The Performance Analysis of Virtual Queues for Space-Ground Integrated Networks

Abstract

In the space-ground integrated networks, many tasks come from different access networks, such as cellular network, Wireless Fidelity (WIFI), Satellite network, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and so on. And these tasks have different priorities in general. Therefore, how to couple these tasks in the core network and design a low computational complexity and high-efficiency task processing strategy is a big challenge. In this paper, the concept of virtual queues is introduced to improve the performance of the space-ground integrated networks. The task queue can be split into several virtual queues according to their priorities and the type of access networks. To evaluate the performance of virtual queues, the system performance index is defined. Finally, the system performance of the space-ground integrated networks is analyzed in detail. The result can be applied into the design of the space-ground integrated networks. INDEX TERMS performance analysis, virtual queue, space-ground integrated networks.