Efficient communications using the meteor-burst channel

Author

Chang, Sheldon S L ; Schilling, Donald L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA

Volume

40

Issue

1

fYear

1992

fDate

1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

119

Lastpage

128

Abstract

This work presents the results of a theoretical study of the meteor-burst channel which illustrates its time-varying bursty nature. In addition, the authors describe an innovative approach to data transmission over meteor-burst systems, i.e. the use of the feedback adaptive variable rate (FAVR) system which allows the maximum amount of information to be transmitted over each meteor-burst channel. For underdense meteor channels the FAVR performance is compared to an optimum system, i.e. a system capable of changing its bit rate instantaneously to channel conditions so as to maintain a constant SNR in each bit, and to a constant optimum rate/burst system. It is shown that when compared to an optimum rate per burst system, FAVR can result in a throughput increase exceeding a factor of 10. It is also shown that FAVR can approach the optimum system performance, although for practical purposes, it appears that 83-88% of optimum is attainable

Keywords

data communication systems; meteor burst communications; telecommunication channels; SNR; data transmission; feedback adaptive variable rate system; meteor-burst channel; optimum system performance; throughput; underdense meteor channels; Bit rate; Communication channels; Communication systems; Costs; Data communication; Degradation; Feedback; Frequency; System performance; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/26.126713

Filename

126713