Dynamic channel access protocol in geo-synchronous satellite networks

This paper describes a multiple access protocol, which answers the need for an efficient handling of the traffic coming from a wide range of broadband applications over geo-synchronous satellite air-interfaces. We propose a hybrid medium access control scheme, which combines both random access and demand assignment multiple access policies. It is coupled with a connection admission control algorithm, exploiting the advantages of statistical multiplexing. Dynamic management of the frame header allows minimizing the signaling overhead and maximizing the effectiveness of the reservation procedure