隨著網際網路的蓬勃發展，使得網路的使用人數不斷的提升，各種異質性的網路，如：無線網路(Wireless Lan)、電信網路(Telecommunication)與衛星網路(Satellite Network)，不斷的推陳出新，無非是希望能夠提供各種平台的使用者都能夠存取網際網路。再加上多媒體資訊(Multimedia)的普及群播技術(Multicast)的廣泛使用，更為現今的網際網路帶來的龐大的資訊流量，所造成的問題，無非是網路壅塞的情況愈來愈嚴重。尤其是不可預期的短暫性的區域性嚴重網路阻塞，此情況可能使得網際網路暫時被隔絕成兩個獨立的網路，造成緊急的資訊傳遞(Emergent Delivery)無法達成，對於新的服務所需要的網路服務品質(Quality of Service)亦無法被保証，進而使得整個網路的使用效率下降。因此，許多研究不斷的朝向將目前既有寬頻網路技術，如：衛星網路，整合至目前的網際網路中，希望能提供網際網路備源的頻寬，以及資料傳遞的替代路徑。 所以，本論文最主要的目標為提出一以IP (Internet Protocol) 為基礎的整合式衛星網際網路之環境平台，並於此平台完成所需的動態尋徑策略，使衛星網路與網際網路的骨幹網路整合(Backbone Integration)得以完成，並實現傳輸的透明化 (Transparency)。本論文主要可分為兩部分：一、整合式的衛星網際網路平台(Satellite-Terrestrial Networks)。此部分主要是針對異質性網路之間的資源管理(Resource Management)、傳輸時的尋徑策略、以及如何提供點對點具服務品質保証的傳輸。因此我們提出了一動態尋徑的傳輸通訊協定 : Smart Hierarchical Routing Protocol (SHRP) ，以及一具品質保証的傳輸協定 : Spoofing RSVP Protocol (SRP)。 二、可靠性群播技術(Reliable Multicast) 。此部份希望能夠利用衛星網路傳先天的廣播能力(Broadcast)，來完成群播的功能，並針對衛星無線傳輸的不可靠性，提供可靠的群播能力。因此我們提出了一群播的通訊協定 : Adaptive Multicast Routing Protocol (AMRST) ，以及一可靠的群播通訊協定: Spoofing Re-configurable Reliable Multicast Routing Protocol (SReRM)。經實驗証明，這些協定在此平台上確實展現了極佳的效能。 The rapid proliferation of Internet over recent years has extremely impacted the service offering. Issues of limited capacity, non-global coverage, routing and congestion challenged the availability of desired services. Particularly, burst and tremendous mass of multimedia traffic might unexpectedly congest the terrestrial network to restrict the provisions of services with desired Quality of Services (QoS). The resource utilization is then degraded. Furthermore, this unexpected congestion together with limited network bandwidth would severely challenge the provision of multicasting services that most applications adopt such as video conferencing and distance learning, especially in the case that the multicast subscribers are widely scattered. These issues have roused the research community’s interest in the integration of new satellite technologies with terrestrial multimedia networks. The satellite inherent distance insensitive network could extend the terrestrial capacity and achieve the global coverage. In addition, the terrestrial burst traffic could further detour the congestion areas by delivered to destinations over satellite networks. The unexpected congestion is then managed and the resource utilization is promoted as well. Therefore, in this dissertation, we introduce a global Satellite-Terrestrial network (ST network) configuration that integrates the broadband satellite network with the conventional terrestrial network by gateway points. Based on this platform, a resource-aware routing scheme, the Smart Hierarchical Routing Protocol (SHRP), is proposed to provide connections that detours the congestion areas. These congestion-avoided routing paths are provided for the emergent delivery or the alternatives once the terrestrial routes fail (fault tolerance). A novel proposed Spoofing RSVP Protocol (SRP) is further applied to guarantee the end-to-end QoS. In addition, in order to provide the multicast services, an Adaptive Multicast Routing (AMRST) protocol was proposed. Besides, a Spoofing Re-configurable Reliable Multicast Routing Protocol (SReRM) was further proposed to provide congestion-avoided reliable multicast services. The experimental results validate that these protocols provide excellent throughput, scalability and flexibility to this convergent network.
