Protocol analysis and simulation of inter-satellite communication for formation flying systems

Author

Zhu, Lidong ; Zhou, Jin

Author_Institution

Nat. Key Lab. of Sci. & Technol. on Commun., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

fYear

2009

fDate

13-15 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

IEEE 802.11 protocol is widely used in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) for its high data transmission rates. The formation flying satellite system has a short inter-satellite distance, which is similar to WLAN. It may be a good choice to apply IEEE 802.11 protocol in inter-satellite communication to increase throughput. However inter-satellite distance is longer than what desired by WLAN, so IEEE 802.11 protocols should be modified to be used in formation flying satellite systems. In this paper, two methods of medium access control for IEEE 802.11b protocol are analyzed firstly, which are Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) and Point Coordination Function (PCF), and then the protocol is modified to be used in the formation flying satellite systems. Finally, we analyze the performance of the modified protocol through simulations.

Keywords

IEEE standards; data communication; satellite communication; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; DCF; IEEE 802.11 protocol; PCF; WLAN; data transmission rates; distributed coordination function; formation flying systems; inter-satellite communication simulation; point coordination function; protocol analysis; wireless local area networks; Access protocols; Analytical models; Artificial satellites; Data communication; Media Access Protocol; OFDM; Radar detection; Space technology; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; IEEE 802.11b protocol; Inter-satellite Communication; formation flying; throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications & Signal Processing, 2009. WCSP 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4856-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5668-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCSP.2009.5371744

Filename

5371744