Decision-theoretic allocation of satellite communications resources

This paper describes a decision-theoretic algorithm that allocates communications resources in a network simulation in a demand-assigned, multiple access (DAMA) manner. To “optimize” the results, the algorithm makes use of knowledge about the state of the system and environment and general network parameters. Performance comparisons of data throughput are made between the algorithm and two other types of allocation algorithms. In our experiment, the decision-theoretic allocation algorithm gives higher throughput than the other algorithms. The domain of the study is a network similar to the US army mobile subscriber equipment network