Access scheme for integrated voice/data transmissions over commonpacket channel in 3GPP

In this letter, we propose a flexible channel assignment scheme using preemption as an access method for integrated voice/data transmissions over common packet channel (CPCH) in 3GPP. We analyze the proposed scheme and compare the performance of the proposed scheme with the performance of the basic, channel monitoring, and channel assignment schemes in view of the voice packet dropping probability and the average delay of data packet     

Network aspects of integrating 5G and satellite communication

Since 2017, 3rd Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) is working on integration of satellite communication in 3GPP. This paper discusses the results of the work on service and network architecture aspects in 3GPP Technical Specification Group (TSG) Service and System Aspects (SA) and 3GPP TSG Core Networks and Terminals (CT). This paper does not discuss radio aspects as are specified in 3GPP TSG radio access network (RAN). 3GPP first specified requirements and use cases for satellite access. Subsequently, architecture and protocol specifications were created for integration scenarios, direct access, network selection, mobility management, and satellite backhaul with quality of service (QoS). Also, impacts of regulatory aspects on satellite integration have been discussed in 3GPP. With the completion of Release 17, 3GPP specifications are now ready for implementation of integrated 5G satellite networks. 3GPP will continue with further development of satellite integration in Release 18 and Release 19.     

拥塞控制卫星PRMA-AC协议及性能分析

卫星通信中PRMA协议在负荷较重时由于终端竞争加剧会引起信道拥塞,而较长的传播时延更进一步加剧了拥塞引起的丢包。该文提出一种利用话音终端在通话的不同阶段对信道资源的不同需求对终端进行区分的方案PRMA-AC,据此引入一种接入控制机制,以减少信道竞争,提高系统服务质量。文中给出了系统模型,对协议性能进行了理论分析,获得了新协议下的接入阻塞率、丢包率等性能指标,最后通过仿真与几种卫星通信中常用的PRMA协议进行了对比,证明了协议的性能。     

卫星通信系统两步随机接入技术研究

为了实现卫星通信系统低延迟高可靠接入,研究了两步随机接入技术中的信道设计及接收端检测算法.针对卫星场景提出了一种两步随机接入信道设计方案,对两步随机接入信道中数据部分的信道结构以及前导和数据之间的映射方式进行了设计.针对传统最小均方串行干扰消除(Minimum Mean Squared Error-Successive Interference Cancellation,MMSE-SIC)算法中存在误差传播问题导致解码性能降低的问题,提出了一种多判决排序串行干扰消除(Multi-decision Ordered Successive Interference Cancellation,MD-OSIC)算法,以提升多用户发起接入时数据部分检测的可靠性.仿真结果验证了所设计信道及检测算法在典型卫星通信场景下应用的可行性.     

5G低轨卫星两步随机接入方案及其FPGA实现

为了实现低轨卫星通信系统高效率低时延的用户接入,提出了适用于低轨卫星系统的两步随机接入方案,对随机接入信道的数据发送、信道结构、前导码设计以及映射关系进行了设计,并进行了现场可编程门阵列（Field Programmable Gate Array,FPGA)实现。针对传统MAX-LOG-MPA算法FPGA处理时延长的问题,提出了一种节点并行迭代更新的FPGA接收机设计来降低处理时延。仿真结果验证了所设计的信道结构以及FPGA实现的可行性,相比传统接入方式可接入的用户数量更多,同时采用并行节点迭代更新的接收机将迭代处理时延降低为1/6。     

Improved channel assignment scheme with access control for thecommon packet channel in WCDMA systems

We propose a channel assignment scheme with access control for obtaining better system performance within the common packet channel (CPCH) access procedure of wideband code-division multiple-access (WCDMA) systems. The proposed scheme is analyzed taking multiple access interference into consideration and is compared with other schemes in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP): the basic scheme, the channel monitoring scheme, and the channel assignment scheme without access control. The results show that the proposed scheme provides high throughput, even under high-loading conditions, since the access control algorithm based on channel load prohibits excessive interference     

改善卫星融合网络随机丢包和间歇性中断的方法研究*1

当移动自组织网用户通过网关经卫星网络发送数据时,存在卫星链路的长传播时延、随机丢包以及移动终端的移动性引起链接的间歇性中断,导致TCP触发拥塞控制机制而降低传输性能降低。针对以上卫星网络的特点,提出了TCP M-Veno方法。在发送端对TCP Veno进行优化改进使得它能够缓解卫星网络中长的传播时延和随机丢包的影响。在网关中结合M-TCP算法来解决卫星融合网络移动终端间歇性中断。仿真表明,所提出的TCP M-Veno比NewReno、Veno以及M-TCP有更好的传输性能。     

低轨卫星接入系统中基于位置信息的时隙分配协议

针对浮标卫星通信系统中卫星覆盖范围广、接入链路传播时延差异大的场景结构引起的统一延迟分配协议中端到端时延长、吞吐率低的问题,提出了一种基于位置信息的时隙分配协议。协议中卫星通过获取浮标位置信息来控制时隙分配的起点,实现时隙离散分配,增大可用传输时隙长度,同时降低传输时延。 OPNET 仿真结果表明所提出的时隙分配协议可以显著提高单信道传输模式下的网络吞吐量,并有效降低单信道与双信道模式下浮标卫星通信系统接入时的端到端时延。     

Seamless Handoff Scheme Based on Pre-registration and Pre-authentication for UMTS–WLAN Interworking

Interworking issues between Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) have become a great matter of interest as an increasing number of mobile internet users require broadband wireless access to IP services in the wide area. In this paper, we present a practical UMTS–WLAN interworking architecture based on 3GPP standards and propose a seamless handoff scheme that guarantees low delay and low packet loss during UMTS–WLAN handoff. For low handoff delay, the proposed handoff scheme performs pre-registration and pre-authentication processes before layer 2 handoff. Moreover, it uses packet buffering and forwarding functions in order to reduce packet loss during the handoff period. On the above basis, detailed signaling procedures are presented, together with system requirements when a mobile terminal moves from UMTS to WLAN and vice-versa. Numerical results show that the proposed scheme performs well with respect to signaling cost, handoff delay, and packet loss compared with conventional schemes.     

HARQ–ARQ interaction method for LTE‐based mobile satellite communication system

Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) and automatic repeat request (ARQ) of the terrestrial long‐term evolution (LTE) system are designed considering the very short propagation delay of terrestrial environment. Therefore, when HARQ and ARQ are applied to the LTE‐based mobile satellite communication system, the inefficiency is caused by the long propagation delay of satellite environment. This paper proposes the interaction method between HARQ and ARQ for the decrease of inefficiency in the LTE‐based mobile satellite communication system. The existing concept of layered architecture about HARQ and ARQ is also maintained in our interaction method. Simulation results reveal that our proposed scheme can provide the larger spectrum efficiency than that of the non‐interaction scheme in all environments. The performance improvement can be up to 2.04 times through the interaction method. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multiaccess Model for Packet Switching with a Satellite Having Processing Capability: Delay Analysis

The multiaccess model for satellite packet switching proposed by the authors [1] employs a frame format, with scheduling assignments broadcast from the satellite. The total delay recurred by a data packet in traversing the satellite channel consists of queueing delay, scheduling delay, transmission delay and propagation delay. In this paper we analyze the queueing and scheduling delays and compare the analytical and simulation results. For the queuemg delay analysis we model the multiaccess scheme using anM/D/Nqueue, whereNis the number of slots per frame. For the scheduling delay analysis we emply a round-robin scheduling assignment algorithm. We treat the cases with and without random transmission; our results indicate that random transmission improves the queueing delay performance.     

Chernoff bound approach for connection control in broadbandsatellite systems

In this letter we propose a predictive connection control scheme using the Chernoff bound for on-board packet switching satellite systems. The scheme is motivated by the large propagation delay and low computational capabilities inherent in such systems. To ensure quality of-service requirements are met, the proposed scheme predicts the upper bound of cell loss ratio and uses it to control the total number of connections. The numerical results obtained suggest that the proposed predictive and bound scheme is a promising approach for real time connection control     

A novel MAC protocol for IDMA‐based multi‐beam satellite communication systems

Considering the limitations of satellite communication systems and advantages of new emerging interleave‐division multiple access (IDMA) technology, IDMA is introduced into the satellite systems, providing a new solution for multiple access techniques of satellite systems. To further validate the IDMA into satellite systems, a novel medium access control (MAC) scheme is proposed. In the random access channel, the interleave‐division slotted ALOHA method is adopted to alleviate the collision of access requests. Furthermore, a novel minimum power allocation scheme based on signal‐to‐interference‐plus‐noise ratio (SINR) evolution is proposed to maximize the capacity of such an interference‐sensitive system. By virtue of SINR evolution, our proposed scheme can accurately estimate multi‐user detection efficiency with low computational cost and further reduce the transmitted power, illustrating the high power efficiency of IDMA. To further enhance the performance of the MAC protocol, an effective call admission control scheme considering the effect of power control error is designed and combined into our MAC protocol. Analysis and simulation results show that, by taking full advantage of the chip‐by‐chip multi‐user detection technique, the proposed IDMA MAC protocol achieves high throughput and low average packet delay simultaneously, with low onboard processing complexity in the multi‐beam satellite communication systems. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Transmit permission control on spread ALOHA packets in LEOsatellite systems

A transmit permission control method for improving the throughput characteristics of a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication system employing spread-slotted ALOHA multiple-access scheme is proposed. Both nonfading and fading satellite links are considered. The basic idea of the proposed scheme is to decrease the level of interference at each satellite and, hence, to increase the probability of packet success, by prohibiting the packet transmission from the users with relatively high propagation loss to their connecting satellites. It is shown that the method has the ability to improve the throughput performance in heavy traffic loads and the peak value of the throughput, significantly. It is also shown that the average delay performance of the system employing the proposed scheme is superior to that of the conventional system at heavy traffic loads     

Throughput analysis of tandem-type go-back-N ARQ scheme forsatellite communications

The tandem-type go-back-N (GBN) scheme has been proposed for satellite communications to reduce the long roundtrip delay using the onboard processing of satellites. The author considers the exact analysis of the throughput performance of this scheme and its application to a broadcast communications system such as a point-to-multipoint file transfer system. First, the throughput expression for the point-to-point tandem-type GBN scheme is derived. Second, applying the results of this point-to-point tandem-type GBN scheme to a broadcast (point-to-multipoint) communications system, the relationship of the number of receiving stations to the link bit error rate and the roundtrip propagation delay is shown     

A SAT-based network access scheme for fairness in high speednetworks

This paper presents a fair network access scheme called MultiSAT which can be seen as a generalization of two access schemes proposed by Ofek and Yung (see IEEE/ACM Trans. Networking, vol.3, no.4, p.169-80, 1995) and Ngai and Seitz (1989). An upper bound on the delay before a node can inject a packet into the network is given which is valid when packet routes have no cyclic dependencies, backpressure flow control is used, and the processing and propagation delays are negligible. Upper bounds on packet injection delay are also given for ring networks employing shortest path routing for the case of negligible processing and propagation delays, and for the case of the MetaRing network when link propagation delays are significant     

5G meets satellite: Non-terrestrial network architecture and 3GPP

With 3GPP Release-17, global 5G standards now support non-terrestrial mobile networks comprising radio access network, terminals, and core network. This enables multi-vendor interoperability as well as interoperability with 3GPP-compliant 5G systems. This paper describes the key features enabling the NG-RAN architecture defined for 5G to support non-terrestrial networks. Starting from a general overview of NG-RAN and of the new paradigms of NTN, we introduce the NTN functionality in NG-RAN specifications with respect to feeder link switchover, cell handling, terminal registration, and OAM aspects. We also discuss different scenarios combining satellite access with 3GPP-defined core networks. We also describe some further enhancements expected to be seen in the next 3GPP release (Rel-18). We believe current and upcoming 3GPP work for NTN represents a solid basis on which 5G satellite networks can be built in the upcoming future.     

自适应HEC在卫星移动通信中的应用研究

卫星陆地移动通信LMS信道电波传播由于阴影效应引起的慢衰落特性具有高动态性。当采用功率控制时。长的回路时延容易产生功率控制间隙。从而在状态过渡时引起大量的突发性差错．为了解决这个问题。先纠错后检错再重发的传统混合纠错方法。当存在大量突发性差错时。会带来时延增大和吞吐率的下降。本文提出一种自适应混合纠错(HEC)方案。通过帧的平均可靠度和一个指定的门限值进行比较来自适应选择FEC和ARQ，这个方案能达成高的吞吐率，非常适合于对传输有严格时延要求和合适误码率要求的卫星话音和图像通信．     

一种低轨卫星通信的定时提前计算方法

低轨(LEO)卫星网络作为地面网络的重要补充,是未来天地一体化网络的重要组成部分。由于LEO卫星的高移动速度以及星地通信的大传播距离造成了高传播时延,因此需要新的针对LEO卫星星地通信背景的上行链路的定时提前量(TA)的计算策略。本文基于LEO卫星的星地通信场景,介绍了TA及其在协议中的规定,并针对LEO卫星的特点,提出一种LEO卫星通信的定时提前计算方法。通过仿真分析验证了所提方案的有效性,为LEO卫星星地通信系统的设计提供了参考。     

TD-SCDMA系统中Turbo编码速率匹配在ZSP500上的快速实现

速率匹配是基带信号处理的重要组成部分。文中在深入研究3GPP协议中Turbo编码速率匹配算法的基础上，提出了一种可用DSP实现的快速实现方案，该方案简化了实现过程，有效地减小了Turbo编码速率匹配的处理延时。