Skip to main content

Reliable Multicast Transport by Satellite: A Hybrid Satellite/Terrestrial Solution with Erasure Codes

  • Conference paper
High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications (HSNMC 2004)

Abstract

Geostationary satellites are an efficient way to provide a large scale multipoint communication service. In the context of reliable multicast communications, a new hybrid satellite/terrestrial approach is proposed. It aims at reducing the overall communication cost using satellite broadcasting only when enough receivers are present, and terrestrial transmissions otherwise. This approach has been statistically evaluated for a particular cost function and appears to be advantageous. Then since the hybrid approach relies on Forward Error Correction, several practical aspects of MDS and LDPC codes are investigated in order to determine impact of code selection.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Deering, S.: Host Extensions for IP Multicasting. RFC 1112 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  2. Diot, C., Levine, B.N., Lyles, B., Kassem, H., Balensiefen, D.: Deployment issues for the IP multicast service and architecture. IEEE Network 14(1), 78–88 (2000)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Nonnenmacher, J., Biersack, E.W., Towsley, D.: Parity-based loss recovery for reliable multicast transmission. IEEE ACM Transactions on Networking 6, 349–361 (1998)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Blahut, R.E.: Theory and Practice of Error Control Codes. Addison-Wesley, MA (1984)

    Google Scholar 

  5. Gallager, R.G.: Low-Density Parity-Check Codes. IRE Transaction Information Theory IT-8, 21–28 (1962)

    Article  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  6. Jung, M., Nonnenmacher, J., Biersack, E.: Uni-directional versus Bi-directional Communication. Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen, 264–275 (1999)

    Google Scholar 

  7. Nonnenmacher, J., Biersack, E.: Optimal Multicast Feedback. In: INFOCOM, pp. 964–971 (1998)

    Google Scholar 

  8. Koyabe, M.W., Fairhurst, G.: Reliable Multiast by Satellite: A Comparison Survey and Taxonomy. International Journal of Satellite Communications 24(1), 21–26 (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  9. Alouf, S., Altman, E., Nain, P.: Optimal on-line estimation of the size of a dynamic multicast group. In: INFOCOM, New York, USA (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  10. Byers, J.W., Luby, M., Mitzenmacher, M., Rege, A.: A Digital Fountain Approach to Reliable Distribution of Bulk Data. In: Proceedings ACM SIGCOMM (1998)

    Google Scholar 

  11. Plank, J.S., Thomason, M.G.: On the Practical Use of LDPC Erasure Codes for Distributed Storage Applications. Technical Report UT-CS-03-510, University of Tennessee (2003)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Luby, M., Vicisano, L., Gemmell, J., Rizzo, L., Handley, M., Crowcroft, J.: Forward Error Correction (FEC) Building Block. Experimental RFC 3452 (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  13. McAuley, A.J.: Reliable Broadband Communication Using a Burst Erasure Correcting Code. In: Proc. of SIGCOMM, pp. 297–306 (1990)

    Google Scholar 

  14. Blomer, J., Kalfane, M., Karp, R., Karpinski, M., Luby, M., Zuckerman, D.: An xor-based erasure-resilient coding scheme. Technical report, International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, California (1995)

    Google Scholar 

  15. Lacan, J., Lancérica, L., Dairaine, L.: When FEC Speed up Data Access in P2P Networks. In: Proceedings of Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems Conference, Coimbra, Portugal (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  16. Paxson, V.: End-to-end Internet packet dynamics. In: Proc. ACM SIGCOMM, September 1997, pp. 139–152 (1997)

    Google Scholar 

  17. Yajnik, M., Kurose, J., Towsley, D.: Packet loss correlation in MBone multicast network. In: Proc. IEEE Global Internet Conference, Part of GLOBECOM 1996, pp. 94–99 (1996)

    Google Scholar 

  18. Chuang, J.C.-I., Sirbu, M.A.: Pricing Multicast Communication: A Cost-Based Approach. Telecommunication Systems 17, 281–297 (2001)

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  19. Pinder, J., Ippolito, L.J., Horan, S.: Four years of Experimental Results from the New Mexico ACTS Propagation Terminal at 20.185 and 27.505 GHz. IEEE on Selected Areas in Communication 17(2), 153–162 (1999)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. DVB comme support d’IP multiCAST par satellite. RNRT project No. 67, http://www.dipcast-satellite.com/

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2004 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

de Belleville, F., Dairaine, L., Lacan, J., Fraboul, C. (2004). Reliable Multicast Transport by Satellite: A Hybrid Satellite/Terrestrial Solution with Erasure Codes. In: Mammeri, Z., Lorenz, P. (eds) High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications. HSNMC 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3079. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-25969-5_39

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-25969-5_39

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-22262-0

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-25969-5

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics