Multicast Link Adaptation in Reliable Transmission Over Geostationary Satellite Networks

  • Authors:
  • A. Sali;H. A. Karim;G. Acar;B. Evans;G. Giambene

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer and Communications Systems, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia 43400;Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia 63100;Centre for Communication Systems Research, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK GU2 7XH;Centre for Communication Systems Research, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK GU2 7XH;CNIT-Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy 53100

  • Venue:
  • Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

The exploitation of fluctuating channel conditions in link adaption techniques for unicast transmission has been shown to provide large system capacity gains. However, the problem of choosing transmission rates for multicast transmission has not been thoroughly investigated. In this paper, we investigate multicast adaptive techniques for reliable data delivery in GEO satellite networks. An optimal multicast link adaptation is proposed with the aim to maximise terminal throughput whilst increasing resource utilization and fairness in the face of diverse channel conditions. Via simulation results and theoretical analysis, the proposed algorithm has shown to outperform other alternative multicast link adaptation techniques especially when the terminals are in vigorous channel conditions.