低轨卫星通信网络中动态位置更新管理方案

移动性管理是LEO(低轨卫星(low earth orbit))卫星网络通信系统中的一个重要问题.提出了LEO网络中一种改进的基于移动的位置更新和寻呼方案.在这种方法中我们引入了"元小区"概念,它由两个相邻波束组成.首先阐述了基于"元小区"模型的位置管理策略,然后推导了基于移动的动态位置管理的数学模型,并利用该模型分别计算了LEO网络中单位呼叫的位置更新和寻呼代价.通过元小区方案和普通小区的在各种网络参数环境下的性能比较证明了"元小区"方法的有效性和健壮性.最后为了进一步减小"元小区"方法中的寻呼代价,提出了强制更新策略,它强制移动终端在穿越两颗卫星覆盖区的边界时进行位置更新操作.

A Dynamic Location Updating Management Scheme in Low Earth Orbit Networks

Mobility management is an important aspect in LEO (low earth orbit) systems. In terrestrial wireless networks, the movement of the user triggers location updating and determines the paging scheme, while in LEO satellite systems, the location updating and paging is mainly based on the movement of satellite. Terrestrial location management techniques must be altered to fit the LEO systems. This paper introduces a modified movement-based location updating and paging scheme in LEO networks. In this scheme the meta-cell concept is proposed which includes two spot-beams of one satellite. First the location management scheme based on the architecture with meta-cell location area is presented. Then an analytical model is applied to formulate the cost of location updating and paging for the movement meta-cell based dynamic location updating scheme. The comparison of performance between the meta-cell architecture method and the conventional signal-spot-cell architecture method is provided to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness and robustness of the proposed scheme under various parameters. To reduce the impact of meta-cell architecture on the location paging cost, a forced location updating strategy is presented which is used in the cases that the meta-cell includes the two spot-beams from different satellites.