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Design Guide to Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) over Satellite Communication Networks

Overview This paper summarizes the issues in using satellite links as the physical media for ATM internetworking and uses it to build a design guide for implementation of ATM over satellite networks. The challenge here is to provide ATM, a connection-oriented protocol developed specifically for a reliable high-bandwidth wired infrastructure, along with its QoS guarantees, for mobile networks, which are characterized by frequent breaks and makes of connections over a shared, unreliable and limited-bandwidth wireless medium. A successful implementation of ATM inter-networks depends upon the Bit Error Rate (BER) of the underlying physical layer. ATM was originally designed for links with low BER like fiber. In the case of satellite links, the error rate is orders of magnitude higher. The bursty nature of the error in satellite links also poses a big problem. This paper will systematically deal with such major issues of Satellite ATMs (SATATM) and their implementation. A set of motivation examples or scenarios for SATATM networks will be discussed.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Elektro Online	File Format	HTML
Date Published	April 2001	Downloads	187
Format	White Papers
Topics	ATM, Bandwidth Issues, Satellite Communications

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