Repeated sending file delivery protocol in satellite networking communication

Satellite networking communications in navigation satellite system and space-based deep space exploration have the features of a long delay and high bit error rate (BER). Through analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of the Consultative Committee for the Space Data System (CCSDS) file delivery protocol (CFDP), a new improved repeated sending file delivery protocol (RSFDP) based on the adaptive repeated sending is put forward to build an efficient and reliable file transmission. According to the estimation of the BER of the transmission link, RSFDP repeatedly sends the lost protocol data units (PDUs) at the stage of the retransmission to improve the success rate and reduce time of the retransmission. Theoretical analyses and results of the Opnet simulation indicate that the performance of RSFDP has significant improvement gains over CFDP in the link with a long delay and high BER. The realizing results based on the space borne filed programmable gate array (FPGA) platform show the applicability of the proposed algorithm.