Title :
Traffic simulator for LEO and ICO type mobile satellite networks
Author :
Dinis, Manuel ; Tavares, Pedro ; Ferreira, José ; Santos, Victor
Author_Institution :
Portugal Telecom, Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
A traffic simulator is presented along with various simulation results for an ICO and LEO type constellations. The simulator permits the calculation of the traffic at the satellite footprint and spotbeam level in various instances of the satellites trajectory. By using these traffic simulation results as input to a satellite resource management simulator, the fixed channel allocation (FCA) and the dynamic channel allocation (DCA) techniques were evaluated. Simulations results are presented for the various parameters in both systems
Keywords :
cellular radio; channel allocation; digital simulation; mobile satellite communication; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; C language; DCA; FCA; ICO; LEO; cellular system; dynamic channel allocation; fixed channel allocation; low Earth orbit; mobile satellite networks; satellite constellations; satellite footprint; satellite resource management simulator; satellite trajectory; simulation results; spotbeam; system parameters; traffic simulator; Artificial satellites; Cellular networks; Economic forecasting; Investments; Low earth orbit satellites; Mobile communication; Resource management; Satellite constellations; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4320-4
DOI :
10.1109/VETEC.1998.686539
