Delivery time analysis of a low Earth orbit satellite network for seamless PCS

Author

Wang, Chia-Jiu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

389

Lastpage

396

Abstract

The message delivery time on a low Earth orbit (LEG) satellite network is analyzed. The LEO network is assumed to be seamless and virtual cut-through switching is proposed for use. Equations to calculate the message delivery time and the probability of a message being delivered successfully using no more than a time delay bound for LEO networks, varying in size and connectivity, are derived. The message delivery times of different LEO networks, varying in network connectivity, are compared. Numerical examples show that with the probability of successful delivery =0.99 and the probability of cut-through =0.5, an 8×8 LEO network with six crosslinks per node can deliver messages 40% faster than with four crosslinks per node for communicating satellites, separated by D hops, where D is the network diameter

Keywords

land mobile radio; mobile satellite communication; personal communication networks; probability; telecommunication services; telecommunication switching; LEO network; PCS; delivery time analysis; low Earth orbit satellite network; message delivery probability; message delivery time; network connectivity; network diameter; time delay bound; virtual cut-through switching; Anodes; Artificial satellites; Delay effects; Equations; Low earth orbit satellites; Military satellites; Orbital calculations; Personal communication networks; Probability; Springs;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.345883

Filename

345883