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A Zone-Diffusion Based Routing Protocol for LEO Satellite Networks

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Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications (WASA 2011)

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A Zone-Diffusion based Routing Protocol (ZDRP) for LEO satellite networks is proposed in this paper. The proposed routing protocol aims at reducing the broadcast overhead, which is a big problem in LEO satellite networks because of the topological dynamics of LEO constellation. The protocol divides a satellite network into zones, and restricts the broadcasting to the domain of zone. ZDRP operates in an on-demand mode to set up paths between each source-destination pair, and consists of two routing mechanisms, i.e., Route Discovery and Route Maintenance. The two mechanisms work together to allow nodes to discover and maintain source routes to arbitrary destinations in the LEO network. Consequently, the broadcast overhead incurred by routing protocol is decreased greatly. Simulation results show that ZDRP has a good performance in terms of end-to-end delay. Moreover, the packet loss rate is decreased significantly when ZDRP is applied to LEO network.

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  1. College of Computer Science, Sichuan University, 610065, Chengdu, China

    Wei Dong, Junfeng Wang & Juan Zhang

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3301 South Dearborn Street, Siegel Hall 320, 60616-3793, Chicago, IL, USA

    Yu Cheng

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, EBII3054, North Carolina State University, Box 7911, 27695-7911, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Do Young Eun

  3. Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology, 2006 Xi Yuan Road, West Hi-Tech District, 611731, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

    Zhiguang Qin

  4. National Science Foundation, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, 231 Kaufmann Hall, 23529, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Min Song

  5. School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology, USTC West Campus, P.O. Box 4, 230027, Hefei, Anhui, China

    Kai Xing

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Dong, W., Wang, J., Zhang, J. (2011). A Zone-Diffusion Based Routing Protocol for LEO Satellite Networks. In: Cheng, Y., Eun, D.Y., Qin, Z., Song, M., Xing, K. (eds) Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications. WASA 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6843. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23490-3_37

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