1. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Access Methods for Satellite Networks providing Internet Services Anusha Reddy Bethi

2. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Outline  Introduction  Motivation  Fundamentals of Satellite Systems  Characteristics of Satellite Communications  Satellite based Internet Architecture  Access Methods and Protocols  Routing Issues in Satellite Systems  Satellite Internet Services and Applications  Future of Satellite Communications  Summary  References 2

3. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Introduction  Satellite communication system is an excellent candidate to provide broadband integrated Internet services to globally scattered users.  In a satellite-based Internet system, satellites are used to interconnect heterogeneous network segments to provide ubiquitous direct Internet access to homes and businesses.  Various features: Global Coverage Broadcast capability Bandwidth-on-demand flexibility Support mobility Point-to-multipoint and multipoint-to-multipoint communications 3

4. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Motivation  The most important reasons for the diffusion of satellite communications:  Need for Broadband integrated Internet services to globally scattered users.  Required in locations where terrestrial internet access is not available. (Example: Rural or remote areas)  In locations which move frequently or fast and flexible connections are necessary. (Example: maritime and aeronautical)  High bandwidth 4

5. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Fundamentals of Satellite Communications  Elements of Satellite system:  Space segment Satellite or fleet of Satellites  Ground segment Gateway stations Network Coordination center(NCC) Network Operation center(NOC) 5

6. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Elements of a Satellite System F From:Satellite communications systems move into the twenty-first century Leonard S. Golding Hughes Network Systems, Inc., Germantown, MD 20876, USA 6 PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network PLMN: Public Land Mobile Network PDN: Public Data Network TT&C: Telemetry, Tracking and Command NCS/NOC: Network Coordination/operations center

7. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  Space segment: Composed of Satellites classified into the following according to the orbit altitude above the earth’s surface.  Geostationary orbit satellite (GSO) Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO)  Non-geostationary orbit satellite (NGSO) Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite 7

8. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  Ground segment:  Gateway stations Network interfaces between external networks and satellite network. Perform protocol, address and format conversions  NCC and NOC handle the following: Network resource management Satellite operation Orbiting control. 8

9. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Satellite Payload  The Payload is the communication subsystem, which carries out the communications mission (receiving and transmitting information).  It has one or more antennas, receivers, and transmitters, as well as hardware and software that perform some information processing.  It must be Simple and Robust. 9

10. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Characteristics of Satellite Communications  Frequency bands and services  Bandwidth efficiency  Latency and availability 10

11. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Frequency Bands and Services Frequency BandFrequency (GHz)Type of ServiceExample Systems L-Band1.5—1.6Mobile voice and data, distress (downlink) Inmarsat, Thurya S-Band2.4—2.6Mobile voice and data ICO/Globalstar C-Band4—6International dialed and leased circuits, Broadcast TV Intelsat, PanAmSat, Dish X-Band7—8Military servicesSkynet 4 and 5, Nato Ku-Band11—14TV broadcast, business systems, broadband Internet to homes and offices SES-Astra, Eutelsat, Intelsat Ka-Band20—30Broadband to homes and offices Hughes, Spaceway V-Band40—50Non-real-time fixed services Hughes, Galaxy 11 From: The use of satellite for multimedia communications - M Fitch BT Technology Journal Vol 21 No 3 July 2003

12. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Comparison of Bandwidth Efficiency for Satellite and Terrestrial Systems ServiceBandwidth efficiency (bit/s/Hz) Satellite mobile0.7 Satellite DTH TV1 GSM data0.4 IS-951 Cable TV2-6 From: The use of satellite for multimedia communications -M Fitch BT Technology Journal Vol 21 No 3 July 2003 12

13. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Latency and Availability  Latency:  Round-Trip delay of 250-280ms makes Latency noticeable in highly interactive services like voice and games.  This will result in an overall reduction in throughput and reliability.  Availability:  Though, availability is dominated by weather conditions such as rain and clouds several Power control and other fade mitigation techniques can be used to overcome weather effects.  Satellite Internet services are typically dimensioned to provide 99.9% availability. 13

14. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Satellite based Internet Architecture  The satellite-based Internet has several architectural options due to the diverse designs of satellite systems, in orbit types (GSO, MEO, LEO), payload choice (OBP or bent pipe), and ISL designs.  Three types of Satellite-Based Internet Architectures: Bent pipe Architecture OBP and ISL Architecture Internet access via DBS 14

15. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Satellite Based Internet with Bent-Pipe Architecture From: Satellite Based Internet Technology and Services:A Tutorial Yurong Hu and Victor O. K. Li, The University of Hong Kong IEEE Communications Magazine March 2001  The satellites adopted can be GEO, MEO or LEO. They serve as Bent-Pipes. They act as Repeaters between two communication points on the ground. There is no Onboard Processing.  It provides Internet access as well as data trunking service.  The satellite network interfaces with the ground Internet infrastructure via GSs on the Earth. It may be the only access method for some users (e.g., user A) when no other communication method is available, or a backup connection in addition to an existing terrestrial access network (e.g., user B).  Though this architecture is simple and easy to implement it lacks direct communication paths in space and results in low spectrum efficiency and long latency. 15

16. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Satellite Based Internet with OBP and ISL Architecture From: Satellite Based Internet Technology and Services:A Tutorial Yurong Hu and Victor O. K. Li, The University of Hong Kong IEEE Communications Magazine March 2001  OBP and ISLs may be used to help construct a network in the sky.  This architecture is a combination of access and backbone network.  Teledesic is one such system using a constellation of 288 LEO satellites with ISLs.  The rich connectivity in space will provide more flexibility but also bring complex routing issues. 16

17. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Internet Access via DBS From: Satellite Based Internet Technology and Services:A Tutorial Yurong Hu and Victor O. K. Li, The University of Hong Kong IEEE Communications Magazine March 2001  Due to Internet traffic asymmetry where considerably more data is transmitted from the server to the end user than in the reverse direction (e.g., Web browsing), there is a trend to offer Internet access via Direct Broadcast Satellites (DBSs) used for television broadcasting.  Each home has a receive-only satellite dish to collect data delivered in the high-speed satellite broadcast channel. The reverse path to the server is provided by a terrestrial link.  Hughes’s DirecPC system is an example.  In order to make full use of the wide bandwidth of satellite broadcast links, DBS is also extended by using the receive-only terminals as gateways to interconnect remote networks. 17

18. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Examples of some worldwide broadband satellite systems that provide high-speed Internet service From: Satellite Based Internet Technology and Services:A Tutorial Yurong Hu and Victor O. K. Li, The University of Hong Kong IEEE Communications Magazine March 2001 18

19. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Access Methods and Protocols Satellite Protocol Reference Model Figure 1. Satellite protocol stack architecture by ETSI TC-SES/BSM. From: Cross-Layer Protocol Optimization for Satellite Communications networks: A Survey Giovanni Giambene and Sastri Kota INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network. 2006; 24:323–341 Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/sat.853 19 SI-SAP: Satellite-Independent- Service Access Point IPV4/IPV6: Internet Protocol version4/ Internet Protocol version6 UDP: User Datagram Protocol TCP: Transport control Protocol

20. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science MAC Protocols for satellite links  MAC schemes based on the bandwidth allocated can be categorized into following groups:  Fixed Assignment FDMA TDMA CDMA  Random Access (used by VSAT and USAT) ALOHA  Demand Assignment Demand Assignment Multiple Access(DAMA) 20

21. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Demand Assignment Multiple Access(DAMA)  In situations where the traffic of each earth station is bursty, fixed allocation of satellite bandwidth to earth stations is inefficient. It is desirable to dynamically allocate the transponder bandwidth in response to earth station requests, using a Demand Assignment Multiple Access (DAMA) protocol.  Increases system throughput.  A resource request must be granted before actual data transmission. After a successful reservation, bandwidth is allocated on an overall FDMA or TDMA architecture, and data transmission is guaranteed to be collision-free.  The reservation process can be implicit or explicit.  The reservation may be made under centralized control or distributed control.  For Internet data applications, there exist several DAMA protocols that operate in this efficient on- demand reservation mode.  Pure DAMA (P_DAMA) assigns bandwidth based on the traffic load of earth stations without considering how to utilize the unassigned free bandwidth.  Combined Free DAMA (CFDAMA) removes this shortcoming by allocating the free bandwidth according to some schemes (such as round robin R_CFDAMA.)  Weighted CFDAMA (W_CFDAMA) allocates free bandwidth in proportion to the traffic load of different stations one RTT before.  But better among these protocols is the Predictive DAMA(PRDAMA). 21

22. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Predictive Demand Assignment Multiple Access(PRDAMA)  Enhancement of W_CFDAMA  PRDAMA allocates free bandwidth resources by estimating the positive varying trend of the Internet traffic to facilitate prediction of the bandwidth requirements of the earth stations.  It can work with both explicit and implicit reservations.  Simulation results demonstrate that PRDAMA achieves a lower average delay and delay jitter compared with other DAMA protocols under highly bursty traffic due to its accurate traffic trend prediction.  PRDAMA Protocol:  The PRDAMA protocol can be applied to both bent-pipe and on-board processing (OBP) satellite systems.  It can be used in both centralized control or distributed control.  Here we adopt a distributed mode so that it can be used with bent-pipe satellite systems and save one RTT time and can also be used with OBP satellite systems with centralized processing.  The physical TDMA or MF-TDMA channel (frame) is used and divided into fixed control and data sub-frames. The data sub-frame is divided into time slots each holding one packet. 22

23. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Figure: Uplink TDMA frame structure. Uplink TDMA frame structure From: A predictive demand assignment multiple access protocol for Internet access over broadband satellite networks Zhifeng Jiangy and Victor C. M. Leung INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network. 2003; 21:451–467 (DOI: 10.1002/sat.759 ) 23

24. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Implementation of PRDAMA Figure. PRDAMA states in earth station From: A predictive demand assignment multiple access protocol for Internet access over broadband satellite networks Zhifeng Jiangy and Victor C. M. Leung INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network. 2003; 21:451–467 (DOI: 10.1002/sat.759) 24

25. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science System model Model of a GEO Satellite System From: A predictive demand assignment multiple access protocol for Internet access over broadband satellite networks Zhifeng Jiangy and Victor C. M. Leung INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network. 2003; 21:451–467 (DOI: 10.1002/sat.759) 25

26. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Performance comparisons with other DAMA protocols  PRDAMA improves the performance of satellite system by taking in account of application layer traffic characteristics in the MAC protocol operation.  The performance of PRDAMA is superior in comparison with the other DAMA protocols  Lower average delay  Lower average delay jitter  This can be attributed to the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed predictive assignment method, which results in more packets being sent sooner using free bandwidth assignments without having to wait for the bandwidth reservations to be processed.  Improves satellite communication system throughput or bandwidth utilization.  The effectiveness of the method is based upon accurate prediction of the trends of each earth station’s traffic source, thus enabling free assignments to be directed to those earth stations that have a predicted need and avoiding needless free assignments to other earth stations that are not in need.  This predictive assignment method is also a good candidate for MAC protocols in other types of radio networks. 26

27. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  Support application protocols like FTP(File transfer Protocol), HTTP and BGP( Border Gateway Protocol) External routing Protocol.  TCP Performance over satellite networks  TCP uses a positive feedback mechanism to achieve rate control and reliable delivery.  The long latency of satellite links (especially GSO links) increases the TCP end-to-end delay  The slow feedback weakens the functionality of rate control and congestion avoidance and thus affect the throughput.  Large variations in RTT caused by dynamic topology in LEO constellation Networks result in false timeouts and retransmissions.  Satellite links are subject to various impairments (i.e., interference, fading, shadowing, and rain attenuation). Therefore, a high bit error rate (BER) is expected.  Satellite Network asymmetry can also impair TCP performance Occurs in two situations. In Asymmetric DBS Internet access architecture. Bandwidth asymmetry in interactive satellite terminals.  Fairness issue between different TCP connections with various RTTs. Transport Control Protocol(TCP) 27

28. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Performance Enhancing Proxies  TCP Selective Acknowledgement (SACK)  TCP for transaction (T/TCP)  Persistent TCP connection  Path maximum transfer unit (MTU) discovery mechanism  FEC is employed in link layer protocols  Splitting TCP connections over satellite links: TCP spoofing TCP splitting Web caching  Satellite Transport Protocol (STP) 28

29. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Routing Issues in Satellite Systems  Dynamic Routing issue in LEO constellation (Due to satellite movements)  Mechanisms to handle the issue DT-DVTR (Discrete-Time Dynamic Virtual Topology Routing) VN (Virtual Node)  IP Routing at the Satellites  ATM Switching at the Satellites  External Routing Issues  Used for inter-AS routing  Unidirectional routing in internet Access via DBS  Mechanisms to handle the issue Static routing Routing Protocol Modification Tunneling 29

30. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Satellite Internet Services and Applications Basic three types of Satellite Internet Services are:  One-way Multicast Internet Service  Used for Internet Protocol (IP) multicast-based data, audio and video distribution.  Internet content such as web pages are distributed over a one-way system by "pushing" them out to local storage at end user sites, though full interactivity is not possible.  This is much like TV or radio content which offers little user interface.  One-way with Terrestrial Return Internet Service  This service is used with traditional dial-up access to the Internet, with outbound data traveling through a telephone modem, but downloads sent via satellite at a speed near that of broadband Internet access.  Another type of 1-way satellite internet system involves the use of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) for the back-channel. 30

31. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  Two-way Satellite Internet Service  This service sends data from remote sites via satellite to a hub, which then sends the data to the Internet.  The satellite dish at each location must be precisely positioned to avoid interference with other satellites.  Also, each location must use power management to adjust the amount of transmit power to compensate for conditions such as rain fade.  There are several types of two way satellite Internet services, including time division multiple access (TDMA) and single channel per carrier (SCPC).  Two-way systems can be simple VSAT terminals with a 60-100cm dish and output power of only a few watts intended for consumers and small business or larger systems which provide more bandwidth. 31

32. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Various Satellite Broadband Internet Technologies  HughesNet  It is the brand name of the one-way and two-way satellite broadband Internet technology and service in U.S. and Europe owned by Hughes Network Systems.  The service was originally called DirecPC and was only available as a one-way satellite Internet option, as uploading was accomplished with a dial-up modem connection.  It uses Internet Access via Direct Broadcast Satellites(DBS).  HughesNet satellite Internet system uses a VSAT platform for two-way Internet service via satellite.  It uses FSS(Fixed Service Satellite)-type Ku band(from 11.45 to 11.7 and 12.5 to 12.75 GHz in Europe, and 11.7 to 12.2 GHz in the United States) satellites for transmission of data from the HughesNet network operations center's Internet connection to its customers' personal computers.  WidBlue  The company offers satellite broadband Internet services to both home and business customers.  WildBlue uses the K a -band instead of Ku band exclusively for both the receiving end and the return path on two satellites( Anik-F2 and WildBlue-1) using VSAT technology.  For improved performance, it uses many "spot beams" instead of a single, broad beam covering the entire market.  It has adopted DOCSIS technology to reduce costs while maintaining quality of service. 32

33. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science  It offers 1.5 megabits per second download and 256 kilobits per second upload.  Real-time interactive applications sometimes perform poorly because of the actual distance of 23,000 miles resulting in a.12 second latency between satellite and ground stations which results in actual end-to-end latency of at least 650 ms and more typically 900ms to 1200ms.While web browsing can work fine with this level of latency, many online games and interactive network applications do not.  Starband  StarBand is a two-way satellite broadband Internet service available in the U.S.  The StarBand satellite Internet system is a VSAT platform that uses Ku band satellites for transmission of data from users' PCs to the StarBand network operations center.  Two-way bandwidth for residential users is up to 1.5 Mbps download speed and 256 kbit/s upload speed, with unlimited usage and online hours.  A.75 meter satellite dish is needed. 33

34. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Common Satellite Internet Applications  Remote control and login  Information dissemination and broadcast  Videoconferencing  Information retrieval (WWW, FTP)  Interactive gaming 34

35. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Future of Satellite Communications  Satellite will continue to have a major role in the implementation of the so-called global information infrastructure in the future. This is because of the particular feature of the satellite that can provide wide coverage independent of the actual land distance between any pair of communicating entities.  The new generation of broadband satellite systems, which can provide high-speed data transmission and connectivity to terrestrial data networks, will create profound changes in all aspects of the emerging data communications applications such as Internet and electronic commerce.  Satellites offer a promising alternative for mobile access to the Internet by both pedestrians, and more importantly, from vehicles. As such, satellites provide an essential complement to the cellular radio (UMTS-Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) infrastructure in sparsely populated areas where high bandwidth UMTS cells cannot be economically deployed. 35

36. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Summary  We have seen various reasons for the diffusion of satellite systems for providing Internet Services.  Discussed various satellite based Internet Architectures. Various characteristics involved with it.  Discussed the various MAC Protocols involved.  Discussed various internet services and applications. 36

37. University of Kansas | School of Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science References 1. Satellite Based Internet Technology and Services: A Tutorial Yurong Hu and Victor O. K. Li, The University of Hong Kong IEEE Communications Magazine March 2001 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/35/19642/00910603.pdf?tp=&isnumber=&arnumber=910603 2. The use of satellite for multimedia communications-M.F itch BT Technology Journal Vol 21 No 3 July 2003 3. Satellite communications systems move into the twenty-first century Leonard S. Golding, Hughes Network Systems, Inc., Germantown, MD 20876, USA International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking Volume 22, Issue 6,Published Online: 20 Oct 2004 -Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/109717506/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 4.http://www.aero.org/publications/crosslink/winter2002/01_sidebar3.htmlhttp://www.aero.org/publications/crosslink/winter2002/01_sidebar3.html 5.http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~jain/cis788-97/ftp/satellite_data/index.htm#TOPhttp://www.cs.wustl.edu/~jain/cis788-97/ftp/satellite_data/index.htm#TOP 6. Cross-layer protocols for satellite communication networks: Part I INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING Int. J. Satell. Commun. Network. 2006; 24:319–322 Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com).www.interscience.wiley.com 7. Cross-layer protocol optimization for satellite communications networks: A survey -Giovanni Giambene and Sastri Kota- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING 37

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