Title :
Design of a space channel simulator using virtual instrumentation software
Author_Institution :
New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM, USA
Abstract :
The ability to simulate satellite channels gives protocol designers the ability to test design options prior to their use in space communications. Here we describe a software-based space channel simulator with variable channel error-rate, channel delay, and user bit error rate. This simulator is used to model the communications channel for testing various Internet-type protocol options for space communications
Keywords :
automatic test software; satellite links; space communication links; telecommunication channels; telecommunication computing; transport protocols; virtual instrumentation; Internet-type protocol options; TCP/IP; protocol design; satellite channels; software-based simulator; space channel simulator design; space communications; user interface; variable channel delay; variable channel error-rate; variable user bit error rate; virtual instrumentation software; Baseband; Bit error rate; Communication standards; Delay; Instruments; Protocols; Satellites; Standards development; Testing; Uniform resource locators;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2001. IMTC 2001. Proceedings of the 18th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6646-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2001.928793
