Routing and channel reservation strategies for a low Earth orbit satellite system

Author

Lui, John C S ; Tam, Peter T S ; Chan, H.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

189

Lastpage

193

Abstract

Routing in a low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite system involves the choice of inter-satellite links (ISLs) that connects two home satellites of the mobile terminals. We use a mesh model to formulate the LEO system and proposed 4 mesh-based algorithms. The objective is to minimize the new call blocking probability and the forced termination probability. Also, due to the dynamic topology of the LEO system, the route is subject to disconnection because of a route breaking event, such as a connection handover event or a link handover event. We propose a channel reservation strategy in order to safeguard the continuity of a route. Experiments are carried out to show the effectiveness of the routing algorithms and the reservation strategy

Keywords

mobile satellite communication; network topology; probability; satellite links; telecommunication network routing; LEO system; channel reservation; connection handover event; dynamic topology; experiments; forced termination probability; home satellites; inter-satellite links; link handover event; low Earth orbit satellite system; mesh model; mesh-based algorithms; mobile terminals; new call blocking probability; route breaking event; route continuity; route disconnection; routing algorithms; Artificial satellites; Computer science; Costs; Data communication; Information systems; Low earth orbit satellites; Mobile computing; Power system reliability; Routing; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

EUROCOMM 2000. Information Systems for Enhanced Public Safety and Security. IEEE/AFCEA

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6323-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURCOM.2000.874799

Filename

874799