Efficient packet satellite communications
Abstract
This paper gives an extensive analysis of a packet satellite (PACSAT) communications system that uses a digital processing satellite in a packet data network. It is shown that multiple uplinks coupled with on-board switching and storage can provide significant gains in throughput, efficiency, and margin against instability. Design tradeoffs are presented and the theoretical results are verified by extensive computer simulations.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Communications
- Pub Date:
- October 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979ITCom..27.1416D
- Keywords:
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- Communication Satellites;
- Data Transmission;
- Digital Systems;
- Signal Processing;
- Switching Circuits;
- Transmission Efficiency;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Data Links;
- Data Storage;
- Onboard Equipment;
- Communications and Radar