Capacity Analysis of A MEO Satellite Constellation System

Abstract

Aiming to calculate the system capacity of a given satellite constellation, this paper proposes a time-varying traffic model based on varying traffic with varying time-zone and focuses on a MEO satellite constellation with global coverage. Using a load balanced routing algorithm, this paper analyzes the system capacity with time slicing method. The time-varying traffic model makes analysis more reliable and effective by comparison with equal traffic model.