On Satellite Multicast to Heterogeneous Receivers
Abstract
We propose a framework for single-source, satellite-based multi-cast dissemination of bulk files. The framework trades off between reception delay and bandwidth usage and coexists with terrestrial background network traffic; specifically TCP traffic utilizing a short-term congestion control mechanism. The framework consists of two major components: 1) a multi-cast rate scheduling mechanism that uses long term. end-to-end multi-cast packet survival statistics in order to deal with the bandwidth-delay trade-off issue, and 2) a fair queueing algorithm that regulates the points where multicast traffic from the satellite meets terrestrial background traffic. We show through simulation the performance of this framework under a number of scenarios.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA442517
Entities
People
- Apinun Tunpan
- M. S. Corson
Organizations
- University of Maryland