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A capture‐assisted random access scheme for multi‐beam LEO satellite packet data networks
Author(s) -
Thomas George
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of satellite communications and networking
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.388
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1542-0981
pISSN - 1542-0973
DOI - 10.1002/sat.803
Subject(s) - computer science , random access , network packet , low earth orbit , satellite , computer network , communications satellite , throughput , wireless , telecommunications , engineering , aerospace engineering
A CDMA‐based satellite switch is proposed for use in multi‐beam satellites carrying random‐access packet‐switched data. Applications include the emerging new low‐earth‐orbit (LEO) satellite networks which support global wireless networking. Capture phenomenon is used to advantage in increasing the random access throughput, and the on‐board switch is at once simple and specially designed to handle full loads with minimal complexity. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.