Chernoff bound approach for connection control in broadband satellite systems

In this letter we propose a predictive connection control scheme using the Chernoff bound for on-board packet switching satellite systems. The scheme is motivated by the large propagation delay and low computational capabilities inherent in such systems. To ensure quality of-service requirements are met, the proposed scheme predicts the upper bound of cell loss ratio and uses it to control the total number of connections. The numerical results obtained suggest that the proposed predictive and bound scheme is a promising approach for real time connection control.