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Group-Based Random Multiple Access System for Satellite Communication Networks

Kyung S. KWAK

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A group-based random access communication system which consists of two groups of many users is considered. The two different groups share a common random multiple access channel. Users from a group are allocated a high transmitting power level and have a high probability of correct reception among overlapping packets. We set a threshold, θ, which is such that the group with the high power level will occupy the channel if less than or equal to θ packets are transmitted from the group with the low power level. We obtain a two-dimensional Markovian model by tracing the number of backlogged users in the two groups. The two-dimensional Markov chain is shown to be not ergodic and thus the system is not stable. A two-dimensional retransmission algorithm is developed to stabilize the system and the retransmission control parameters are chosen so as to maximize the channel throughput. An equilibrium point analysis is performed by studying the drift functions of the system backlog and it is shown that there is a unique global equilibrium point. The channel capacity for the system is found to be in the range from 0.47 up to 0.53, which is a remarkable increase compared to the conventional slotted ALOHA system.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E76-B No.5 pp.518-528
Publication Date
1993/05/25
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Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Satellite Communications Networking and Applications)
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