Link-layer quality of service in the L-band digital aeronautical communication system B-AMC

Author

Gräupl, T. ; Ehammer, M. ; Rokitansky, C.H.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Salzburg, Salzburg

fYear

2008

fDate

26-30 Oct. 2008

Abstract

B-AMC is a proposal for a future aeronautical communication system in the L-band. It was identified as one possible L-DACS 1 candidate. The original specification of the B-AMC air-ground protocol proposed the introduction of link-layer quality of service mechanisms. However, it did neither contain concrete algorithms, nor any guidelines for their implementation. This paper provides the specification and performance evaluation for an enhanced, quality of service aware, medium access and logical link control layer. The presented protocol improvements were guided by extensive simulation work and theoretical analysis. Selected results of this analysis and performance evaluation are presented in this paper.

Keywords

aircraft communication; aircraft computers; computer networks; data communication; protocols; quality of service; B-AMC; L-band digital aeronautical communication system; air-ground protocol; link-layer quality of service; logical link control layer; medium access layer; Access protocols; Analytical models; Communication system traffic control; Communication systems; Concrete; Guidelines; L-band; Performance analysis; Proposals; Quality of service;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 2008. DASC 2008. IEEE/AIAA 27th

Conference_Location

St. Paul, MN

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2207-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2208-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2008.4702791

Filename

4702791