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A Cross-Layer Approach to Enhance QoS for Multimedia Applications Over Satellite

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The need for on-demand QoS support for communications over satellite is of primary importance for distributed multimedia applications. This is particularly true for the return link which is often a bottleneck due to the large set of end-users accessing a very limited uplink resource. Facing this need, Demand Assignment Multiple Access (DAMA) is a classical technique that allows satellite operators to offer various types of services, while managing the resources of the satellite system efficiently. Tackling the quality degradation and delay accumulation issues that can result from the use of these techniques, this paper proposes an instantiation of the Application Layer Framing (ALF) approach, using a cross-layer interpreter (xQoS-Interpreter). The information provided by this interpreter is used to manage the resource provided to a terminal by the satellite system in order to improve the quality of multimedia presentations from the end user’s point of view. Several experiments are carried out for different loads on the return link. Their impact on QoS is measured through different application as well as network level metrics.

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  1. LAAS-CNRS; Université de Toulouse, 7, avenue du Colonel Roche, 31077, Toulouse, France

    Mathieu Gineste, Nicolas Van Wambeke, Ernesto Exposito, Christophe Chassot & Laurent Dairaine

  2. Université de Toulouse; INSA, Toulouse, France

    Ernesto Exposito & Christophe Chassot

  3. Université de Toulouse; ISAE, Toulouse, France

    Laurent Dairaine

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Gineste, M., Van Wambeke, N., Exposito, E. et al. A Cross-Layer Approach to Enhance QoS for Multimedia Applications Over Satellite. Wireless Pers Commun 50, 305–328 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-008-9591-1

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