A NS-2 Simulation Model of DVB-S2/RCS Satellite Network

International audienceSatellite networks are enhanced permanently: new coding techniques, changes in the allocation algorithm or new technologies. These features are first implemented on a test bed in order to prove their efficiency, but an emulation platform is expensive and its implementation is time consuming. A simulation model can solve these issues, by giving a first try out and another way to obtain measurements. Of course, this model has to be as close as possible to the real system by its behavior but also by the layout of its components. The previous reasons lead us to realize a model of a DVB-S2/RCS satellite network on NS-2