FODA-DTMA: final report on the new protocol for mixed traffic

A new Fifo Order based Demand Assignment (FODA) access scheme is described. The scheme is designed to handle packetized data and voice traffic in a multiple access satellite broadcast channel of Megabits band. The channel is shared by as many as 64 simultaneously active stations in a range of 255 addressable stations. A sophisticated traffic environment is assumed, including different type of service requirements and an arbitrary load distribution among the stations. The results of the 2 Mbit/sec simulation tests carried on for an already existing hardware environment are also presented.