Cross-layer study for resource management in DVB-S2 with mobile users

Gorry Fairhurst*, Giovanni Giambene, Samuele Giannetti, Cristina Parraga Niebla, Aduwati Sali

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingPublished conference contribution

2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Recently there has been a renewed interest on mobile communications via satellite. Therefore, the DVB-S2/-RCS standard has been updated with some countermeasures to combat fading effects of the mobile scenario. The focus of this paper is on multimedia traffic management on the DVB-S2 forward link to collective terminals on trains. In our study, we consider ACM, PHY margins, and LL-FEC coding to counteract the time-varying propagation conditions in Ku-band that are very critical for the railway scenario. A multi-layer optimization study is performed in order to maximize TCP goodput by jointly tuning LL-FEC coding and the PHY layer margin. It is shown how, using appropriate parameters, LL-FEC coding can improve the performance of the system. Moreover, the performance of the proposed UBMT scheduler is evaluated in managing CBR and FTP traffic flows. This study has permitted to determine the maximum capacity of CBR flows (guaranteeing a given quality of service level) in the presence of FTP flows.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIWSSC'09 - 2009 International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications - Conference Proceedings
Pages257-261
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Dec 2009
EventIWSSC'09 - 2009 International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications - Siena, Italy
Duration: 9 Sept 200911 Sept 2009

Conference

ConferenceIWSSC'09 - 2009 International Workshop on Satellite and Space Communications
Country/TerritoryItaly
CitySiena
Period9/09/0911/09/09

Bibliographical note

This paper has been carried out within the framework of the SatNEx II (IST No. IST-027393) FP6 network of excellence.

Keywords

  • Resource management
  • digital video broadcasting
  • optical attenuators
  • rain
  • snow
  • attenuation availability
  • biomedical optical imaging
  • high speed optical techniques
  • space technology

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