Physical Channel Access (PCA): Time and Frequency Access Methods Emulation in NS-2

We present an NS-2 module, Physical Channel Access (PCA), to simulate different access methods on a link shared with Multi-Frequency Time Division Multiple Access (MF-TDMA). This tech- nique is widely used in various network technologies, such as satellite communication. In this context, different a...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2013-03
Main Authors: Kuhn, Nicolas, Mehani, Olivier, Huyen-Chi Bui, Lacan, Jerome, Radzik, Jose, Lochin, Emmanuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access control
Flow control
Modules
Parameters
Queues
Satellite communications
Simulation
Time Division Multiple Access
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Summary:We present an NS-2 module, Physical Channel Access (PCA), to simulate different access methods on a link shared with Multi-Frequency Time Division Multiple Access (MF-TDMA). This tech- nique is widely used in various network technologies, such as satellite communication. In this context, different access methods at the gateway induce different queuing delays and available capacities, which strongly impact transport layer performance. Depending on QoS requirements, design of new congestion and flow control mechanisms and/or access methods requires evaluation through simulations. PCA module emulates the delays that packets will experience using the shared link, based on descriptive parameters of lower layers characteris- tics. Though PCA has been developed with DVB-RCS2 considerations in mind (for which we present a use case), other MF-TDMA-based appli- cations can easily be simulated by adapting input parameters. Moreover, the presented implementation details highlight the main methods that might need modifications to implement more specific functionality or emulate other similar access methods (e.g., OFDMA).
ISSN:2331-8422