Capacity allocation scheme for transmission of packets over satellite links

A baseband capacity allocation algorithm, which is simple to implement and provides high throughput with low average queueing delay, has been developed for transmission of data packets over satellite links. Consideration is given to the processing capability of the receiving station. Packets arriving at a station for transmission to different destinations are placed either in a single-destinational queue or a multidestinational queue, depending upon the current status of the queue. A Markov model is used to determine the average queueing delay. The incoming traffic is monitored and capacities are allocated to service single and multidestinational queues according to the specified grade of service performance.