MPLS-Based Satellite Constellation Networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 438-448

  Donner, Anton ^a   Berioli, Matteo ^a   Werner, Markus ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intersatellite link (ISL); Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS); Nongeostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite constellation network; Routing effort; Traffic engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTIMIZATION; ORBITS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

INTERSATELLITE LINKS (ISL); MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING (MPLS); NONGEOSTATIONARY ORBITS (NGSO); ROUTING EFFORTS; SATELLITE CONSTELLATION NETWORKS; TRAFFIC ENGINEERING;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 2142639459     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2004.823406     Document Type: Article

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