Routing and Quality-of-Service in Broadband LEO Satellite Networks

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Objectives.- 1.2 Contributions of this Book.- 1.3 Organisation of tlus Book.- 2 Satellite System Fundamentals.- 2.1 General Issues.- 2.2 Satellite Orbit Types and Propagation Issues.- 2.3 System Concepts.- 2.4 Broadband Satellite Networks.- 2.5 Summary.- 3 Broadband Leo Satellite Networks.- 3.1 Constellation Design and System Concepts.- 3.2 System Architecture and On-board Technology.- 3.3 System Characteristics.- 3.4 Networking Functionalities.- 3.5 Mobile Internet over LEO satellite Constellations.- 3.6 Research Challenges on QoS Provisioning.- 3.7 Summary.- 4 Mobility Management.- 4.1 Mobility Management Fundamentals.- 4.2 Handover Management in LEO Satellite ATM-based Networks.- 4.3 Handover Protocols for LEO Satellite IP-based Networks.- 4.4 Summary.- 5 QOS Routing.- 5.1 QoS-routing Fundamentals.- 5.2 Existing Routing Methods for LEO Satellite Networks.- 5.3 QoS Routing Schemes for Multihop LEO Satellite Networks.- 5.4 Summary.- 6 Resource Allocation and Connection Admission Control.- 6.1 Resource Allocation Fundamentals.- 6.2 Connection Admission Control Fundamentals.- 6.3 Service Policy and Resource Reservation Strategy.- 6.4 Simulation Model for Performance Evaluation.- 6.5 CAC Algorithms.- 6.6 Summary.- 7 Conclusions and Future Work.- 7.1 Summary.- 7.2 Further Research Work.- Appendix A List of Abbreviations.- Appendix B List of Mathematical Symbols.