A Link Control Scheme Using Self-Reflecting Signal in Global Beam Satellite Network

Abstract

In this letter, we show that we can improve the existing Go-back-N automatic repeat request (ARQ) in satellite communication by using a self-reflecting signal from the satellite. We also provide the analyses of the existing Go-back-N ARQ and our scheme. In our scheme, we use a self-reflecting signal from the satellite in order to investigate whether the transmitting frame experiences errors or not. Identification of the next arriving frame is also performed during the timeout event. Finally, through the numerical results, we can find the better performance of proposing link control scheme.