Title :
Simulation of MAC Protocol in Near Space Communication Network Based on TDMA
Author :
Zhu Zi-hang ; Liang Jun ; Yu Jiang-ming ; Zhao Hui
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. Eng. Inst., Air Force Eng. Univ., Xi´an, China
Abstract :
A network model for the near space communication network is established by the means of OPNET as a development environment, and a medium access control (MAC) protocol based on TDMA (time division multiple access) is designed, leading to the channel resource being shared efficiently. A formula for the average end to end (ETE) delay of the network is delivered according to the queue theory. Simulation results show theoretic analysis can accurately estimate the average ETE delay of the network.
Keywords :
access protocols; space communication links; time division multiple access; MAC protocol; OPNET; TDMA; average end to end delay; medium access control protocol; near space communication network; time division multiple access; Access protocols; Communication networks; Delay effects; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Power engineering and energy; Propagation delay; Queueing analysis; Satellites; Time division multiple access;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2009. WiCom '09. 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3692-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3693-4
DOI :
10.1109/WICOM.2009.5302534
