Performance of a global circuit-switched satellite communication network

Author

Tsai, Zsehong ; Chuang, Chum-Chen ; Chang, Jin-Fu ; Huang, Chun-Ming

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

1994

fDate

8-10 Jun 1994

Firstpage

1625

Abstract

A circuit-switched network consisting of multiple low Earth orbiting satellites and three geostationary satellites is considered. Crosslinks among low-orbit satellites are used as the major communication channels, while calls are routed via geostationary satellites only when low-orbit routes exceed or equal to a hop-count threshold. Simulation results are used to illustrate the network throughput under various traffic conditions and different link capacities. The impact of satellite failures on the network performance is also investigated

Keywords

circuit switching; satellite communication; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; circuit-switched network; communication channels; crosslinks; geostationary satellites; global satellite communication network; hop-count threshold; link capacities; low Earth orbiting satellites; network performance; network throughput; routing; satellite failures; simulation results; traffic conditions; Artificial satellites; Circuit simulation; Communication channels; Low earth orbit satellites; Maintenance engineering; Routing; Satellite communication; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1994 IEEE 44th

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1927-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1994.345371

Filename

345371