This Paper discusses design considerations for a data link control Protocol for low altitude
multiple satellite(LAMS) networks. Two important and intimately interrelated design issues are reliability and performance . Both of these are influenced by ...
This Paper discusses design considerations for a data link control Protocol for low altitude
multiple satellite(LAMS) networks. Two important and intimately interrelated design issues are reliability and performance . Both of these are influenced by the inconsistency gap (I_g) associated with the protocol. Closely associated measures are bounded maximum sender queueing time (MSQT) and maximum receiver holding time (MRHT) . This paper discusses these measures and describes a DLCP called LAMS-DLf which is tailored for LAMS networks. In LAMS-DLC both MSQT and MRHT are bounded, thus I_g is also bounded. With I_q bounded LAMB-DLC permits continuous operation (i.e. if the DLCP has data available for transmission it will be sent without Protocol delays) Provided the link is active. These benefits are obtained by relaxing the FIFO reliability constraint found in conventional DLCPs without permitting Packet loss or duplication As a result, LAMS-DLC performs favorably when compared with traditional DLCPs . The Paper concludes with an analysis of the throughput efficiency for both LAMB-DLC and SR-HDLC.