A DYNAMIC ALLOCATION PROTOCOL FOR A SATELLITE NETWORK INTEGRATED WITH A B-ISDN

This paper proposes a new demand assignment multiple access approach for a satellite network integrated with an ATM based broadband ISDN (B.ISDN). Our objective is to define a dynamic multiple access technique which can handle efficiently the largest number of telecommunications services with different traffic characteristics, while respecting the transfer principles of the B.ISDN. The performances of our multiple access technique are studied by simulation and a load control algorithm is derived. This algorithm prevents from congestion in the satellite network by accepting and rejecting new connections according to the current load of the satellite link and to the capacity required by the new connection.