Multimedia traffic in broadband satellite networks

Author

Iera, Antonio ; Molinaro, Antonella ; Pace, Pasquale ; Marano, Salvatore

Author_Institution

Mediterranea Univ., Calabria, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

11-15 May 2003

Firstpage

428

Abstract

This paper aims at contributing to the dimensioning of the signalling bandwidth of a broadband geo-satellite system for multimedia communications. Signalling channels are used by the satellite terminals to set up connections and ask for on-demand resource assignment. A smart dimensioning of the satellite bandwidth plays a key role in the fulfillment of the service quality required by multimedia traffic and the effective exploitation of the satellite spectrum. We accomplish this task by designing a statistical centralised CAC accorded with an intelligent scheduling of the resource requests on board the satellite. The proposed traffic and resource management techniques have been tested over a simulation platform for the EuroSkyWay satellite system.

Keywords

broadband networks; multimedia communication; satellite communication; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network management; telecommunication terminals; telecommunication traffic; EuroSkyWay satellite system; broadband satellite network; connection admission control; geostationary satellite; multimedia communication; multimedia traffic; ondemand resource assignment; satellite terminal; signalling channel; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Communication system traffic control; Delay; Intelligent networks; Quality of service; Resource management; Satellites; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2003. ICC '03. IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7802-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2003.1204213

Filename

1204213