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Performance Simulations of Wireless Grid Communication Networks  

Abdulsam, Ibraheem Read (명지대학교 정보통신공학과 Ubiquitous&Convergence 연구실)
Kim, Se Mog (명지대학교 정보통신공학과 Ubiquitous&Convergence 연구실)
Rhee, Jong Myung (명지대학교 정보통신공학과)
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Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications / v.9, no.2, 2014 , pp. 18-22 More about this Journal
Abstract
Satellite communications consist of communications between base stations of the ground and satellites. For efficient satellite communications, ground networks should be organically utilized. Grid networks are frequently used in and outside the country for wireless communications. The performance of wireless communications is determined by mobility, topography, and jamming signals. Therefore, continuous studies of grid networks are necessary for the utilization of next period satellite networks. Since military communications are used based on wireless systems, they can be considered as a sample of utilization of grid networks. Therefore, this paper presented the results of simulations conducted for the improvement of the performance of the grid networks used in military communications that employing the OSPF, a popular routing protocol for military applications. First we investigate the effects of changing the bit error rate (BER) and number of routers. Then we discuss the effects of maximum segment size (MSS) on network behavior and stability. In this way, we can determine the appropriate MSS for a grid network under various values of BER and number of routers. Such results can be also applied to commercial grid network evaluations.
Keywords
MSS; BER; grid network; military tactical communications; OSPF;
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