Resource management in satellite communication systems: Heuristic schemes and algorithms

The high cost of frequency bandwidth in satellite communication emphasizes the need for good algorithms to cope with the resource allocation problem. in systems using dvb-s2 links,the optimization of resource allocation may be related to the classical multi-knapsack problem. resource management should be carried out according to the requests of subscribers,their priority levels,and assured bandwidths. a satisfaction measure is defined to estimate the allocation processes. heuristic algorithms together with some innovative scaling schemes are presented and compared using monte carlo simulation based on a traffic model introduced here. copyright © 2012 shahaf i. wayer and arie reichman.