Design, Architecture and Quality of Service
in winter term 2026/2027
New Event
With this new event, we are expanding our curriculum to include a lecture on the topic of networks.
In this lecture, we introduce the concepts of satellite network design, routing architecture and Quality of Service (QoS) management within the ground and space segments.
Details of the event (preliminary)
| Kind of enevt | Lecture with exercises |
| ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Language | Englisch |
| Lecture (2 SWS) | Wednesday, 10:15 – 11:45 Room: 11501.02.224 (02.224 Cauerstr.9 Seminarraum) |
| Exercise (2 SWS) | Wednesday, 14:15 – 15:45 Room: 11501.02.224 (02.224 Cauerstr.9 Seminarraum) Starting in the 2nd week of classes |
| Lecturer | Dr.-Ing. Anupama Hegde (DLR) |
The lecture contents can be summarized as follows:
- Fundamentals of satellite communication – orbits, parameters, constellations, link budget analysis and evolution towards 6G-NTN
- Satellite network design – mega-constellations (RF and optical), time variant graphs, representation of data traffic
- Routing architecture – space segment forwarding plane design, path computation algorithms, routing protocols, traffic engineering and case-study on AI based techniques
- Network management – on-board queue management, scheduling policy, store-and-forward, satellite network resource management and fault tolerance
- Modeling and simulation – network component modeling and simulation, transition to network
emulation and roadmap towards real-world deployment.
- Knowledge of fundamental concepts and methods in satellite communications and networking.
- Understand the modeling of network components in ground and space segments adhering to the QoS requirements
- Use of AI methods where applicable.
- Wayne D Grover, Mesh-based Survivable Networks: Options and Strategies for Optical, MPLS, SONET, and ATM Networking, Prentice Hall PTR, 2004.
- Hoang Nam Nguyen, Routing and Quality-of-Service in Broadband LEO Satellite Networks, Springer, 2003.
- Thomas Bonald, Mathieu Feuillet, Network Performance Analysis, Wiley, 2011.
- Giovanni Giambene, Resource Management in Satellite Networks -Optimization and Cross-Layer Design, Springer, 2007.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: 2026-08-12 – 11:04