Service Function Chain in Small Satellite-Based Software Defined Satellite Networks

Software Defined Satellite Networks(SDSN) are proposed to solve the problems in traditional satellite networks, such as time-consuming configuration and inflexible traffic scheduling. The emerging application of small satellite and research of SDSN make it possible for satellite networks to provide flexible network services. Service Function Chain(SFC) can satisfy this need. In this paper, we are motivated to investigate applying SFC in the small satellite-based SDSN for service delivery. We introduce the structure of the multi-layer constellation-based SDSN. Then, we describe two deployment patterns of SFC in SDSN, the Multi-Domain(MD) pattern and the Satellite Formation(SF) pattern. We propose two algorithms, SFP-MD, and SFP-SF, to calculate the Service Function Path(SFP). We implement the algorithms and conduct contrast experiments in our prototype. Finally, we summarize the applicable conditions of two deployment patterns according to the experimental results in terms of hops, delay, and packet loss rate.

Degree-Based Probabilistic Caching in Content-Centric Networking

Content-Centric Networking is a novel future network architecture that attracts increasing research interests in recent years. In-network caching has been regarded as a prominent feature of Content-Centric Networking since it is able to reduce the network traffic, alleviate the server bottleneck and decrease the user access latency. However, the CCN default caching scheme results in a high caching redundancy, causing an urgent need for an efficient caching scheme. To address this issue, we propose a novel implicit cooperative caching scheme to efficiently reduce the caching redundancy and improve the cache resources utilization. The simulation results show that our design achieves a higher hit ratio and a shorter cache hit distance in comparison with the other typical caching schemes.

Age-Constrained Dynamic Content Replacing and Delivering for UAV-Assisted Context Awareness

In this work,we employ the cache-enabled UAV to provide context information delivery to end devices that make timely and intelligent decisions.Different from the traditional network traffic,context information varies with time and brings in the ageconstrained requirement.The cached content items should be refreshed timely based on the age status to guarantee the freshness of user-received contents,which however consumes additional transmission resources.The traditional cache methods separate the caching and the transmitting,which are not suitable for the dynamic context information.We jointly design the cache replacing and content delivery based on both the user requests and the content dynamics to maximize the offloaded traffic from the ground network.The problem is formulated based on the Markov Decision Process(MDP).A sufficient condition of cache replacing is found in closed form,whereby a dynamic cache replacing and content delivery scheme is proposed based on the Deep Q-Network(DQN).Extensive simulations have been conducted.Compared with the conventional popularity-based and the modified Least Frequently Used(i.e.,LFU-dynamic)schemes,the UAV can offload around 30%traffic from the ground network by utilizing the proposed scheme in the urban scenario,according to the simulation results.

Effect of nozzle inlet parameters on the dry granulation atomization process of Si_(3)N_(4) ceramic bearing balls

In this paper,the atomization characteristics of Si3N4 ceramic dry granulation affect the performance of Si3N4 ceramic bearing balls.In order to improve the dry granulation characteristics and the comprehensive performance of Si3N4 ceramic bearing balls,the atomization mechanism of the spinning nozzle used for Si3N4 dry granulation was studied in detail.The interaction between air and binder in the pressure-swirl nozzle is analyzed based on VOF method,the modified realizable k−εturbulence model is used to simulate the flow field inside and outside the pressure-swirl nozzle,the effects of nozzle inlet parameters including the number of tangential inlets and the deflection angle of tangential inlets on the binder volume fraction,velocity distribution and pressure distribution are analyzed.The results show that when the number of tangential inlets increases from 1 to 4,the swirl strength of gas–liquid two-phase in the nozzle increases,the mean diameter of air core increases from 1.51 mm to 2.01 mm,and the spray cone angle increases from 18.5◦to 26.4◦.Besides,when the deflection angle of tangential inlet increases from 0◦to 15◦,the swirl strength of gas–liquid two-phase in the nozzle with the deflection angle of tangential inlet of 10◦is the largest,and the mean diameter of air core and spray cone angle is 3.04 mm and 30.7◦,respectively.Based on the atomization experiment platform of the electric control fuel system,the mean diameter of air core and spray cone angle are measured,the micromorphology of Si3N4 particles is observed,which verifies the correctness of numerical simulation.When the Si3N4 particles are prepared by dry granulation,taking the atomization performance of nozzle into consideration,the pressure-swirl nozzle with 4 tangential inlets and 10◦deflection angle should be selected.