Routing in LEO-based satellite networks

Author

Gounder, Vidyashankar V. ; Prakash, Ravi ; Abu-Amara, Hosame

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Program, Texas Univ. at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

22.1

Lastpage

22.6

Abstract

Several strategies have been proposed for routing in a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite system. Some of them are based on the Internet protocol (IP) and a few on asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switching. However, issues like memory requirements of the satellites in the LEO network and the overheads involved in transmitting packets over the network have tended to be ignored. This paper focuses on developing an efficient solution to the routing issue in a LEO network. It also discusses the issue of the placement of the network operations and control centers (NOCC) required to support the satellite system

Keywords

packet switching; satellite links; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network routing; LEO-based satellite networks; NOCC; low Earth orbit; memory requirements; network operations and control centers; packet transmission; routing; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Computer science; Intelligent networks; Internet; Low earth orbit satellites; Network topology; Routing; Strategic planning; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Systems, 2000. 1999 Emerging Technologies Symposium

Conference_Location

Richardson, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5554-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETWCS.1999.897340

Filename

897340