Call admission control and resource management issues for real-time VBR traffic in ATM-satellite networks

In this paper, a novel strategy for handling ATM connections of different natures, traffic profile, and QoS requirements in enhanced satellite systems is proposed. The conducted research starts from early studies on resource management in integrated terrestrial-satellite environments and focuses on a combined connection admission control/traffic resource management strategy for QoS provisioning to both real-time and non-real-time constant and variable bit rate sources. The resulting connection handling policy is dynamic, and effectively exploits the system bandwidth through the statistical multiplexing of traffic sources and a preemptive policy over the satellite air interface. The proposed strategy is suited for a generic integrated ATM-satellite system, although its effectiveness has been assessed on a multimedia satellite platform, based on the Ka-band payload and on-board processing.