On providing dynamic resource allocation based on multimedia traffic prediction in satellite systems

  • Authors:
  • P. Koutsakis

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada L8S 4K1

  • Venue:
  • Computer Communications
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

The provision of acceptable Quality-of-Service (QoS) for integrated multimedia traffic over a geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) satellite network demands the existence of a well-designed Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol. This paper proposes a new dynamic satellite bandwidth allocation technique (Predictive Resource Reservation Access, PRRA) which is based on accurate videoconference traffic prediction. Our work is combined with another work on data traffic modeling and prediction and is shown to provide very good throughput and delay results.