1st International ICST Workshop on OMNeT++

Research Article

A multiscale real-time navigation and communication satellite simulation model for OMNeT++

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.3033,
        author={Andreas  Lewandowski and Ralf  Burda and Christian  Wietfeld},
        title={A multiscale real-time navigation and communication satellite simulation model for OMNeT++},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on OMNeT++},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={OMNET++},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Galileo Multiscale Simulation Environment Satellite Mobility Model SGP4/SDP4 Two Line Elements},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.3033}
    }
    
  • Andreas Lewandowski
    Ralf Burda
    Christian Wietfeld
    Year: 2010
    A multiscale real-time navigation and communication satellite simulation model for OMNeT++
    OMNET++
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.3033
Andreas Lewandowski1,*, Ralf Burda1,*, Christian Wietfeld1,*
  • 1: Communication Networks Institue (CNI), Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Dortmund University of Technology, Dortmund, Germany.
*Contact email: andreas.lewandowski@tudortmund.de, ralf.burda@tudortmund.de, christian.wietfeld@tudortmund.de

Abstract

This paper presents the first steps of developing the Galileo Satellite Communication Simulator (GSCS) based on the INET Framework [2] of OMNeT++ simulation engine [1]. We present our mobility model for the accurate prediction and modeling of satellite motion using NORAD's (North American Aerospace Defense Command) propagation algorithm SGP (Simplified General Perturbations) for real-time satellite position modelling.

Galileo specific satellite orbit data is generated in order to establish the mobility of the prospective space segment. The validity of the simulation implementation is then proved by comparing the results of our simulation with two reputable satellite tracking applications and to a real GPS receiver, from which further extensions of the simulation system are derived. In further steps the integration in a Multiscale Network Simulation Environment is described. The dynamic interaction between Environment, Radio Channel and User Mobility can then be modelled in an adequate way.