Guidelines for a preliminary dimensioning of a transaction-oriented vsat network

Very small aperture terminal (VSAT) satellite networks have recently emerged as an attractive and cost-effective alternative to traditional terrestrial circuit or packet switching networks for transaction enquiry-response data applications. VSAT star networks are particularly well adapted to this kind of application, offering high link reliability, better flexibility, wide service area coverage and several economic and operational advantages. However, one major drawback associated with satellite links is the relatively high propagation delay, which is about 0·27 s for one hop (ground–satellite-ground). This requires special design and dimensioning optimization in order to keep the response time of the network within acceptable limits. This paper provides guidelines for the dimensioning of such enquiry-response star VSAT networks. Dimensioning refers to determining the minimum transmission bit rates required, on the different terrestrial and satellite segments of the network, for a given network configuration and mean delay requirement. The approach presented in this paper allows network designers to determine, in a simple way, the required modem speeds of the network segments.     

A model for the handover traffic in low earth-orbiting (LEO) satellite networks for personal communications

The spectacular growth of cellular telephone networks has demonstrated the demand for personal communications. Communication systems based on low earth orbit (LEO) constellations of satellites seem to be an adequate approach to achieve a world-wide network. When defining the capacity in terms of satellite circuits, the network designer has to take into account the handover traffic. Unfortunately, in a LEO communication network where handover is most often due to the network nodes motion, handover traffic models for terrestrial cellular networks cannot be used. Hence specific models must be developed. This paper proposes an analytical model for the handover in LEO satellite networks. This model is applied to different network configurations and compared to discrete-time simulations. Simulation results agree with those obtained from the analytical model.     

A hybrid encryption/hiding method for secure transmission of biometric data in multimodal authentication system

Biometric security is a fast growing area that gains an increasing interest in the last decades. Digital encryption and hiding techniques provide an efficient solution to protect biometric data from accidental or intentional attacks. In this paper, a highly secure encryption/hiding scheme is proposed to ensure secure transmission of biometric data in multimodal biometric identification/authentication system. The secret fingerprint and iris vectors are sparsely approximated using accelerated iterative hard thresholding technique and then embedded in the host Slantlet-SVD domain of face image. Experiments demonstrate the efficiency of our technique for both encryption and hiding purpose, where the secret biometric information is well encrypted and still extractable with high fidelity even though the carrier image is seriously corrupted. Our experimental results show the efficiency of the proposed technique in term of robustness to attacks, Invisibility, and security.