November 1991 | Technical Report TR-91-281
Simulation of hybrid terrestrial-satellite networks for service restoral and performance efficiency
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Martin Nesenbergs, “Simulation of hybrid terrestrial-satellite networks for service restoral and performance efficiency,” Technical Report TR-91-281, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, November 1991.
Martin Nesenbergs
Abstract: Motivated by recognized vulnerabilities of the terrestrial public networks, this report addresses the question whether an appropriate introduction of advanced satellite systems would or would not benefit the telecommunication services for the currently existing terrestrial infrastructure. What the satellite subnetwork should be, and what performance gains are to be realized, are two key issues. Given voice, data or integrated services traffic, the survivability and restoral effectiveness of different network configurations is likely to vary considerably for different crisis scenarios. It is concluded that answers to these and other complex, performance–related, questions can only be gotten by means of computer modeling and simulation. Today there seem to be sufficient simulation tools available for the task. The report reviews the overall plan and simulation objectives for circuit–switched networks. From the many proposed methodologies, the discrete event and temporal aggregation methods are emphasized. The importance of simulator inputs is demonstrated through needs for relatively detailed specifications of the terrestrial and satellite networks, their interfaces, the offered traffic, stress (i.e., network damage and traffic overload), and service performance measures required in the simulation output.
Keywords: simulation; performance; modeling; traffic; advanced satellites; blocking grade-of-service; circuit-switched networks; network damage; satellite-terrestrial hybrid; service restoral; stress; temporal aggregation
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