol; reservation bandwidth; satellite channel; system performance enhancement; Access protocols; Analytical models; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bayesian methods; Feedback; Internet; Low earth orbit satellites; Multiprotocol label switching; System performance; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSAC.2004.823439

Filename

1281980