Examination of the availability of ns-3 for the link quality simulation of a fluctuating satellite channel

Abstract

Higher frequency satellite systems are affected by the large signal attenuation caused by rain. To overcome this effect, it seems crucial to conduct some experiments to propose adapted systems. In order to develop such systems, it is necessary to conduct some experiments. However, the experimental condition is not permanently available and the experiments on satellite links are costly. Therefore, an indoor apparatus, which can simulate the satellite links, can be used usefully as the key tool for the development and improvement of satellite systems. We consider that ns-3 is useful for the simulation of the satellite link and evaluate the basic performance of it. In this paper, we report the validity of ns-3 on this simulation by showing the relation between the number of the packet errors and bit error rate (BER) when BER is changed in a period at various time.