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Efficient Channel Estimation and Packet Scheduling Scheme for DVB-S2 ACM Systems

DVB-S2 ACM 시스템을 위한 효율적인 채널 예측 및 패킷 스케줄링 기법

  • 강동배 (과학기술연합대학원대학교 이동통신및디지털방송공학전공) ;
  • 박만규 (한국전자통신연구원 위성방통융합연구팀) ;
  • 장대익 (한국전자통신연구원 위성방통융합연구팀) ;
  • 오덕길 (한국전자통신연구원 위성방통융합연구팀)
  • Received : 2012.05.11
  • Accepted : 2012.06.25
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

The QoS guarantee for the forward link in satellite communication networks is very important because there are a variety of packets with multiplexing. Especially, the packets are processed depending on the available bandwidth in satellite network changing the wireless channel state in accordance with weather condition. The DVB-S2 increases the transmission efficiency by applying the adaptive coding and modulation (ACM) techniques as a countermeasure of rain attenuations. However, the channel estimation algorithm is required to support the ACM techniques that select the MODCOD values depending on the feedback data transmitted by RCSTs(Return Channel via Satellite Terminal) because satellite communication networks have a long propagation delay. In this paper, we proposed the channel estimation algorithm using rain attenuation values and reference data and the packet scheduling scheme to support the QoS and fairness. As a result of performance evaluation, we showed that proposed algorithm exactly predicts the channel conditions and supports bandwidth fairness to the individual RCST and guarantees QoS for user traffics.

다양한 유형의 사용자 패킷들이 다중화 되어 사용자 단말(RCST, Return Channel via Satellite Terminal)들에게 전달되는 위성 포워드링크에서 패킷들 간의 중요도에 따른 QoS 보장은 매우 중요하다. 특히 강우와 같은 기상상태에 따라 무선 채널 상태가 변화하는 위성망의 경우에는 가용 대역폭을 고려하면서 QoS가 보장 되도록 패킷을 처리해야 한다. DVB-S2에서는 강우감쇠에 대한 대책으로서 적응형 부호 및 변조(Adaptive Coding and Modulation, ACM) 기법을 사용하여 전송효율을 증가시킨다. 하지만 위성링크의 전송 지연시간이 크기 때문에, RCST들이 피드백 하는 리턴채널 데이터를 기반으로 전송모드를 결정하는 ACM 기법을 효율적으로 적용하기 위해서는 채널 예측 알고리즘이 필요하다. 이에 본 논문에서는 RCST가 피드백 하는 강우감쇠 값 데이터와 미리 저장된 참조데이터를 이용하여 위성 링크의 채널을 예측하는 알고리즘 및 QoS와 공평성을 동시에 보장하는 스케줄링 기법을 제안한다. 성능평가 결과 제안하는 알고리즘이 채널을 정확히 예측함은 물론 QoS를 보장하면서 동시에 각 RCST들 간의 사용 대역폭의 공평성을 지원함을 보였다.

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