Buffer dimensioning of ATM satellite link using probabilistic burstiness curve

Abstract

The author has derived the maximum of predictive mean buffer size for a fluid model for an on-board packet switching satellite system. We analyze the traffic behavior using a fluid bufferless model of a statistical multiplexing system with multiple types of traffic sources, each modeled as an “On-Off” source. We propose a predictive buffer dimensioning for the onboard shared buffer of the satellite using a probabilistic burstiness curve instead of a deterministic burstiness bound, peak allocation. The result presented is a promising approach for a buffer dimensioning for the broadband OBP (on-board processing) satellite systems.