ATMOverSatellite-InformationSciencesInstitute.doc

Traffic Management in ATM Networks Over Satellite Links Rohit Goyal, Raj Jain, Mukul Goyal, Sonia Fahmy, Bobby Vandalore Department of Computer Information Science 2015 Neil Ave, DL395 Columbus, OH 43210 Phone: (614)-688-4482. Fax: (614)-292-2911. Email: goyal@, jain@ Tom vonDeak NASA Lewis Research Center 21000 Brookpark Road, MS 54-2 Cleveland, OH 44135 Phone: 216-433-3277 Fax: 216-433-8705 Email: tvondeak@ Abstract This report presents a survey of the traffic management issues in the design and implementation of satellite-ATM networks. First a reference satellite-ATM network architecture is presented along with an overview of the service categories available in ATM networks. The error characteristics of satellite channels, techniques to improve the error characteristics, and the impact on ATM network performance are then discussed. A delay model for satellite networks and the major components of delay and delay variation are described. A survey of design options for TCP over UBR, GFR and ABR services in ATM is presented next. The main focuses is on traffic management issues. Several recommendations on the design options for efficiently carrying data services over satellite-ATM networks are presented. Table of Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Architectural Issues 4 2.1 A Reference Architecture for Satellite-ATM Networks 5 2.2 Service Categories in ATM Networks 7 3 Satellite Channel Error Characteristics 9 3.1 Impact of bursty errors on the ATM layer 10 3.2 Impact of bursty errors on AAL protocols 12 3.3 Impact of Bursty Errors on Physical Layer Protocols 13 3.4 Solutions for Improving Error Characteristics 17 3.5 Performance Studies of Reed-Solomon codes 18 3.6 COMSATs ATM Link Enhancement (ALE) technique 19 4 Satellite Delay Characteristics 21 4.1 Delay Requirements of Applications 22 4.2 Satellite Network Delay Model 23 4.3 Delay Variation Characteristics 25 5 Media Access Protocols for ATM over Satellite 27 6 TCP Over Satellite-ATM: Interoperability Iss