Yang, B., Wu, Y., Chu, X. orcid.org/0000-0003-1863-6149 et al. (1 more author) (2016) Seamless handover in software-defined satellite networking. IEEE Communications Letters, 20 (9). pp. 1768-1771. ISSN 1089-7798
Abstract
Satellites have largely been designed as application specific and isolated for the past decades. Though with certain benefits, it might lead to resource under utilization and limited satellite applications. As an emerging networking technology, software-defined networking (SDN) has recently been introduced into satellite networks. In this letter, we propose a software defined satellite networking (SDSN) architecture, which simplifies networking among versatile satellites and enables new protocols to be easily tested and deployed. Particularly, we propose a seamless handover mechanism based on SDSN, and conduct physical layer simulation, which shows significant improvement over the existing hard handover and hybrid handover mechanisms in terms of handover latency, throughput and quality of experience of users.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2016. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in IEEE Communications Letters. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Software-defined networking; satellite networks; handover; latency; throughput |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 28 Jun 2016 09:00 |
Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2016 00:41 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2016.2585482 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/LCOMM.2016.2585482 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101436 |