A VHF-FM Digital Selective Calling System mathematical model using grade of service criteria

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A VHF-FM Digital Selective Calling System 
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Decker, James Wade. 


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A VHF-FM DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING SYSTEM 
MATHEMATICAL MODEL 
USING GRADE OF SERVICE CRITERIA 
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James Wade Decker 


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This thesis presents a mathematical model of a maritime VHF-FM Digital 
Selective Calling (DSC) System using grade of service as a criterion to 
determine if a single DSC channel can accommodate both distress and 
commercial calling. The model calculates the probability of a call being | 
delayed, the average delay of a call, the probability of a call being 
answered within a certain time frame, and the throughput for the random 
access calling systems of ALOHA, Slotted ALOHA, Slotted ALOHA with Capture, 


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Nonpersistent Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA), and 1-Persistent CSMA, 
Analysis of the results indicates that all VHF DSC calling can be made on 

a single channel. Without regard to a cost-benefit evaluation, it was also 
determined that 1-Persistent Carrier Sense Multiple Access was the superior 
random access calling system to utilize for the VHF-FM Digital Selective 


Calling system. 


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A VHF-FM Digital Selective Calling System 
Mathematical Model 
Using Grade of Service Criteria 


by 


James Wade Decker 
Lieutenant, United States Coast Guard 
B.S., United States Coast Guard Academy, 1976 


Steeda partial fulfillment of the 
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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 
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September 1985 


ABSTRACT 


This thesis presents a mathematical model of a maritime 
VHF-FM Digital Selective Calling (DSC) System using grade of 
service as a criterion to determine if a single DSC channel 
can accommodate both distress and commercial calling. The 
model calculates the probability of a call being delayed, the 
average delay of a call, the probability of a call being 
-answered within a certain time frame, and the throughput for 
the random access calling systems of ALOHA, Slotted ALOHA, 
Slotted ALOHA with Capture, Nonpersistent Carrier Sense 
Multiple Access (CSMA), and 1-Persistent CSMA. Analysis of 
the results indicates that all VHF DSC calling can be made on 
a Single channel. Without regard to a cost-benefit 
evaluation, it was also determined that l-Persistent Carta 
Sense Multiple Access was the superior random access calla 
system to utilize for the VHF-FM Digital Selective Cadm 


system. 


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TABLE OF CONTENTS 


Wu MEME MOBNWNE DIGITAL SEBECTIVE CALLING SYSTEM -- 
A. BACKGROUND -~---------------------------------- 
B. CURRENT MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS METHODS ------- 
1. VHF-FM Radiotelephone --------------------- 
MEN NM ui cNSudewDund Radio ----------------- 
3. EHF MARISAT/INMARSAT ---------------------- 
C. DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC) SYSTEM -------- 
CHARACTERISTICS OF A DSC SYSTEM ------------------- 
A. OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS ----------~-------- 
ls Digital Selective Call Sequence Format ---- 
2 eee pes OL NSC "Call Sequences ——-—-—-——------~-- 
LE TM T S RACTHMISTICS ————-.-----....------ 
l. Technical Format of the Call Sequence ----- 
IMEEM Ncc .cLLLl--- 
C. METHOD OF OPERATION --------------------------- 
RANDOM ACCESS CALLING SYSTEMS --------------------- 
O SDN Lee LL 2 2 NMLL 
B. ALOHA TYPE CALLING SYSTEMS -------------------- 
IMEEM MM ee e o 2 
Petia cee MINUM = ee 
IS uWMNEUNMONM weh Capture ---------------- 
SA SERLE AQOESS O ====-=-==========- 


pers sente COMA Pretocol --------------- 


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2 l-Persistent CSMA Protocol ---------------- 49 


3.  P-Persistent CSMA Protocol ---------------- 3m 
EV CURRENT VHF-FM DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING MODEL ---- 55 
A. INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------- 25 
B. TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ------------------------------ 56 
C. OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING THE NUMBER OF SGALLIS 
CHANNELS -------------------------------------- Sy 
l. Duration of DSC Call Sequences ------------ 58 
2. Number and Duration of VHF DSC Sequences -- 59 
3. Use of Scanning Devices ------------------- 60 
4. Position of Coast and Ship Stations ------- 61 
D. CCIR INTERIM WORKING PARTY 8/10 VHF DSC SYSTEM 
MODEL ----------------------------------------- 62 
E. SCANNING WITH A 1-SECOND DOT PATTERN ---------- 70 
F. INTERIM WORKING PARTY DSC MODEL CONCLUSIONS --- 71 
UE PROPOSED VHF-FM DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING MODEL --- 73 
A. GENERAL MODELING REQUIREMENTS ----------------- 73 
B. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROPOSED MODEL ---------- 74 
l. | Format and Duration of Call Sequences ----- 75 
2. Channel Loading --------------------------- Do 
3. Grade of Service -------------------------- 80 
C. APPLICATION OF THE PROPOSED MODEL ------------- 81 
VIR CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ------------------ - Gis 
A. CONCLUSIONS ----------------------------------- 106 
B. RECOMMENDATIONS ------------------------------- TIO 
LIST OF REFERENCES -------------------------------------- BES 
INITIAL DISTRIBUTION LIST ------------------------------- 12106 


Pa INIM BEBE DIGITAB SELECTIVE CALLING SYSTEM 


The establishment of communications between shore and 
ship Stations, and between ships has become markedly 
difficult due to increased maritime activities, limited radio 
officer watch periods, radio propagation characteristics, and 
Himited availability of radio frequencies [Ref. 1:p.l!]. 
Delays of 6 to 18 hours are not uncommon, The Digital 
Selective Calling (DSC) System has been developed to 
alleviate the Torie of establishing communications while 
providing means for a global maritime distress system. The 
current recommendation for a VHF-FM DSC system has designated 
one radio channel to be used exclusively for distress and 
safety calling, and another hcm to be used for commercial 
calling. The recommendation, based on a maximum channel 
loading (6) of 0.1 Erlang [Ref. 2:p. 2], may not be practical 
since there is:only limited availability of radio frequencies 
and the use of one exclusively for distress may be 
inefficient. This thesis develops a mathematical model of a 
VHF-FM Digital Selective Calling System based on several 
grade of service criteria, instead of channel loading, to 
determine if a single DSC channel can accommodate both 
distress and commercial calling. 

A general history of digital selective calling, as well 


as current communications methods used by the maritime mobile 


service, is presented in this chapter. The operational and 
technical characteristics of the proposed international DSC 
system follow in )@nhaprer jie Chapter III contains a 
description of various methods used to gain access to a radio 
channel called random access calling systems. The current 


model used to determine the number of required calling 


channels is shown in Chapter IV. The author's’ proposed 
mathematical model, along with various grade of service 
calculations, are presented in Chapter V. Finally, Chapter 


VI contains the.conclillis rons and recommenda rions 


A. BACKGROUND 

Communications are carried out over frequency bands 
allocated to the maritime mobile service by the International 
Telecommunication Union (ITU). Morse Code telegraphy (CW) 
has been used since the beginning of maritime communications 
because of its ability for transmission and reception under 
almost any atmospheric conditions. However, CW has fallen 
out of favor because of three ma jor reasons: [Ref. 3:p.77] 


(1) The transmission of a message is a slow, manual 
process. 


(2) It may take a long period of time to make the initial 
contact with a ship in order to send a message. 


(3) It requires the use of separate distress frequencies. 


The development of a system to improve communications 
calling has long been recognized as being essential to the 


maritime community. Studies into this area have revolved 


around the use of autoalarms, radio-teletype (RTTY), tone- 
selective calling (SSFC), and satellite communications. While 
the bulk of future maritime communications traffic is 
expected to be carried by commercial satellites, the need for 
a global emergency system which did not require human 
monitoring and was simple to use predicated the development 
of a EE ced selective calling system [Ref. 3:p. 77]. 

Digital selective calling is designed to use the 
techniques of digital transmission for the establishment of 
communications, or for the passing of distress and safety 
information. Once the receiving station has been alerted by 
me DSC call that traffic pends, further communications are 
conducted on designated "working" channels. These "working" 
channels could be another DSC channel or they could be any 
other type of communication method available, (e.g. HF voice, 
VHF-FM radiotelephone, etc). 

The current CCIR recommendation for a  VHF Daneel 
Selective Calling system has designated one BE. to be 
used exclusively for ess and safety calling, and another 
channel to be used for commercial calling. The exclusive 
channel for distress and safety calling is based on the 
ecotablishment sc 0.1 Eclang aswuhe maximum traffic loading 
for a DSC calling channel in order to achieve the grade of 
per vice eQUudeecd Meme distress calling [Ref.  2:p.2]. The 


maximum channel loading was chosen as O.1 Erlang because, for 


random access calling systems such as the University of 
Hawaii's ALOHA system, a call becomes delayed an 
exponentially increased period of time as the channel load 
increases beyond about 0.1 Erlang. Figure 1 shows this delay 
versus channel loading situation for two random access 


calling systems, ALOHA and Slotted ALOHA. 


D. Delay 


ALOHA S ALOHA 


200 
150 
100 


SQ 


Figure l. Delay as a Function of Channel Load 


Submissions to the Interim Working Party of the TITUS 
International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR) theorized a 
worst-case situation based on the number of VHF working 


channels indicated in Appendix 18 to the ITU Radio 


10 


Pepmbatvons (eng. 28 working channels in total) [Ref..2:p.8]. 
It was indicated that the maximum capacity of a single 
working channel would be 0.8 Erlangs [Ref. mp. 18]. 
Preliminary calculations based on the Erlang channel loading 
factor suggested that this level of operation might be 
supported by a single DSC channel [Ref. 4:p.22]. However, the 
traffic intensity should not dictate the grade of service 
(probability of finding the calling channel busy) because in 
some circumstances it prevents efficient channel utilization, 
For example, designating the channel loading limits the 
number of calls that may be placed on that channel. If more 
callers desire access to the calling channel than the loading 
permits, two or more channels would have to be allocated to 
service their needs, regardless of any other Eb ue SUR 
as the delay on calls through the calling system, or the 
probability that a call will reach its destination. The 
grade of service parameters listed in Table 1 can be 
important in designing a VHF-FM DSC system and as such will 
dictate the channel loading allowed on the channel. 
Therefore, a mathematical model for a VHF DSC system will be 
formulated based on the grade of service factor. This model 


en be used to calculate the maximum allowable migajas 


pi 


volume on a radio calling channel given a particular grade of 


Service. 


LADA 
GRADE OF SERVICE PARAMETER 


l. Probability of delay exceeding a specified amount 
of time. 


2. Probability of delay. 
3. Average delay of all calls through the system. 


4. Channel Throughput 


b. CURRENT MARITIME COMMUN@GAT TONS METHODS 

At the present time, there are three generally used 
classes of communications emissions. These are VHF-FM marine 
radiotelephone, HF single side band radio, and EHF satellite 
radio. Morse Code, which used to be the mainstay of maritime 
communications, is, in the author's opinion from experience 
with Coast Guard communications stations, infrequently used 
in today's mobile maritime service. 

1. VHF-FM Radiotelephone 

The range of a VHF-FM marine radiotelephone is 

limited to 50-60 miles [Ref. 5:p. 2]. The ship station must 
be within that distance of a coastal station in order to have 
telephone communications ashore. The basic coastal stations 
used for Pane ELE ashore are marine radio operators’) and 


U.S. Coast Guard stations. VHF-FM usage has grown so fast 


Nez 


that there are insufficient ITU Radio Regulation Appendix 18 
frequencies for today's environment [Ref. 6]. 

In addition to voice communications, VHE-FM is being 
used for  tone-generated selective calling in some limited 
geographical areas such as the Great Lakes and Mississippi 
River. This selective calling system, Sequential Single 
Frequency Code (SSFC) was placed into service in 1972, but 
never became widely used because of the severe limitations 
wered below [PRef. 3:p. 76]: 


(1) The potential number of future subscribers can not be 
accommodated. 


(2) SSFC is limited to full voice bandwidth operation. 
6) call can not be prioritized. 
(4) SSFC is unable to propose the use of other : working 


frequencies while the call is in remote control at the 
receiving end. 


2. HF Single Side Band Radio 








APS currently used for radio teleprinting (SITOR), 
radio telephony, and automatic distress and safety alerting 
(AUTOALARM). HF signal characteristics have made it an 
excellent vehicle for long haul communications, filling the 
gap between VHF-FM range and a range of up to several 
thousand miles. However, HF is limited by propagation 
phenomena and atmospheric disturbances which can affect its 
performance. There are also few coastal stations operating on 


HF frequencies and the number of ship stations wanting to use 


E3 


them is in the thousands. The Coast Guard indicated in a 
report that for ships on the high seas, the average time 
required to contact a ship station was in excess of 6 houk: 


[Ref. 5:9. A2]. 


3. EHF MARISAT/INMARSAT 


The Maritime Satellite Organization (MARISAT) and the 
international Maritime Satellite Organization CINMARSAT) 
provide satellites necessary for improving maritime 
communications, thereby assisting in improving distress añd 
safety communications, efficiency and management oí ships, 


and maritime public correspondence services [Ref. Sap. 2]. 
Using EHF  £requencies and an installed satellite 


terminal, ship stations are connected into the papas 


switched telepnone network and Telex services via a sateilite 


and through a number oi coastal earth stations. Three 
orbiting satellites provide coverage in the Paci aaa 
Atlantic, and Indian ocean regions. It was projected that 


over 2100 ship subscribers would be operating on this system 


by 19368 | BHO 520 RENE 


tJ 


he high initial investment reauired 
to purchase terminals and equipment prohibits many potential 


customers from using MARISAT/INMARSAT [Ref. 9]. 


C. DIGITAL SELECTIVE CATELNG (DSC) SWSUTEM 
Selective calling systems were described as ear!v as the 
ITU's Ninth Plenary Assembly of the International Radio 


Consultative Committee (CCIR, 1959). Improvements to the wars 





in which maritime calling was performed were clearly 
required. As a result of the CCIR assembly, the Federal 
Republic of Germany and the United States conducted tests on 
selective calling systems. These tests and further tests were 
studied in the 1963 and 1966 Plenaries by a study group of 
Mie CCTR [|Ref. l:p. 2]. 

The World osa tae Radio Conference (WARC, 1967) 
amended the ITU Radio Regulations to permit the use of 
maritime selective calling and adapted the German-developed 
Sequential Single Frequency Code (SSFC) system to meet 
immediate operational requirements. The United States did not 
Support the SSFC system because it was not suitable for all 
classes of radio emissions, e.g. HF and VHF, in the maritime 
Mmepale sservices|Ref. lisp. 2]. The ITU also called for’ the 
development of a system with greater capability for future 
Maritime use. The four major areas of concern using the SSFC 
tone-generated selective calling technique were [Ref. 3:p. 
po] : 


(D> the potential number of future subscribers can not be 
accommodated. 


(2) SSFC was limited to full voice bandwidth operation. 

Ao itizingla call could mot be done. 

(4) SSFC was unable to propose the use of other working 
frequencies while the call was in remote control at 
the receiving end. 


The United States proposed at the 1967 World 


Administrative Radio Conference and again at the CCIR Interim 


15 


Meeting in 19/72 that digital selective calling techniques 
should be adopted. Because the United States could not 
produce experimental data supporting its claims, the proposal 
was denied. After the 1972 CCIR meeting, the U.S. Maritime 
Administration initiated the development and testing of a DSC 
system. The results of this effort are listed in Figure 2 and 
show that digital selective calling is capable of 
satisfactory operation in the maritime frequency bands of HF, 
MF, and VHP [Ref mk p N 

The CCIR, in its 1974 meeting, recommended the adoption 
of a DSC system much bike the one proposed by the United 
States. Later that year, the 1974 WARC established dedicated 
DSC frequencies. The ITU's Fourteenth Plenary Assembly of the 
CCIR © TOGO 1978) approved Recommendation 493-1 which 
contained the operational and technical characteristics of 
the DSC system [Ref. 10:p. 2-2]. Finally, the Fifteenth 
Plenary Assembly of the CCIR (CCIR,1982) adopted the DSC | 
operational and technical characteristics contained T GCIR 
Recommendation 493-2 and the DSC operational procedures in 
CCTR Recommendation E [Ref. POCA These last 
recommendations were slight modifications of the DONIS 
approved operational and technical characteristics. 

A parallel study in the area of maritime distress 
communications had been ongoing since 19/79 when an 


International Conference on Search and Rescue adopted a new 


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SELECTIVE SELECTIVE 


CALLS 
TLV 
FREQUENCY LOCATION | a enr F M z | RECEIVED > 
DIRECTION OF TRANSMISSZON (Baud) SENT (OP adrsawes (1 or 2 
addresses 
compare) 
compare) | 
HICH FREQUENCY 

KMI-S.$. MONTEREY 
Shore-to-Ship 75 876 615 70 647 74 
150 6,635 3,495 74 3,384 | 84 
TOTAL 75 & 150 §,491 4,020 73 4,531 83 
Ship-to-Shore 7S 255 224 88 239 94 
150 2,429 ATL 75 2,057 85 
TOTAL: 75 & 150 2,684 2,055 77 2,296 | 86 

NMH-USCG CUTTERS 

Shore-co-Ship 75 93 57 61 66 TL 
: 150 6,945 5,244 76 5,613 81 
TOTAL 75 & 150 7,038 2:301 75 5,579 81 
Ship-to-Shore 150 4,710 3,289 70 3,699 79 
HF TOTAL 75 15224 |. 896 73 952 | 78 
150 18,699 13,769 74 15,233 az 
75 & 150 192923 14,665 74 16,205 -8l 














MEDIUM. ERECUPNC? 
NMF-USCG CUTTERS 


Shore-to-Ship 
Shíp-to-Shore 


MF TOTAL 


VERY HICH FREOUESCT 
NMH-USCG CUTTERS 







Shore-to-Ship 600 










600 
1,200 
600 & 1200 


Shíp-to-Shore 





TOTAL 












VHF TOTAL 600 
1,200 


600 & 1200 


PIGURE 2, 


Summary of DSC Test Results 


Iz 


search and Rescue Convention, This Conference asked the 
International Maritime Organization (IMO) to develop a global 
maritime diste and safety system to provide the 
telecommunications for the International Convention on 
Maritime Search and Rescue [Ref. 12]. In the fall of 197205 
the IMO proposed its Future Global Maritime Distress and 
Safety System (FGMDSS). The FGMDSS was to be developed on 
the principles of digital selective calling which meant that 
short-wave CW communications would no longer be used for 
distress [Ref. 3:p. 78].  IMO's announcement concerning the 
FGMDSS provided a strong impetus for the development of a DSC 
system. 

In the fall of 1983, worldwide testing of the final DSC 
system was conducted on the HF frequencies. Figure 3 
provides the results of the testuncs CCIR Interim Working 
Party (IWP) 8/10, which has overall responsibility fone 
development and implementation of the DSC system, considered: 
the results of the trials impressive. The IWP also 
pronounced that the DSC system was a viable system, for 
alerting distress cases by terrestrial radio-communication 
[Ref e. 

This introduction and short history of digital selle 
calling should leave the reader with a basic understanding of 
why DSC is an important step forward in the area of maritime 
communications. In the next chapter, the operational and 


technical aspects of the DSC system will be discussed. 


18 


CSC Success Probaoilities During Trials 





| Call atscaeroes 


| 
Teansmi tting | Sates 














Sinale Freazency (MHz) IMuiti- | | 

Stacion mae |e lL ni... | i1 m | is | 17 frequency! Comoosi te! 

Rogaland 177/19 46/38 4941/36 414/46 $343/46 _40+3/46 229/230 35/26 

Portsmouth -18/10 3/0 9+3/24  11+1/2%  20+1/24  21/2%  9%+9/120 24/24 

Sydney 20/10 32/48  27+1/%0 6/46 38/40 37/60  217«41/220 45/36 

Tokyo 21/10 15/18 1551/18 16/18 15/16 1341/18 80/80 16/16 
- Guan 22/10 3/0 46/36 44/46 46/46 42+1/23 230/239 46/46 

Portsmouth 24/10 Q/Q 2L+1/31 2741/31 31/31 23+2/30 155/155 31/31 

Somerz3n 25/0 $3/43 43/43 43/13 43/33 4042/42 221/221 42/42 

Tokyo 27/10 18/18 18/18 18/16 16/16 14/18  80/8Q 16/15 

Guam 29/10 .- 0/0 .. 38/42 31/42 39/42 38+1/42 200/210 40/42 

Somerton ^ 31/10 45/58 48/45 46/46 46/46 "36/46 228/228 “43/43 

[2u = L 10/15 13/18 - 15/18 16/16 . 1951/18 30/80 18/18 

Izu 4/11 16/16 16/16 16/16 16/16 16/16 80/80 16/16 
~ Rogaland 5/11 46/46 46/46 4541/45 4242/46 38+7/46 230/230 46/46 

Norddeicn 7/1] 48/48 46/46  43+1/44  41»2/44  J8+3/44 229/229 46/36 

Somertsn 95th 42/42 42/42 82/42 42/52 42/52 Zecreue 2/5 

Ivan Chernykh 9/11 1/1 3/3 2/2 4/5 2+1/3 14/14 0/0 

Totais 353 47347 . 44448 49943 464+22 2578+10 S15 

By $18 322 513 S13 2627 518 

2 of calls received 

without errors 95.91 — 91.31 85.06 25524 90.10 98.13 99.32 

Additional % of 

calls received «ith 

errors Sut no errors 

in ID or coordinates #1.35 — *1.53 *1.74 +4 .27 *0.38 


— C  -—À——— Á—————————————o ——— ' ^ —— 
Entries: Call attemats success?ui/cail actemo?ts transmittad. A + indicates aadit?onai 


numoer of calls received with errors, but a0 errors in [D or coordinates. 
Rotas: 
1) The USA stations (Portsmouth and Guam) did not transmit on 4 MHZ. i 
2) In cases wnere an analysis of receivers logs casts doubt upon a given transmitter 
performance, the transmitter was, nevertheless, assumed to have performed correctly 
and the resulting low reception success rates were included in the above table. 
This table, therefore, represents a “worst case” analysis of the trial results. 
[t is probable that these results underestimate the performance of the participating 
receiving stations. e 
The combined logs of all receiving stations indicated that there was a problem 
with 3 dney's scheduled transmissions an 3-11-1983. There were no propagation 
anomalies reported for that day, however no station received calls on 4, 6, 3, or 
13 MHz. Only Japan received a few calls on 17 MHz during the early mornin 
(UTC). Therefore, the [WP disreaarded the data on 3-11-1983. 


3) 


g hours 


Figure 3. Wortdwide HF DSC-Testing Results 


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II. CHARACTERISTICS OFM ATE a 


Aw OPERATIONAL CHARA MERTSI CS 

The operational characteristics of a digital selective 
calling system must be compatible internationally, thus 
requiring a standardized format for messase Crk ai The 
recommended format of a call sequence (message format) 
adopted by the CCIR for the international DSC system consists 
Ot a format specifier, address, category, self- 
identification, message data area, and end-of-sequence block, 
each of which is explained below [Ref. 14:p. 1]. The format 


of a call sequence is shown in Figure 4. 


format specifier self-identification 
| omen d | message 2]... | end of sequence 


Figure 4. Format of a Call Sequence 








A DSC call sequence is a one-way radio transmission 
and can be one of two types. A call alert sequence is 
initiated by a sending station indicating a desire to pass 
communications. A call acknowledgement sequence is sent by a 


receiving station, acknowledging receipt of a call alert 


20 


sequence. If the sending station has additional 
communications to pass, both the sending and receiving 
stations shift to a "working" channel to complete the 
transmissions. 
1, Digital Selective Call Sequence Format 
a. Format Specifier 


The format specifier indicates whether the call 


Pe Uu weal), an all ships’ call, or a call to a 
selective group of ships or stations. The selective group 
could consist of one ship T station, a group of stations 
having a common interest, or a group of ships in a specified 
geographical area. In addition, the format specifier might 


indicate the call is a special sequence for semi-automated or 
automated VHF/UHF services (e.g. marking Sequences, 
Signalling sequences). 
b. Address 

The address block specifies for whom the call is 
designated. The address information of distress and all 
ships calls will be contained in the format specifier block. 
For all other types of calls, the address will be the unique 
identification assigned to each called ship or station, or 
special identifiers assigned to a group of ships having a 
common interest or ships operating in a particular 


geographical area. 


21 


The digital selective calling system has been 
designed to have the selective address capacity tron 
quantitatively meeting all of the international maritime 
selective call requirements for the foreseeable future. 

c. Category 

The category block of information defines the 
degree of priority of the call sequence. For a distress call 
this information is again contained in the format specifier 
block. All calls are prioritized within one of six 
categories: 

(1) Distress: 

(2) MU Scenic 

(3) Vital safety. 

(4) Important safety. 

(5) Ship business priority (the proposed definition is a 
call authorized by the ship owner or agent requiring 
immediate handling on the ship). 

(6) Routine. 

ag Self-Identification 

This block simply contame rene ala station's 

unique identification symbols. 
e. Messages 

There is a limit of 3 general messages allowed in 

a call sequence, with the exception of distress calls which 


have 4 messages. For a distress, call, the distress 


22 


information is contained within four messages and appears in 
the following order: 

(1) An indication of the m of distress. 

(2) An indication of the distress position. 

(3) The time that the distress position was valid. 

(4) The type of communication which is preferred by the 


ünit in distress for subsequent exchange of 
communications. 


of DSC Call Sequences 


N 
E 
(D 
0 





If the call sequence is not part of a distress call, 
then it will either be a telecommand call alert sequence or 
an acknowledgement call sequence. A telecommand call alert 


sequence contains information for setting up communications 


on another channel, or may include terminal Gomer ol 
functions, transmitter and receiver control functions, or 
special purpose functions. An acknowledgement call sequence 


is simply a call to a sending station verifying that a DSC 


call alert sequence has been received. 


me eo NCAL CHARACTERISTICS 

Paralleling the operational characteristics of the 
proposed DSC system are its technical characteristics. The 
technical characteristics maintain standardization in the 
international community in the areas of electrical 
engineering and communications by specifying the bit patterns 


HUND COS ichsorsthe format blocks [Ref. 14:p.7]. 


23 


l. Technical Format of the Call Sequence 


The recommended technical format of a call sequence 


contains a dot pattern, phasing sequence, format specifier, 
address, category, self-identification, up to four message 
areas, an end-of-sequence block, and an  error-checking 


character [Ref. 1l14:p. 23]. This format, with the exception 
of the dot pattern, phasing sequence, and  error-checking 
character is the same as the operational characteristics 
format. The technical format of a typical routine message is 
presented in Figure 4. 
a. Dot Pattern 

As investigations continued into DSC, scanning 
devices were proposed by the Japanese so that a receiver 
could listen to more than one frequency [Ref. .10:p. 3M 
make use of a scanning device possible, it was necessam 
add a signal which told the receiver to stop scanning. This 
is called the "dot pattern" which switches between "zero" amd 
"one" bits for a period of 2 seconds. HF and MF "dus 
selective calling signals begin with a  two-second dot 
pattern. Dot patterns will not be used in acknowledgement 
sequence calls, ship-to-shore calls with the exception of 
distress calls, or VHF calls, unless more than one Dae 
channel is being used [Ref. CCIR 14:p. 9]. 

b. Phasing Sequence 
The phasing sequence provides information to the 


receiver to permit correct bit phasing and  unambusemMN 


24 


Mx uario ot the positions of the signals within a call 
sequence. 

The receiver phase synchronizes with the 
transmitter by recognizing a specific pattern of symbols 
Euer than keying on a change in the dot pattern. This 
method of phasing was adopted in order to reduce false 


Enronjzatwon caused by a bit error in the dot pattern. 


DX/RX 
Format Called 
Dot pattern Phasing specifier part y Category 
sequence address 
2 symbols 5 symbols ] symbol 


Telecommand Frequency | Frequency | End of 
message message message sequence 


2 symbols 3 symbols | 3 symbols | 3 symbols 





Figure 5. Technical Format of a Call Sequence 


c.  Error-check Character 
The digital selective call is a synchronous call 
using a ten-bit error-detecting code. The first seven bits of 
the code are information bits representing the 128 symbols of 
daN S code or the ASCII code: Bits 8,9, and 10 are 
used for error detection. 
Ae laine: Dagar sassy 
With the exception of the dot pattern and phasing 


Signals, each signal in the DSC sequence is transmitted twice 


25 


in a time-spread mode. Imperfect propagation, interfering 
signals, and coincidence with other calls require this 
"echoing" effect to achieve satisfactory reception of the 
desired signal. The first transmission of a specific (ee 
signal could be followed by the transmission of four other 
DSC signals before the original signal is re-transmitted. The 
time interval, thus providing for time-diversity reception, 
for the signals is 400 milliseconds (msec) for HF and MF 
channels and 33 1/3 msec for VHP chanmel=s [Ret. IDO 

The frequency shifts and modulation rates for the 
three modes of transmission are: 

diio HF and MF channels will use a frequency shift of 1/0 
hertz at a rate of 100 baud. When frequency-shift 
keying is effected by applying audio signals to the 
input of single-sidebanded transmitters, the center. 
of the audio-frequency spectrum at the transmitter is 
1./O00mhertz- 

(2) VHF channels will use a frequency shift of 800 hertz 
at 1200 baud. The modulation technique is proposed to 
be audio (frequency-modulation) with frequency-shift 
keying of the modulating carrier frequency of 1/00 
hertz. Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA), will be 


the access method utilized. CSMA access techniques 
are discussed in Chapter III. 


C. METHODEOF F ORERAT TON 

Digital selective calling (DSC) equipment operates in 
conjunction with the ship's radio equipment when installed 
onboard a ship, or in conjunction with the shore radio 
equipment when it is installed at a shore station. Although 


the exact description of the DSC unit will depend on eee 


2:6 


manufacturer, the equipment will generally be self-contained 
including all necessary power supplies, modems, keyboards, 
controls, and displays for operation with the installed radio 
equipment. 

The oee mea description of a DSC unit and its 
operations is based ona DSC unit developed by the GTE 
meena Corph ation (Ref. l:pp. 9-12]. The DSC unit for a 
mobile maritime station incorporates a microprocessor, the 
primary element of which is a central processing unit 
contained ona single integrated circuit. The operation of 
the unit is cOnmtErolled@by a program stored in the 
microprocessor's programmable read-only memory. Message 
processing and storage TS accomplished with the 
microprocessor read/write memory. A functional block diagram 
of a Digital Selective Calling unit is depicted in Figure 6. 

A selective call message that is to be transmitted is 
composed using a typewriter-like keyboard and is displayed on 
a cathode-ray tube terminal. The m has full editing 
capability and can make corrections prior to message 
transmission. After the message has been prepared in the 
proper operational and technical formats of (OCT 
Recommendation 493-2, it is transmitted as a serial data 
stream. The DSC output is a binary Audio Frequency Shift 
Keyed (AFSK) signal that is encoded with the message. The DSC 
unit automatically initiates transmitter keying and following 


detection that the channel is clear, the AFSK signal is 


2/ 


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HOYA AJA TADA danva VOL 


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HOSSAJOAA 


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Functional Block Diagram of a DSC Unit 
28 


Figure 6. 


applied to the transmitter output. Modems are interfaced with 
the standard communications transmitters and receivers. These 
modems are switch selective for transmission, accommodating 
all classes of emission or frequencies assigned for mobile 
maritime communications. 

Receiving the DSC AFSK signal is essentially the reverse 
of transmitting a message. The modem outputs are continually 


monitored for the presence of the dot pattern or phasing 


sequence. When these are detected, the DSC unit decodes the 
signal and temporarily stores it in random access memory. At 
present, the buffer is designed to store two incoming DSC 
messages [Ref. 15]. The address block is compared to the 


station's address or one of the special identifiers assigned 


M 1 cogo stations. “Ir the comparison indicates the 
message is destined for the station, appropriate aural or 
visual alerts, or remote telecommand functionings are 
enabled. If the message is not intended for the receiving 


station, it is cleared from the buffer and the DSC unit 
stands ready to receive the next message. 

In order for the message/call sequence to be transmitted 
and received ina broadcast radio network, as the maritime 
mobile service environment is, there are numerous methods 
available that the transmitting site could use to gain access 
to the transmission medium. These methods, called random 


access calling systems, are discussed in the next chapter. 


2 


III. RANDOM ACCESS CALLINGR PE PELL 


AFS N PRODUC ETON 

Broadcast networks in general, and packet radio networks 
in particular, are composed of transmitter and receiver sites 
which communicate on a,common frequency. The signal strength 
of one site is usually of such power that it can only 
transmit to a small subset of the other sites in the network. 
The typical broadcast network site operates in the 
asynchronous mode by transmitting to every site within its 
range whenever it has a message. When a receiving site is in 
the range of two transmitting sites, a collision of the two 
messages occurs and neither message is correctly received. 
Similarly, a transmitting site cannot send and receive a 
message concurrently. For most broadcast networks, in which 
every site can transmit directly to all other sites, the 
o are constrained to have at most one successful radio 
transmission at a time. Networks in which multiple users 
share a common communications channel in a way that can lead 
to conflicts are widely known as contention networks. The 


best known network of this type is called the ALOHA network. 


Allocating a single communication channel among competing 
users happens in many different types of networks. One 


common situation in which a single channel is shared is a 


30 


multidrop line connecting a group of users. A user is polled 


by a central site giving the user a chance to send any 


messages it might have. Which users the central site should 
pol 1s a Major problem in this type system. Riana po. bine 
network has hundreds or thousands of users, only a small 


fraction “might have a need to transmit at any given moment. 
Frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) is another method of 
allocating a single channel among a number of users. Iii 
there are N users, the channel bandwidth is divided up into N 
equal portions, with each user being assigned to one of the 
portions. Since each user has his own frequency to transmit, 
there is no interference between users, and the network can 
operate without any collisions. However, when there is a 
large number of stations which come and go as they please, 
FDM poses a few major problems. A large piece of the channel 
bandwidth may be wasted if less than N users are using the 
channel, and if more than N users want to use it some of them 
will be denied access. In addition, most computer data 
uu sccumemely bursty (peak traffic to mean traffic 
ratios of 1000:1 are common) and as such most of the channel 
will be idle most of the time [REF. 16:p. 252]. A last 
example of how a channel might be allocated among competing 


users is the Asynchronous time-division multiplexing  (ATDM) 


concept. Each user is given its own dedicated port into a 
concentrator which then feeds into the central site. If two 
users send traffic simultaneously, the concentrator handles 


ul 


the situation by placing each user's data into diffemenm 
memory locations within the concentrator. The data is 
transmitted from the concentrator when the channel is clear. 
In an environment such as the maritime mobile service, with 
uncoordinated, geographically dispersed users who have only a 
single shared channel to communicate on, there is no private 
port, and two simultaneous transmissions will collide. 
Giving each user a portion of the bandwidth to work with is 
just the FDM technique which was discussed earlier, which was 
determined to be too inefficient with many bursty users. 
Therefore, the aforementioned techniques are not suited for 


the VHF-FM DSC system. 


B. ALOHA TYPE CALL IG SYSTEMS 
l. Pure ALOHA 
In the early 1970's, Norman Abramson and hicem 


workers at the University of Hawaii developed the ALOHA 


system to solve the problem of allocating a single 
communications channel among competing users [Ref. 17]. 
ALOHA was the first computer system to employ radio 
techniques instead of point-to-point wires for its 
communication facility. The ALOHA network works on the 
following principles users are allowed to transmit on a 


totally random basis (Pure ALOHA) whenever they have data to 


pass. A sketch of packet generation in an ALOHA network is 


B 


given in Figure /. A packet is synonymous to a DSC call 
Sequence. All of the packets are the same length because it 
has been shown that the throughput of ALOHA networks is 
maximized by having a uniform packet size rather than 


allowing variable length packets [Ref. 18]. Some of the 


message packets will collide with one another, destroying 
them. However, due to the perfect feedback property of 
packet broadcasting, the sender of a packet can always find 


out whether or not his packet was destroyed [Ref. 16:P. 253]. 
If the packet was destroyed, the sender waits a random amount 
of time before re-transmitting the same packet. The 


vulnerable period of a packet is shown in Figure 8. 


- 


User 

A E) um 

B = 

C ES O = 
D ere) E = 
E C C E = 


Figure 7. Packet Generation in an ALOHA Network 


a. Capacity and Delay of the ALOHA Network 
Iu cms Go) will first be determined by 
Sool Ena channie loading (G) is the total number of 


messages or packets per second to be delivered. This value 


5) 


is the current packet demand on the channel, measured in 
packets per second. Packet time will be defined as the 
amount of time required to transmit the fixed-length packet. 
Again, the fixed-length packet is necessary for maximum 
throughput. The user population is assumed to be an infinite 
set, generating K new packets according to a Poisson 
distribution with mean S packets per packet time. (The 
infinite-population assumption is necessary to ensure that S 
does not decrease as users become blocked.) In addition to 
new packets, the users also generate retransmissions of 


packets destroyed by collisions. The probability of kK 


f 
i 


$ — i ie e P 


4 
| 


| 


Collides with Collides with 
the start of ! the end of 
the shaded the shaded 

——— t———— 
packet packet 


| 
| qt Time — 


re 


Q 


t +t t +2t 


o 5 


re 


Q 


ee - 4 


Figure 8. Vulnerable Period of a Packet 


packets arrivals per packet time, is also Poisson 
distributed, with a mean of G packets per packet time. At 
low load conditions (S®0), there will be few collisions, few 
retransmissions, so  G^&sS. Under heavy loading conditions 


there will be numerous collisions so G > S. Under all loads, 


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the throughput is just the offered traffic, G, times the 
probability of a transmission being successful (S = ES 
E M chc pmobability that a packet does not suffer a 
collision. 

A packet does not suffer a collision unless 
meter packet is generated during the time the first packet 
is being transmitted. The probability UM K: packets are 
generated during a given packet time is Poisson distributed. 
This indicates that the probability of zero packets being 
generated during a given packet time is also Poisson 
distributed and is equal to exp (-G), obtained by replacing K 
with zero in the equation below. The use of (exp) in this 
thesis will mean the exponential function. The expression 
exp (-G) means the exponential function raised to the (-G) 
power. Ihe Poisson process is based " the assumption that 
there is an infinite population of statistically unrelated 
calls and/or callers. Telecommunication network theory uses 
the Poisson process frequently to describe the generation and 
interarrival of calls within the system [Ref. 19:p. 64]. The 


Poisson equation is given below where G is the channel 


loading measured in Erlangs. 
K 
PCR) = G ex -G 
K ! 
In an interval of two packet times (refer to 
Figure 8), the mean number of packets or channel loading 


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generated is 2G. Ihe probability of no other traffic bes 
generated during the 2 packet length time is again given by 


the Poisson equation: (Rer. loo 


P(0) = P(K=0) s» exp (-26) 


Using S = GP , the throughput is then calc umos 


to be: 


S = G exp (-2G) 


This result was first derived by Abramson in 
PODA The value G in the last equation is the total traffic 
seen by the communication channel which includes not only the 
current packet demand on the channel but all the packets re- 
transmitted because of collisions as well. This last 
probability, P(K=0), is that of a particular user's PARAS 
being successfully transmitted to the receiver site. 

The throughput-offered traffic load relation is 
shown in Figure 9. As the channel traffic begi TEENE 
increase, the useful th roweie we begins increasingly 
relatively quickly. The probability of collisions’ also 
increases rapidly resulting in a lower probability of 


successful transmission. At a value of G equal to one-half, 


3/0 


E ener increase in traffic creates collisions with such 


a high probability that the useful throughput is actually 


reduced. The point of maximum useful throughput, known as 
the ALOHA channel capacity, - occurs at a value of channel 
praec of G = 0.5. The useful channel throughput is S = 
1/(2e) = 0.184. Mas states that the best channel 


utilization obtained with Pure ALOHA is 18.4% of the original 


channel bit rate. Moe Els when the channel is filled to 


0.6 
0.5 


0.4 


0.2 


0.5 1.0 13 2.0 


Figure 9. Channel Throughput Versus Channel Load 
in an ALOHA Calling Channel 


Peo Cce=sO,5)ot ite bat rate with transmitted traffic [Ref. 


ioe. 223]. Although the useful throughput is only 18.42, 


2:7 


the ALOHA network throughput is composed of only useful 
delivered information. A 50,000 bit per second channel would 
have a useful throughput of about 9200 bits per second, and 
if the average di of a single user was only a few bits 
per second, the channel could support possibly as many as 
5000 users [Ref. 19:p. 223]. 

Delay through a Pure ALOHA network is defined as 
the time interval from when a user node is ready to transmit 
a packet until when it is successfully received by the 
receiving node. This delay REEL E the queueing delay, 
propagation delay, and transmission time. In ALOHA systems 
the queueing delay is equal to zero because a user  transmits 
immediately when it has a packet to send. However, because 
of collisions, the queueing delay time may be considered the 
total time consumed prior to a successful transmission, (i.e. 
the total time spent in unsuccessful transmissions). Fl tise 
the value of the expected number of transmissions per packet 
is necessary. This simply is the channel load divided by the 


throughput O The value of S is the amount of trama 


that is ultimately delivered successfully, regardless of how 
many times it has to be repeated. The value of G is the 
total traffic in the channel, which is the succes 


throughput plus all the previously unsuccessful packets. The 
ratio of G/S then represents the average number of times each 


packet has to be transmitted before being successfully 


DIS 


delivered. Since there is only one successful transmission 
required, the number of re-transmissions per packet is the 
average number of transmissions (G/S) minus 1. successful 


transmission. The full equation is: 


CS- 1 = AE) — 1 


The delay through the system is derived from this 
value. The average number of re-transmissions is multiplied 
by the average delay encountered for one  re-transmission. 
This average delay encountered by one re-transmission is 
developed as follows: a common normalized algorithm used for 
ALOHA is to re-transmit after a time selected from a uniform 
distribution of from 1 to K packet-transmission times [Ref. 
20:p.294]. The average delay is then (k + 1)/2. To this is 
added the amount of time a station must wait to determine 
that its packet was unsuccessful. mae nis just the time it 
takes to complete a transmission, (1 + N), plus the time it 
takes for the receiver to generate an acknowledgement (w) 
plus the propagation time for the acknowledgement to reach 
re Swoon el Pure ALOHA, the vulnerable period is 2 
Packet lengths, 2(1 + N)w The throughput equation and delay 


equation after all this look like: 


S = G exp [ -2(1+N)G] 


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Delay = [ exp 2(14N)G - 1 ] [1 + 2N + w + (k+1)/2] + N + 1 
where 
N = propagation time 
transmission time 
In a typical packet radio network NES 
extremely small, 10° or less. The term 


can be safely tenored,. 


w = time required to generate an 
acknowledgement 


k = packet retransmission protocol delay 


24 Slotted ALOHA 


Although the Pure or Basic ALOHA network comprised 


only useful deliverable information, it was considered too 
inefficient (throughput 18.4%) for many applications. This 
ine ff ieee mien, created a lot of research into ways 


achieving greater capacity while keeping the simplicity of a 
random broadcast system. One of the solutions was to 
establish a slotted channel (a channel with discrete time 
slots in which users may transmit their information). The 
so-called Slotted ALOHA broadcast network [|Ref. 209 
considerably reduce the vulnerable period of Figure 8 when a 
packet of information is likely to create interference. 
Slotted ALOHA divides the channel into organized, 
uniform slots whose size is equal to the transmission time of 
the packet. A central clock or other timing mechanism is 
used to synchronize all the users on the system. When a user 


has information to transmit, he or she must wait unt 7 eee 


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beginning of the time slot before sending the traffic. Under 
this scheme, only packets which overlap completely will 
collide and be destroyed. 
a. Capacity and Delay of the Slotted ALOHA Network 

Calculating the lo mea pu t is mall y 
straightforward. The number of packets that are transmitted 
during atime slot is equal to the number that was generated 
during the previous time slot and which had to wait for 
transmission, The probability that no other packets were 
generated during the breves time frame is exp (-G). 
Stating it another way, exp (-G) is the probability that a 
packet being transmitted will be successful in reaching its 
destination because no other packets were generated to 
collide with it. Therefore, probability theory says that the 
probability an individual packet will suffer a collision is 
l - exp (-G). ni tneuthnrouwehiput of a Slotted ALOHA 
channel is the channel load (G) times the probability that 


the packets are successful in reaching their destination: 
S = G exp (-G) 


The throughput-offered traffic load relation for 
the Slotted ALOHA is shown in Figure 10. Similar to the Pure 
O Droa at network, the channel traffic in Slotted ALOHA 
increases quickly, reaching maximum capacity (G=1/2) at a 


mceful throughput of 0.368. The channel utilization of 


4] 


Slotted ALOHA can be twice that of the Pure ALOHA system. 
Maximum throughput is based on the assumption that each 
transmission contains a full packet. If, on the average, the 
packets were only half full, the actual throughput will be 
that of the Pure ALOHA since no other user can transmit 
during the empty portion of the Slotted time interval. [{Ref. 
Soper a 

Delay on a Slotted ALOHA broadcast channel is 
estimated in the same manner as Pure ALOHA. The only 
difference is that, on the average, each time a user is ready 
to make a transmission he or she has to wait one-half of a 
packet time until the beginning of the next slot interval 
before the packet can actually be transmitted. The delay 


equation is: [Ref. 20:p. 295] 


Delay = [exp (G) - 1] [ 1 + 2N + w * (k * 1)/2 ] +N 


where N = propagation protocol delay 
w = time to generate an acknowledgement at 
FEVT l 
k = retransmission protocol delay 


Under heavy channel loading conditions the delay 
equations for both Pure and Slotted ALOHA confirm the 
instability of contention-based protocols. As the rate of 
new packets increases, so does the number of collisions. 
Both the number of collisions and the average delay grow 
exponentially with the offered load. Figure ll-a shows that 
delay increases exponentially with the offered load. Figure 


ll-b indicates that delay increases with throughput up to the 


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maximum possible throughput. Beyond that point, although the 
throughput declines because of the increased collisions, the 


delay continues to increase. 


0.6 


0.5 


0.4 Slotted 


0.2 E Unslotted 

p E 
Y — 

Q. 1 / prm 


/ —X 


0.0 0.5 1.0 1:5 2.0 


Figure 10. Plot of Channel Throughput Versus Channel 
Matic Amores co etted and Pure ALOHA 


c. Disadvantages 

Even though Slotted ALOHA has the capability of 
improving the throughput to twice the value of Pure ALOHA, 
two potential problem areas can limit the usefulness of the 
network. Proper clock synchronization is the whole key to 
the Slotted ALOHA network. The potential exists for the need 
of highly sophisticated user equipment, not onl» to 
synchronize the clocks but also to allow for the variation in 
actual distance between the users and the master clock. 


Secondly, a user is limited in the amount of data that can be 


43 


sent at any given time since the packet length and time slots 


ame fixed. 


ALOHA S- ALOHA 
S ALOHA 
200 i 
ISU 20 
100 ` 
ALOIA 
c 10 
G 6 
0 | à i Ut 1 Os “Oe 
e le 
(a) (b) 


Figure ll. Delay as a Function of Channel Loading (6) 


3. Slotted ALORA Swath Csr iis 
It was assumed in the cases of Pure and Slotted ALOHA 
that whenever two or more packets overlapped, all were 
destroyed and required retransmission. If one of the NBN 
signals happened to be strong enough to "capture" the 
receiver and block the other signals, the packet could be 
transmitted correctly and accurately. This situation eqns 


occur when one transmitter is closer to the receiver th 


44 


others or when one transmitter uses more power. Fes 
possible then to allow users with a need to transmit, based 
on some priority scheme, to increase their power output. 
This creates a higher probability of being received correctly 
even in the presence of interfering packets. Rosner [Ref. 
19:pp. 238-240] has analyzed this type of situation and it is 
summarized below. 
a. Capacity of Slotted ALOHA with CAPTURE Network 

Rosner assumed for simplicity that, based on 
sufficient random fluctuations in received signal levels, for 
any pair of users there would be a one-half probability that 
one of the users would capture the receiver and transmit 
@onrectly. If three or more users transmit at the same time 
one has power enough to une the receiver and all 
packets are destroyed. Using a slightly modified version of 
the Slotted ALOHA throughput equation, Rosner concluded that 
a Slotted ALOHA channel with CAPTURE increased the channel 
capacity to IM carl aros increase over Slotted ALOHA. 
The throughput equation is: 

S = G exp (-G) x (1 + G/2) 

To analyze the probability of capture for 
Ce e ae ter Conditions, the denominator in the last 
term of the throughput equation can be changed. For example, 
when two packets collide and the probability that one user 
successfully completes the transmission is aed the 


probability that the other user completes the transmission is 


45 


one-third, and the probability that neither packet is 
received is one-third, then the last term becomes GC/3. MMS 
assumes an equal probability distribution that each of the 
transmitter sites will capture the receiver. Figure 12 shows 


the effect of CAPTURE over Pure and Slotted ALOHA. 


57 
3 
S 54 
2e z 
Slotted ALOHA 
with capture 
MG 
e 
S Slotted 
ALOHA 
l 18 Unslotted 
2e f ALOHA 
! | 
Ya 1 Ne 1 


Figure 12. Plot of Throughput Versus Channel Traci 
for Slotted, Pure, and Capture ALOHA Systems 


C. CARRIER SENSE MUI: AnS 

Terrestrial ALOHA broadcasting networks such as packet 
radio systems inherently have extremely short propagation 
delays. This feature allows the ALOHA channel utilization to 


be pushed far above the l/e limit imposed by Slotted ALOHA. 


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When the propagation delay is short compared to the 
transmission of the information packet, a user can listen to 
the channel before sending traffic. This method of operation 
is called Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA). 

Networks in which the station-to-station propagation time 
is large compared to the data transmission time have many 
packet collisions. A significant block of time elapses 
between the time one user sends traffic and the time other 
users on the network know about it. During that time frame 
another user may transmit a packet .thinking the channel was 
clear. The result is that both packets collide and are 
destroyed. In the reverse situation where the propagation 
time is very small compared to the packet time, every user on 
the network knows immediately when another user has sent 
fic. À user wishing to send traffic can listen first to 
the channel and base his actions on whether the channel is 
busy or not. 

F.A. Tobagi analyzed several of the CSMA protocols of 
which a few of his results are presented below. ALI Tof 
Tobagi's analyses are based on the following assumptions: 
[Ref. 16:p. 289] 

(1) All packets are of constant length. 


(2) There are no errors, except those caused by 
collisions. 


MI ono feepreure effect. 


47 


(4) The random delay after a collision is uniformly 
distributed and large compared to the packet 
transmission time. 

(5) Packet generation attempts (original calls plus re- 
transmissions) from a Poisson process with mean G 
packets per packet time. 


(6) A station may not transmit and receive simultaneously. 


(7) Each station can sense the transmissions of all other 
stations. 


(8) The propagation delay is small compared to the packet 
transmission time, and identical for all stations. 


(9) Sensing the state of the channel can be done 
instantaneously. 


l. Nonpersistent CSMA Protocol 
There are three general CSMA protocols to examine. 
The first protocol is called Nonpersistent CSMA. A user 
desiring to transmit listens to the channel and obeys’ the 
following rules [Re m22 LE 
(1) If the channel Ws wWwudle, transmit: 


(2) If the channel is busy, wait a random delay period 
and repeat step l. 


If there are several stations that have traffic to 
pass, there is likely to be some wasted idle time fol lowe a 
prior transmission. 
a. Throughput of a Nonpersistent CSMA Network 
For the case of zero propagation delay, both the 
Pure and Slotted ALOHA versions of Nonpersistent CSMA give 


the same throughput as a function of demand: 


S = G/(1 + 6) 


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b. Delay Through a Nonpersistent CSMA Network 
[Wee Scateomliation for Total Average Delay @r A) 
through a Nonpersistent CSMA network follows a rigorous 
approach and only the final equation is presented here. FOr 
an in-depth view of the mathematics, the reader is directed 
to Kleinrock and Tobagi's research on CSMA modes and their 


throughput-delay characteristics [Ref. 23:pp. 1414-1415}. 


TAD 2 [ (G/S - 1) R ] + 1 


where C channel loading 
Æ = channel: throughput 
R = total time required to transmit a 
call alert and call acknowledgement 
sequence, to include re-transmission 
delay protocol 


2. l-Persistent CSMA Protocol 
The second protocol, which avoids this idle -time is 
labeled l-Persistent CSMA. Again, a user wishing to send a 


packet listens to the channel and obeys Ste following rules 
BEC D. 472]: 
(TE the channel is quiet, transmit. 


MI the Chanmel Ss busy continually sense the channel 
until it becomes idle, then transmit immediately. 


oo) e res cado llaision, walt asrandom period of time 
and then repeat step l. 


Although this protocol avoids the channel idle time, 
more collisions result. If two users become ready to 
transmit while another is in the process, both wait until the 


transmission has completed. Immediately upon hearing the end 


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of the present transmission, both users transmit their 
packets, thereby resulting in a collision. Even so this 
protocol is better than just using Pure or Slotted ALOHA 
because the users desist from interfering with the third 
user's packet. 
a. Throughput of a 1-Persistent GSMA Network 
Again, for the case of zero propagation time and 
valid for both Pure and Slotted ALOHA systems, the throughput 
is the following: 
S = [G exp (-G)] (1 + G) 
+ exp (- 
b. Delay Through a 1-Persistent CSMA Network 
Similar to the theory behind the Nonpersistent 


CSMA Total Average Delay (TAD) equation, TAD for MM 


Persistent CSMA network is also a complicated equation. The 
reader may refer to [Ref. 23] if desired for the complete 
calculations. The Total Average Delay equation is: 


TAD = [ (G/S =- 1) CI 2a CORE r ) |] +r +a Pa 


where G = channel loading 

S = channel throughput 

a = propagation delay 

c - transmit time of call packet divided 
by the transmit time of the 
acknowledgement packet 

F = average delay a packet waits before 
transmitting after it sensed the 
channel was busy 

i = re-transmission delay protocol 


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O ess tente esta Protocol 

The third protocol applies to Slotted ALOHA and is 
called P-Persistent CSMA. This protocol attempts to reduce 
both the idle time seen in Nonpersistent CSMA and the number 
of collisions resulting from l-Persistent CSMA. Any users 
having traffic to send listen to the channel and obey the 

following rules [Ref. 22:p. 472]: 
(1) If the channel is idle, transmit using a probability 
POE a one time unit with probability q=(1-P). 
The time unit is typically equal to the maximum 


propagation delay. 


(2) If the channel is busy, continually sense until the 
channel is idle and repeat step l. 


(3) If transmission is delayed one time unit, repeat step 
(ee 

With  P-Persistent CSMA, arguments arise over what 

value of p best. The main problem to avoid is one of 

instability under heavy channel loading conditions. EE «ui 


users have packets to send while a transmission is currently 


taking place, the expected number of users that will attempt 
to transmit when the channel becomes idle is NP. Multiple 
users will transmit and a collision will result. As soon as 


all these stations realize that they did not get through, 
they will be waiting to transmit again. These 
retransmissions, along with any new packet arrivals, further 
increases the probability of a collision. Within a short 
period of time, all users will be trying to send packets, 


causing continuous collisions, and therefore, throughput is 


sul 


ZETOR The value NP must be less than one for the expected 
peaks of N. Otherwise, during the peak periods, 100 percent 
of the expected i out of users (NP) will attempt to trama 
when the channel becomes idle. As P is made smaller, users 
must wait longer to attempt a transmission but this reduces 
the number of collisions. At low channel loading, however, 
users will have unnecessarily long transmission delays. 
a. Throughput of a P-Persistent CSMA Network 

The analysis of the throughput of this’ protocol 
is very complicated. For a zero propagation delay 
assumption, the throughput is given as: [Ref. 16:p. 291] 

G exp (-G 1 + PGA 
G + exp (-G) 


where 
x K 
X = » (qG) 


K* 
M C CP I 


d Fl E 


For all P > O, the throughput drops to OMM LL 
approaches infinity. For P approaching O, the asylum 
throughput is 1.0 but the delay becomes infinite. Figure 13 
shows the throughput versus offered traffic for all three 
protocols, as well as Pure and Slotted ALOHA. It is clear 
that vast improvements can be made using the techniques of 


Carrier Sense Multiple Access. 


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b. Delay Through a P-Persistent CSMA Network 
The Total Average Delay (TAD) calculation in a P- 


Persistent Network is also very complicated and the reader is 


QUIE sient CSMA 






0.9 
ae Nonpersistent CSMA 
0.7 
0.6 0.1-persistent CSMA 
Ss 05 
04 
0.3 
0 ALOHA 
l-persistent CSMA f} Sepervistent CSMA 
0.1 Pure ALOLLA 
7 
D ! 
0 l Š 3 4 S 6 7 X T 


Figure 13. Throughput of Various Random Access Calling 
Systems with Propagation Delay = OQO 


recuento Rer. 23:p. 1415] for an in-depth analysis. The 


delay as presented by Kleinrock and Tobagi's paper is: 


Cc) A Za + 6 +r ]) + 1 + ase 


where G = channel load 

S channel throughput 
a propagation delay 
f 
r 


retransmission delay protocol 
= initial delay due based on the 
probability p 


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Now that this thesis has discussed various random access 
calling methods available for the transmission of a DSC call 
sequence, the o will present the current mathematical 
model advocated by the CCIR. This model is developed around 


the l-Persistent CSMA random access calling system. 


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NAAA EM PGE TAL SELECTIVE CALLING MODEL 


A. INTRODUCTION 

ec etlay somo pmorethe CORR, Interim Working Party (IWP) 
EN met in October 1984 to discuss, among other agenda 
items, the VHF channel requirements for a digital selective 
calling system. A DSC VHF model submitted to the study group 
postulated a worst-case situation based on the maximum number 
of VHF working channels allowed by Appendix 18 to the Radio 
Regulations and the maximum channel loading capacity of those 
channels. Based on those calculations, which are presented 
below, it was recommended that all VHF DSC gray ll hatin eer 
commercial and distress, should be made on a single frequency 
VHF channel. 

There are two types of commercial DSC calls. a 
navigational call and a general call. Navigational calling 
is used to transmit information regarding a vessel's position 
and intended movement. A navigational DSC call requires a 


DSC call alert sequence from the sending station and a DSC 


call acknowledgement sequence from the receiving station. If 
^an acknowledgement sequence is not received, the sending 
station re-transmits the DSC call alert sequence. The 


reception of a DSC call acknowledgement sequence terminates 


the communications on the calling channel. Further 


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communications, if necessary, are carried out on a "working" 
channel designated in the DSC call alert sequence. 

A VHF-FM transmission that is not a distress or 
navigational call is defined as a general call. A general 
DSC call also requires a DSC call alert sequence and a DSC 
call acknowledgement sequence. Once the call acknowledgencum 
sequence is received, communications are either terminated or 


shifted to a "working" channel. 


Bo DESEAN SIS 

In order to calculate the required number of VHF calling 
channels, the predicted channel loading on those channels was 
needed. Since actual VHF channel loading conditions were not 
known, the developers of the mathematical model submitted to 
Interim Working Party 8/10, which will be referred to as the 
IWP model, determined that the maximum possible signa A 
intensity at VHF would occur in densely populated areas. 
Channel assignment schemes will preclude interference on 
working channels except under severe ducting conditions. 
Therefore, the maximum number of working channels for general 
VHF calling within the possible range of a calling ship is 
28, according to Appendix 18 of the Radio Regulations. 

In addition to general calls, a VHF DSC channel (egg 
also be used for navigational communications. These 
communications are currently transmitted on the single- 


frequency channels of which Appendix 18 of the Radio 


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Regulations allots 19 channels (excluding channel 70 which is 
currently reserved for distress and safety calling only) 
NET. ilsp. 7]. 

Statistics from the Federal Republic of Germany and from 
Denmark indicate that a working channel has a maximum 
capacity of 0.8 Erlangs, and that the average duration of a 
commercial communication was 5 minutes [Ref. 4:p. 18]. These 
channel capacity and call duration figures were given without 
reference to how they were calculated. Me VHP traffic 


analysis figures used in the IWP model are listed in Table 2. 


TABLE eee 
VHF TRAFFIC ANALYSIS 
Maximum working channels 28 
Maximum navigational channels ine 
Maximum channel loading in Erlangs 0.8 


Average call duration in minutes 5 


eee! ORS TNELUENCING THE NUMBER OF CALLING CHANNELS 
There are other factors which can influence the number of 
calling channels required in the proposed VHF DSC system. 
CCIR Report 493-2 and CCIR Interim Working Party 8/10 report 
of November 1984 list several of these factors which are 


presented below. 


2 


l. Duration of DSC Call Sequences 

There are three distinct types of DSC sequences: 1) 
commercial call alert, 2) commercial call acknowledgement, 
and 3) distress call alert [Ref. 14:p. 8]. The first twompee 
call alert sequences have a duration of 0.5/7 seconds each 
while the distress DSC call alert sequence will be 0.38 
seconds in length. 

Channel loading characteristics are partially 
calculated using the duration of a DSC sequence. Since the 
Intergovernmental Maritime Organization (IMO) has placed the: 
maximum permitted loading of a random access calling channel 
at 0.1 Erlang [Ref. 2:p. 2], an increase in any of thc 
call durations will adversely impact on the loading of the 
channel, possibly increasing the number of channels required. 
Channel loading is calculated using the number of calls 
arriving per hour and the duration of a single call. For the 
channel loading due to DSC calling, each individual cali 
multiplied by the respective number of DSC sequences Ton 
call. For example, a commercial DSC call actually consists 
of 4 DSC sequences: 2 call alert DSC sequences and 2 call 
acknowledgement DSC sequences. A distress DSC call consists 
of 10 DSC sequences as explained below. The Erlang equation 


is given as: 


Erlangs = (calls) x (call duration) x (#7 of seguon e 
3600 (seconds/hour ) 


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2. Number and Duration of VHF DSC Sequences 

The CCIR has recommended that for a commercial call 
to be — NH Muse consist of a DSC call alert 
sequence from the sending station and a DSC call 
acknowledgement sequence from the receiving station back to 
the sending station. Because of the time-diversification 
requirement set forth by CCIR Recommendation 908, each DSC 
sequence will actually be transmitted twice. Eor a 
commercial call this translates into four DSC sequences: two 
DSC sequences for the sender's call plus two DSC sequences 
for the acknowledgement call. According to the IWP VHF-FM DSC 
model, for a commercial call, a one-way DSC call sequence has 
wae aon "or. 0757 seconds, and the total duration of a 
successful call (call alert plus acknowledgement) is 1.14 


seconds. The IWP calculation for the number of DSC sequences 


per successful call was [Ref. 4:p. 18] 


lx ue 29DSCoseq/call = 2 DSC sequences 


Ia xx 0557 sec/seq = 1.14 seconds 


A single DSC distress call, as defined by the  CCIR, 
will actually consist of four repetitions of the same call. 
An analogy to the present voice VHF-FM system is that the 
unit in distress transmits its complete distress call five 
cimes, one might after the other, Returning to the  DSC 


model, each distress call is repeated five times, and each 


Shy 


DSC sequence is transmitted twice for  time-diversification. 
Pas results in the ultimate transmission of 10 Dae 


sequences. 


Distress call x 5 repeats/call x 2 DSC seq/call) = 10 DS 


Each distress call DSC sequence is 0.38 seconds in 
duration and the total transmission time for a distress call 
is 3.8 seconds. No acknowledgement sequence is required for 
a distress call. 


Channel loading calculations are determined in part 


by the length of a DSC call. Since a successful DSC call 
sequence consists of several imdividual call sequence sm 
higher traftic loading will resumir This may increase the 


number of required DSC calling channels. 


3. Use of Scanning Devices 





The dot-pattern is used in DSC calling Lor 
synchronization purposes. If more than one DSC channel is 
being used for calling, a scanning device is required to 
sample each channel for traffic. The scanner will halt at a 


particular channel only if the dot-pattern is recognized. 
Since some time is required to determine if a call is 
destined for another station, there is a non-zero probability 
that some calls will be lost due to scanning. The use of 


scanning devices will limit the number of calling channels. 


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At present only MF and HF DSC calls will utilize the dot- 
pattern technique. | 
4. Position of Coast and Ship Stations 
In the calculation of the number of calling channels, 


it was assumed that the position of the called station was 


known. This permits the selection of the optimum frequency 
bands, the correct channel in the selected frequency band, 
and the optimum time to call the station. This pertains’ to 


all DSC calling but may be of more importance in VHF calls 
due to its limited calling range. Out of range calls will 
result in retransmissions, ultimately increasing the traffic 
loading on the channel. 

Ship stations have an anomaly in communications in 
that the ship-to-ship communication range is usually less 
than the range between a ship and a coast station. This 
situation creates the problem that not every call in progress 
on a random access calling channel is necessarily heard by 
possible interferers. Two ship stations within the same 
coast station coverage area may possibly be out of range with 
each other. Since both ships think the channel is clear, 
they each access the channel to send traffic. The IWP model 
of a VHF DSC system assumes that a particular ship will only 
Ie a approximately 30% of the other ships in the 
area. The end result is that the coast station may have 
interference from 704 of the total ship station signalling 


Seeurringes [Ret. 43 p. 19] 


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D. CCIR INTERIM WORKING PARTY 8710°VHF DSGesis TEM ori 

The IWP model determined the worst-case required number 
of VHF DSC calling channels, given a projected channel 
Loading conditions The channel loading (offered load) 
calculation is made in seconds, with the total number 
call-seconds divided by 3600 (number of seconds in an hour) 
to arrive at the number of Erlangs over the busy hour calling 
period. The model of the VHF DSC system presented before the 
Interim Working Party 8/10 group, with a large number of 
independent calling stations, closely ro i a random 
access Calling system such as those listed in Chapter III. 
As such, the IWP model uses the Poisson process for the 


generation of calls. 


K 
P (t) = (At) exp (-At) A AS O, 
k! 
where A = mean call@arrival rece 
t = mean duration of the can 
P (t) = probability of k calls arriving duna 
time t 


The first calculation was to determine the projected 
channel loading on VHF. Referring to Table 2, the maximum 


number of working channels available is 28, each having a 


maximum capacity Wof OT eE lamer The call duration 159 
minutes in length. Ihe maximum number of commercial 
communications per hour from the coast stations which 


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simultaneously may receive the same DSC call is calculated 


as: 
Peecnanmels x 0.8 Erlang x 60 min/hour = 269 calls/hour 


Simio call 


Two DSC sequences (call alert plus acknowledgement) are 
required to set up a general commercial communication on a 


working channel. This will require: 
269 calls/hr x 2 DSC seq/call = 538 DSC seq/hr 


The duration of a general DSC sequence is 0.57 seconds 


which corresponds to: 
538 DSC seq/hour x 0.57 seconds/DSC seq = 0.085 Erlang 
3600 seconds/hour 


This Erlang figure represents the projected maximum 
Single channel loading during the busy hour from general DSC 
eal emo It corresponds to the hypothetical worst-case 
scenario where only one coast station would receive all the 
DSC calls necessary for establishing communications on the 
total number of working channels allocated in Appendix 18 of 
the Radio Regulations. 

In addition to calls for general commercial 


correspondence, the calling channel may be used for calls 


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establishing navigational communications, e.g. communications 
on the single-frequency channels. Again, assuming a worst- 
case Situations the calling channel must handle the 
communications carried by the total number of single- 
frequency channels of Appendix 18. This number, less channel 
70 which is assigned for distress and safety calls only, is 
I Channel 70 was designated exclusively for simplex CCIR 
DSC distress and safety purposes by the Final Acts of the 
WARC 1983 conference. [Ref. ll:p. 7] 

The maximum number of DSC sequences per hour due to 
navigational calls, assuming the same call set-up, duration, 


and channel efficiency as a general commercial call, will be: 


19 chnls x 0.8 Erle x 2 seq/call x 60 min/hr = 366 SOMA 
5 min/call | 


366 DSC seq/hr x 0.57 seconds/seq = 0.058 Erlang 
3600 seconds/hour 


The total load on the calling channel for general and 


navigational calls is: 


538 DSC sequences + 366 DSC sequences = 904 DSC sequences 


904 DSC seq/hr x 0.57 seconds/se = 0.143 Erlang 
3600 seconds/hour 


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Using the concept of a Basic ALOHA random access channel 
and the Poisson process for call arrivals, the probability 
that no new calls are generated while another call is in 


p ogress is: 


EC) 


O 
QUE COMES -0.143) 
E NE A LL 


OSO? 


The probability that a new call is made while another is 


in progress is, therefore: 


Recalling from Chapter III and Figure 8, a call will 
suffer a collision if any other call is generated within one 
CAA of its start. The probability that a DSC call is 


destroyed by another call because. of a collision is: 


LL —2 x 06143) = 0.249 


The developers of the IWP model consider the probability 


ucc xhchelRet- 4:p. 19]. Shifting the attention to 


the principles of Slotted l-Persistent CSMA, the IWP model 


calculates tħe probability of a call colliding with another 


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eal ir This probability is equal to the probability thaw 


calls are generated while one call is in progress: 


Assuming that a ship station can only hear approximately 
30% of the other ships in the area, this results in 
interference at the coastal station from 702 of the total 
ship. stations When the DSC calling channel is used 
for general calling only (projected 538 call sequences per 
hour maximum), disciplined access occurs for 350 DSC call 
sequences (269 coast station call sequences plus 304 of the 
ship station call sequences) while 188 DSC call sequences 
enter the communications system randomly. 
| The probability that a general call is generated while 


another is in progress, resulting in a collision is: 


P4 = 1 = exp ( -538 x 0257 ) =e 2 


The probability that the general call will collide with a 


randomly entered commercial call is: 


P5 = 1 = exp (AAA ZO 


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The total probability of losing a randomly entered 


general commercial call is then: 
LEN PAF ( 1 PAI PS = 0.109 


Eccc cs channel as also used for navigational 
Ew. 70% of the navigational calls (256 DSC sequences) enter 
the system randomly since they originate from ship stations 
or low range land-based stations for port operations, pilot 
stations, etc. 

The combination ot 188 general DSC calls and 256 
navigational calls (444 DSC sequences) access the DSC calling 
channel randomly. The probability that a randomly entered 
commercial call (general and navigational) will collide with 


a commercial call in progress is: 


LEM mexp (  —-904 x 0.57 ): = 0.133 


The probability that this random commercial call collides 


with another commercial call entered randomly is: 


PS = | —- exp ( -444 x 0.57 ) = 0.068 


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Finally, for a DSC channel containing only commerce m 
calls (general and navigational) ,the total probability eee 


losing a randomly entered commercial call is: 
P9 = P7 + ( 1 =927 See a 


The IWP model considers this probability to be within 
reason. The above calculations assume that only one coast 
station would be receiving DSC calls for all coast station 
working channels and all navigational channels in the Radio 
Regulations. In practice, the maximum number of coast 
stations in the Danish/Swedish waters which simultaneo 
can receive the same DSC call is 9, with a total of 17 
working channels at present (Ref. 4:p. 21]. The traffic 
Statistics for these waters show a stagnation in the traffic 
so it is unlikely that the channel loading will ever exceed 
that corresponding to 20 working channels ( 0.06 Er Kom E 
Therefore, a 502 margin is available to cope with conditions 
of extraordinary ducting or ca Me one eo CANE 

One other assumption was that the navigational DSC calls 
will have the same duration as the commercial DSC calls. The 
duration of a navigational call will only be 754 of a 
commercial calir duracion: This fact will reduce the actual 
channel loading. 

It was shown that a single VHF DSC channel could meom 


general and navigational commercial communications traffic 


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with a 319.25 probability of losing a randomly entered 
commercial call. The IWP communications model concluded with 
a discussion on the effect of distress calling if there was a 
common VHF channel for DSC distress and commercial calls. 

The probability that a commercial call is in progress 


meme a distress call is initiated is: 


CE 1 = exp -004 "0.57 ) = 0.7733 


The probability of this random commercial call colliding 


with another commercial call entering the system randomly is: 


EME 1 — exp ( -444 x 0.57 ) = 0.068 


Therefore, the probability that a distress call will 


HMM de^wlth'"a commercial call is: 


NU CI - PIO ) Pll = 0.192 


Since a distress DSC sequence consists of 5 individual 
e e babi lity of collision destroying all 5 calls by 


5a Conmercia m call is: 


5 
ES ae) moe 262 or 1/3815 


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If only distress calls are allowed on the DSC channel, 
the collision probability between any 2 distress calls within 


One. NOMAS: 


P14 s l- exp (.22 7x 28 Di O OOOO 


On a VHF DSC calling channel where distress and 
commercial calling are both present, the additional or 
marginal loss of distress call attempts due to commercial 


calling will be: 


P15 = P14 + ( 1 =- PIS) PIOR 


= 10. 000202 


When using a single channel for both distress and 
commercial calls the combined effect of the maximum possible 
commercial traffic density can not exceed the risk that one 
distress call attempt may collide with another one. [Ref. 


4p. M 


E. SCANNING ITH AS STIS DUNEDIN M 
Is a dedicated channel is used for distress calls, the 


use of a scanning device may be necessary. The scanning 


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process will produce lost calls and the dot-pattern will 
increase the channel loading considerably. 


The channel loading of commercial calls alone would be: 


904 DSC seq x 1.57 seconds/DSC se = 0.394 Erlang 
3600 seconds/hour 


This figure clearly exceeds the IMO standard of 0.1 
Erlang for the maximum channel loading permissible on a 


mandom access Channel., 


B. INTERIM WORKING PARTY 8/10 DSC MODEL CONCLUSIONS 

The conclusion drafted by the IWP model developers was to 
recommend that all DSC calling be made on a single-frequency 
VHF channel. This was based on the insignificant difference 
between the probability of losing a single distress call 
attempt ` on a separate calling channel and that using a 
combined distress/commercial calling channel. 


The author of this thesis feels that the current model 


Icons ider all the criteria relevant to a combined. 


distress and commercial calling channel. Although the 
current model has taken the probability of losing a single 
dn cms attempt (probability of delay) into account, 
other grade of service aspects such as the probability of 
answering a distress call within a certain time frame and the 
actual time delay in the transmission of a call sequence need 


to be considered. Therefore, the author has developed a 


val 





n 
d 


model which includes these grade of service parameters. 


model is the subject of the next chapter. 


a 


NO DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING MODEL 


In order to gain an understanding of the real-world 
behavior of a VHF-FM Digital Selective Calling system, a 
mathematical model can be effectively used to analyze how 
various situations affect that behavior. As an example, when 
the channel loading increases on the calling channel, the 
analyst may wish to know what effect that increase has on the 
probability of receiving and acknowledging a single call. 
This chapter discusses general modeling requirements for the 
VHF-FM DSC system, specific parameters to be used in the 
model, and applies the model to the random access calling 


systems of Chapter III. 


AC GENERAL MODELING REQUIREMENTS 

several aspects of the VHF-FM DSC system need to be 
Slaw lee so that the development and application of the math 
ar will be evident. The first aspect to be considered 
concerns the generation and interarrival of calls in the 
system. The Poisson process, used frequently ra 
telecommunication network theory, is used in this model to 


describe the generation and interarrival of calls at a VHF 


reception facility. The Poisson process is based on the 
assumption cnar there is an infinite population of 
SaaS ea l e e ed calls and/or callers. The VHF-FM 


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Digital Selective Calling system fits into this category 
because, although not a true infinite set, there is a 
sufficiently large base of potential users in the maritime 
industry, including recreational boaters, to make this 
assumption. The assumption also includes that each user is 
statistically independent of the other users. It has been 
shown that for a Poisson arrival process, the time between 
arrivals (interarrival time) is exponentially distributed 
[Ref Mimo da 

The second aspect of a VHF-FM DSC system pertains to the 
types of calls, including their format and duration 
characteristics, that are going to be placed on the system. 
The new DSC system will have to accommodate the same types of 
calls currently present on the voice VHF-FM channels. These 
are the distress and safety calls, and the commercial calls, 
which include both general and navigational calls. 

The final aspects of the system to consider are the 
parameters to be used for the model. These include but are 
not limited to the specific levels of channel loading, 
probabilities of a call being blocked, delays through the 


system, and reliability. 


B. SPECIFICATIONS OE THE PROPOSED 
This section describes the assumptions used in the 
proposed model for the VHF-FM DSC system. Following general 


telecommunication network theory, the Poisson process will be 


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Used Low saelcu laeen the maritime traffic call -arrivals- and 
interarrival times. 
1. Format and Duration of Call Sequences 

A single DSC channel is proposed to accommodate both 
distress and commercial (general and navigational) calling. 
Except for non-routine calls, safety calling will be 
transmitted on a separate channel [Ref. 15:p. 3]. 

À calling channel is used primarily fom the 
transmission of a short message to indicate that a calling 
party desires to transmit further information on another 
aanmel called a "working" channel. In the present voice 
VHF-FM calling and distress system, a call contains a call 
alert transmission from the sending station and a call 
acknowledgement transmission from the .receiving station. 
Once those transmissions have taken place, the two stations 
switch to the desired "working" channel to complete their 
transmissions. In the proposed VHF-FM DSC system, the term 
DSC sequence is used to indicate a one-way transmission such 
as a single call alert message or a Single call 
acknowledgement message. 

A successful commercial DSC call consists of one DSC 
call alert sequence from the sending station plus one DSC 
call acknowledgement sequence from the receiving station. 
CCIR Report 908 specifies that each sequence will be sent 
twice for time-diversification. [iveretore, each commercial 


call generated will require four DSC sequences: two call 


Um» 


alert sequences and two call acknowledgement sequences. The 
duration of each commercial DSC call sequence is 0.57 
seconds. 

A distress DSC call will actually consist of ten DSC 
sequences. The original distress call alert DSC sequence 
will be re-transmitted four times, one right after the other, 
making a total of five DSC sequences. Because of time- 
diversification, each of the five DSC sequences will be 
transmitted twice, accounting for the distress call total of 
ten (10) DSC sequences. The duration of each distress DSC 
call alert sequence is 0.38 seconds. No acknowledgement is 
required on a distress call. A distress call is successful 


if further communications are established between the Siu 


in distress and another station on the "working" channel 
designated in the distress DSC @all alert sequen If 
communications are not established on the "working" channel, 


the station sending the distress shifts back to the DSC 
calling and distress channel and re-transmits the’ complete 
distress call (10 sequences), after waiting the required 
period of time designated by the re-transmission delay 
protocol: 

The re-transmission delay protocol for all calls is 


assumed to be forty-five (45) seconds in duration. 


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Z3 Channel Loading 


The projected maximum channel loading due to general 
calls on VHF is calculated from the sum total of all general 
calling channels presently allocated (28 working channels). 
Using 0.8 Erlang as the maximum channel loading capacity on a 
single channel (Ref. 4:p. 18] and 5 minutes as the average 
NNNM holding time tor a voice call [Ref. 19:p. 20}, the 
maximum number of general calls expected is 269 calls per 
hour. This figure represents original calls plus those calls 


IGNEM-rTamesmdssmededaewmto collisions 


28 channels x 0.8 Erlang x 60 min/hr = 269 calls/hr 
5 min/call 


Since 4 DSC sequences are required for a successful 


general call, the number of DSC sequences is: 
AS ME x 4eDSC sequences/call = 1076 DSC seq/hr 


The duration of each general call DSC sequence is 
0.57 seconds. The channel loading due to general calling is 


calculated as follows: 


"OOO sea hr sm 0 ¿Side secu DSC se = 02170 Erlame 
3600 sec/hr 


The projected maximum channel loading due to 
navigational calls on VHF is calculated from the sum total of 
all the single-frequency channels presently allocated (19 


excluding channel 70 which is assigned to distress traffic 


7E 


omiy). Using 0.8 Erlang as the maximum single channel 
loading condition and 3.75 minutes as the duration MS 
navigational call, the projected maximum — of 
navigational calls is 244 calls per hour. The developers of 
the IWP model chose to use 5 minutes as the duration of a 
navigational call, even though they stated that the duration 


of a navigational call was 75 percent (75%) of that OES 


general call. The actual load on a single-channel calling 
system will increase, not decrease as suggested by the IWP 
model developers, if the navigational call duration is in 


fact 3.75 minutes. This can be seen in the equation below by 
varying the duration of the navigational call (denominator) 


between 5 minutes and 35.73 Me” At 5 minutes the unm 


of calls on the 19 channels is 182 calls. Two DSC sequences 
per navigational call brings the total number of DSc 


sequences on the channels to 364 sequences, which translates 


intoxm0- 095 A I ES cm When 3.75 minutes is used as the 
navigational call duration, the number of calls on the 
channels is 244, which translates into 0.0/7 Erlangs. In 


this light, the proposed model will use 3.75 minutes in order 


to obtain the worst-case channel loading conditions. 


19 channels x 0.8 Erlang x CUA A a lc 
3.7/5 min aM 


Since each navigational DSC alert sequence is assumed 


to have a corresponding DSC acknowledgement sequence, the 


ji 


total number of DSC sequences per hour is calculated as: 
Peeewecalils x 4 DS€"sequences/call = 976 DSC seq/hr 


The duration of each navigational DSC sequence is 
0.57 seconds, the same as a general call DSC sequence. The 


channel loading due to navigational calling is, therefore: 


976 DSC seq x 0.57 sec/DSC se Ones Erlang 
3600 sec/hr 


The projected channel loading due to distress calling 
Afines that distress traffic constitutes l percent (0.01) of 
all calling on the channel. There is no information available 
on the exact percentage of total calls that make up distress 
calls so the author will use l percent as a base line figure 
for the calculations presented below. Later in this chapter, 
tables will be formulated showing distress percentage of 
Manos from 1 tor lO percent of total calls and its 
Mene different random access systems. Assuming the 
average holding time for a voice distress call is the same as 
BENT semeral call (5 mimutes), the total number of 


distress calls per hour is calculated as: 


269 general calls + 244 navigational calls = 513 total calls 


Jls commercial @alils x 029€) = 6 distress calls/hr 


Each distress call will actually generate 10 distress 


DSC sequence transmissions as explained in section B.l. of 


"n 


this chapter. The resultant number of DSC sequences per hour 


due to 14 distress calling coer 
6 distress calls/hr x 10 DSC seq/distresse call = "60 seu BB 


Each distress call DSC sequence is 0.38 seconds in 
duration eto cS MN The channel loading due to  1Z 


distress calling is: 


60 DSC-seq/hr x 0.38 sec/segquenc e = 0. 00C Bride 
3600 sec/hr 


The worst-case projected channel loading due to 
general calling, navigational calling, and 1% distress 
calling ise 0.33bgE2d8 mm This is obtained by summing the 


Erlang loading figures for each type of call. 
0.170 (gen) + 0.155 (nav) + 0.006 (distress) = 0.331 Er Ramm 


oe Grade of Servie 





The grade of service is defined as the probability of 
finding the VHF DSC system busy. Grade of service is the 
central design element in telecommunication tra tae 
engineering as it involves the ability of the system to 
interconnect callers, and determines the speed with which the 
interconnection is made. The grade of service can be 


designated in various ways, some of which are the listed in 


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Table 3. The probability of a call being delayed longer than 
a specified time is especially important when a single 


ennel is used for both calling and distress traffic. The 


TABLE 3 


freee OF SERVICE PARAMETERS 


1. Probability of delay 
2. Average delay of all calls 


3. Probability of delay exceeding a specified amount 
of time 


4. Channel throughput 


probability of a successful distress call attempt within time 
t, for t ranging from 1 to 5 minutes, will be another one of 
the grade of service parameters used. The geometric 
distribution is used to determine this probability because 
the interest is in na the probability that the first 
success will cams on any given trial. In this case the 
first success occurs when any one of the 10 DSC distress call 
alert sequences from a distress call arrives at the receiver. 
A trial, for this model, is the act of sending the 10 DSC 
sequences. The geometric distribution gives such a 
probability. The other grade of service parameters listed in 
Table 3 will also be calculated for the random access calling 


systems of Chapter III. 


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C. |) APPLICATION OR THE FROPO EDENO 

The grade of service parameters listed in Table 3 will be 
calculated in this section using the proposed VHF-FM Digital 
Selective Calling System model. The full set of calculations 
shown are based on the Basic Aloha Random Access Calling 
System, and use 0.1] Erlang as the channel loading factor (G) 
and 0.01 (14) as the percentage of total calls that COMPRAS 
distress calls. The tabulations for the remaining Basic 
Aloha calculations, as well as the other random access 
calling systems of Slotted Aloha, Slotted Aloha With Capture, 
Nonpersistent CSMA, and  l-Persistent CSMA, are listed in 
Tables 4a through Table 6j for ease of reading. Since Basic 
and Slotted CSMA throughput calculations are identical for 
both Nonpersistent and l-Persistent CSMA, respectively, only 
one matrix for each calling system is tabulated. P- 
Persistent CSMA throughput and delay curves fall between 
those of ens other CSMA calling systems (refer to Figure 13 
of T III) and therefore will not be included. The 
computer program used calculated precision to seven 
significante ieit E 

The Total Channel Load (G) figure is used to calculate 
the random access calling system Throughput (S) and the Total 


Average Delay (TAD) expected for a single DSC sequence. 


S = (0.1) x exp 2 VD Re 


TAD = [[exp (2 x 0 D) m]: T m eee) lee 


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210.08 seconds 


The Probability of Delay (PCl) for any one DSC sequence 
is calculated as the probable” "ot collision dte to the 
channel loading. PSI is the probability of success for a DSC 
sequence to reach the receiver. The probability that a DSC 


sequence will not reach the receiver is PCl. 


PS1 = Throughput / Load 
= 0.082 / 0.1 = 0.819 
EN - ] - PSl = 0.181 


The probability of delay for a complete distress call 
attempt is obtained using the probability of collision - fad 
any one DSC M use. Since a distress call attempt consists 
of ten DSC sequences, the probability that all ten sequences 


are destroyed (PC5) by colliding with another DSC sequence 


is: 
PCS = ( PC! ) = ss) = 0.0000000383 
PS5 = 1 - PCS = 0.9999999617 


To calculate the probability that at least one of the 
distress call alert DSC sequences will be successful within a 
certain time frame, the transmission time for the complete 


distress call attempt, including the re-transmission protocol 


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delay, is required. The duration of each distress DSC call 
alert sequence is 0.38 seconds. Each distress call consists 
of ten DSC alert sequences so the total time to transmit the 
DSC sequences is 3.8 seconds. The re-transmission delay 
protocol assumed is 45 seconds. Therefore, an unsuccessful 
distress call attempt requires 48.8 seconds to elapse before 
it will be re-transmitted. For each of the grade of service 
times desired, ( 1 to 5 minutes), the total time required for 
each unsuccessful distress call attempt is divided into that 
time (in seconds). For example, if the probability of 
success for a distress call to be completed within l minute 
is desired, divide 60 seconds by 48.8 seconds. By rounding 
down to the nearest whole number, this will give the maximum 


number of complete distress calls that can be made in that 


time frame. In this case only one call can be made, since 
only whole distress calls can be made. The geometric 
probability distribution is now used to determine the 


probability that the first success will occur on or before 


any given trial. 


Geometric Probability 


X xX- 
Eu = > P (1-p) for x 9805.75 4 - a 
l 
where p = probability of success 
x = number of complete ‘distress calls 
within the desired time frame 
For the proposed model calculations, the probability of 
success for a complete distress call transmission was 


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determined above as PS5. hier ceometric distribution results 
in the following probability of success for one distress DSC 


sequence to be received correctly: 


F(x) = (.9999999617) x (1 - 0.9999999617) zo MS ol 


Since only one complete distress call could be made 
within the desired time frame, this geometric probability is 
also BEEN O Dala that the distress calli will be 


successfully received within that time frame. 


Tables 4a through 6j present the Probability of Delay 
(PC1) for any one DSC sequence, the Total Average Delay (TAD) 
Mis econds.) the Throughput (S), and the Probability of a 
Successful Distress Call Attempt within a certain time 
Eme. [P(T € t)]. The calculations are obtained by varying 
HI xEnSunel loading from 0.1 to 0.5 Erlang, varying the 
distress percentage of total calls from 1 percent (14) to 10 
EpL 02). amd varying the time to complete a successful 
distress call from 1 to 5 minutes. 

The chapter concludes, following the tables, with 
additional equations designed to calculate the marginal loss 
of distress call attempts due to commercial calling. These 
are presented for comparison purposes between the author's 


model and the IWP model shown in Chapter IV. 


85 


TABLE 4a 


BASIC ALOHA 


1% Distress CSOT SUEZ S= 05% 
Prob of Delay (POT 0.180 089550 OS: | 
Average Delay (TAD) 10.08 Zl 34.71 
PNT Omen pa econ) 0.089 (muro 0.165 
PCtsl) 0.9999999 0.9999849 0.9996504 
I CES 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999998 
P(t<3) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
P(ts4) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
Der 0.9999999 0.9999999 0. 999999085 
TABLE 4b 
BASIC ALOHA 
1% Distress emm ll ESO, 4 G=0%5 
Prob Of. Delian iwc) 0.484 OR] SS 
Average Delay (TAD) 39.48 2122205 71.45 
Throughputets) QNEM Og 0.184 
Bd 0.9992920 0.9974360 0.9898141 
paucos 0.9999995 0.9999934 0.999805 
pans 0.9999999 0.9999999 0. 99999085 
PE 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
pete» 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 


86 


lm Distress 


Prob of Delay (PCI1) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throughput (S) 
EE 

P(t€2) 

E Ta) 

P(t£4) 

MESS) 


I Dsrtress 


Prob of Delay (P€1) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throughput (S) 

Pat =i) 

Pet=Z) 

ERE: 3D 

P@r=4 ) 

PEES ) 


= 


on 
4.31 

2999 

BU SSS 
. 999 9999 
. POIS 
- 991010999 
- 901010999 


Saas Sa 


G= 


TABLE 4c 


SLOTTED ALOHA 


all 


O9 


TABLE 


4d 


E 


". 
DS 

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PO 
< 990199.9 
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CONSEC C» c» c» 


SLOTTED ALOHA 


(oes 31 


239 

oD 
. QIOIDIOIBIO 9 
. 99.9999. 9 
¿ PODIO 
, TIO 


8 / 


181 


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POSI O 
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. 9990S / 
LOI) 
. 99 9099 
99? 
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20 

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-997009 
< 9990009 
. 9990099 
. 200189629 


TABT TER e 


SLOTTED ALOHA Wii CAPTURE 


172 Du ress 


Prob of Delay (PCI) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throughput (S) 

aC t=) 

DET 

PC tea) 

PC re) 

oop 


G= 


Oz 


OBI 


050 


UNKNOWN 


C ecco. CO. CÓ 


-095 

. 99999099 
9999 
Meee 2) 5S), 
. 99 0I 
. 99990 


TDI E 


IE 


Or 


099 


UNKNOWN 


O OO 


LSO 

IESO 
SORA 
« 9 OUI) 9 
ICAO 
m 


SLOTTED ALOHA WITH CAPTURE 


14 DUStre ss 


Prob oi Delay (PCD 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throughput (S) 
P(t) 

Bore 

P(ts3) 

PoE 

Ets 


Or 


Gz0.331 


163 


UNKNOWN 


O Tito Or 


2207 

.O09900 
-999900 
; 099 
:9990 0E 
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88 


G=0. 


Oa 


4 


196 


UNKNOWN 


O O Sita 


152 

OO 
OOD 
oD 
19999999 
DIRE 


CU 


De 


148 


UNKNOWN 


O Dic 


G=0. 


Ox 


. 208 

9999 
09995 
.O09990 154 
90999 
9999 


2 


242 


UNKNOWN 


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. BS 

. 9997585 
. 7 9 TS 
. 9999505 
90999] 
9997 


TABLE 4g 


CSMAGNONPERSisd ENT 


14 Distress G=0. 1 G=0.2 G=0.3 
Peob of Delay (PC1) 0:09] OB O., 224) 
Average Delay (TAD) Gu LOAD LS O 
M ouüughput (S) 0.091 0-67 0572251] 
P(tz1) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999996 
P(tsz2) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
P(ts3) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
P(ts4) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
nee) ) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
TABLE 4h 


CSMA SHONPE RSs TEN T 


14 Distress p [B G=0.5 
Peeopmor Delay (PCl1) 0.249 0.286 Dias 
Average Delay (TAD) 26.81 32 EUM 40.50 
Timo Wei p we (S) DO 0.286 US 
P( tear) 0.9999991 0.9999964 0.9999831 
Dan 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
SED 0.9999999 0. 9999999 0.9999999 
Poros) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
porte 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 


89 


14 Di tress 


Prob of Delay (PC1) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
ITnrowecehput (3) 
P(t£1) 

P(t#2) 

P(t£3) 

P(t£4) 

PECES) 


1% Di- tress 


Prob of Delay (BC 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throughput (S) 
P(ts1) 

I 

Ies 

P(ts4) 

puts 


TABLE 41. 


CSMA ~ TEPER EROTENT 


99990005 
IOS 


TABLE 4j 


D DNA 


0056 


O Tr Ot Oi 


52 00 

Tro 

19009999 
IIS Y 
PODAIS Y 
IO 
MO IO 


CSMATISPERS T TENT 


OF 
SO 

219 

. 9999923 
. 99090 
. 9999009 
-9999959 
-9999959 


eS 2 © 


G=0.331 


O89 


90 


al 

ee 29909 
199719999 
o SIME 
-9099799 
SIDO O 


G=0.3 


02,072 


OOO E 


6.54 

. 20S 

. I9 7 ES 
. 99 9 QTE 
. 99 Q0 
. 99990 
0998071 


G=0.5 


Oe 


178 


1729 


SS: Di 


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. 99 905 
. 979 79006 
. 97 PO 
. 9999 
. 99 JODE 


TABLE 5a 


BASIC ALOHA 


54 Distress G=0.1 G=0.2 G=0.3 
Prob of Delay (PCl) O WSL 050551 DOUBT 
Average Delay (TAD) 103508 2 ARO Sau] 
Throughput (S) DO USE 0.134 ONES 
P(tsl) 0.9999999 0.9999849 0.9996504 
pues ) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999998 
P(te3) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
P(t<4) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
P( t85) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
TABERE 5D 
BASIC ALOHA 
54 Distress G=0.331 G=0.4 G=0.5 
ProD of Delay (PC1) 0.484 O. IM Ono 2 
Average Delay (TAD) 39.48 D S 71.45 
TIhrousmput (S) Uo OTISO 0 SA 
P(ts1) 0.9992920 () 09 7885 60 0.9898141 
P(té2) 0.9999995 0.9999934 0.9998962 
P(t£3) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999989 
P(ts4) 0.9999999 0.9999999 0.9999999 
PM) 0.9999999 0.9999999 Oe 


oa 


5% Distress 


Prob of Delay (ECT) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throushput (sS) 
pem 

DE p 

DE 

pats 

POCED) 


5% Distress 


Prob of Delay (PCI) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throughput (5) 
Pur 

ue 

P(t<3) 

Pt =e ) 

PLt=5) 


TABLE 


Ec 


SLOTTED ALOHA 


CHORN 


O. 
4.31 

-090 

.999000 
.9990 7 
.09990 5 
.0O99 
79999909 


O00000 


G= 


095 


TABTE 


Sd 


G=0.2 


oe 
9 08 


181 


0.164 


SAS E 


S ODE 


0 c9 


MOS ye, 


92 


:. 9999999 
oe 
OE 
-9090999 
9979799 


G=0.4 


O. 


330 


20 35 


CODI 


LAOS 

213249 
-9999999 
SOS 9 
-9229099 
-9999999 


999 
99995 
9999 


-9999999 
9999999 


TABLE 5e 


SLOTTED ALOHA WITH CAPTURE 


me Uistress 


pro of Delay (PCT) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throughput (S) 
P(ts1) 

INE) 

Bae ) 

P(ts4) 

P(ts5) 


SLOTTED ALOHA WITH 


DONEDNSLtress 


LED Delay (PCT) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throughput (S) 
P(ts1) 

P tes) 

PI Le 

ERU 

pu pese 


G=0.1 


qa 


050 


UNKNOWN 


Sar CC) 


= 


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.095 

IS 
-9990999 
IIS 
- 9 TS 
SNO O9 O9 


TABLE 5f 


O35 | 


FO'S 


UNKNOWN 


OSOS 


aT 

IPD 
9999 
IST 
II 
-JOR 9 


E 


SZ 


D 


O99 


UNKNOWN 


OSO OD OO 


abo 

O O 
19099999 
209099 
999 
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CAPTURE 


G=0.4 


oF 


196 


UNKNOWN 


DADA = 


22 

2999909099 
20000109 
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A O 


ES 


Om 


148 


UNKNOWN 


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-290 

a I 99 
Me O 
Mc oe, 
ooo 9 
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G=0..5 


on 


242 


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(55650069009 C) C5 


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797993 
. 99i I9 O 
¡TECOS 
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MO 


TABLE 5g 


CSMA NONPERSISTENT 


54 Distress C= eek G=0.2 
Prob of Delay (PCI) 0.091 [DOMO 
Average Delay (TAD) GIO 16.20 
Thr omighput (S) OO] OO 
POT 0. 9999999 0.9999999 
PONES 0.9999999 0.9999999 
P(t=3) 0. 9999999 0.9999999 
P( t=) 0.9999999 0. 9999999 
pod 0.9999999 0.9999999 
TABLES 


CSMA NONPERSISTENT 


5% Distress G=0.331 EIE 
Prob ol Delay (RCF 0.249 0.286 
Average Delay (TAD) 2643 1 32.40 
Throughput (S) 0.249 O. 280 
=> 0.9999991 0.9999964 
puc 0.9999999 0.9999999 
ERES 0.9999999 0.9999999 
parcs 0.9999999 0.9999999 
EX J 0. 9999998 0.9999999 


94 


99/0 0E 


999 
. IIS 


SD stress 


EOD of Delay (PCI) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Mirouehput (S) 

B tel) 

P(ts2) 

ute) 

P(ts4) 

Ens») 


5% Distress 


Prob ot Delay (PC1) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throughput (S) 
[CER 

PES) 

¡MESS 

Ea) 

ECE 


CSMA 1-PERSISTENT 
G= 


0. 
Om / 

no 

EOM 
. 979 9999 
TIO OIDO 
SI OD 
IO 


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TRBEE Di 


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TABLE 5j 


EOM 


9. 
3.00 

L1 

990999 
-9999999 
POROS 
UTOR O 
27999999 


O CRETO 


036 


CSMA 1-PERSISTENT 


G= 


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MOO oe 7 
o 
OUI 
DIO 


ere C3 C9 


09 34 


089 


J5 


G=0.4 


Ok, 


1525 


1-150 


(Co COMO C CC 


p otn 

OO 
. 9929999 
- PIO O 
See oo! 
POSI 99 


CS 


0. 
6.54 

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TITO 
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SS 
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791990999 


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G02 5 


0. 


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10% Distress 

Prob of Delay (ECT) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throughput (5) 

P( tel) 

TAR) 

PUTES) 

P(ts4) 

P(ts5) 


102 Distress 

Prob of Deday (Pea) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throwenput (5) 
ECCE 

pue) 

Eee) 

PCE=4 ) 

P(té£5) 


TABLE Ca 


BASIC ALOHA 


GUT 


Oc rod 
10.08 
2 
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. 99 OE 
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SS) 


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2 


CCS CO CSS O 


TABLE 6b 


BASIC ALOHA 


=0.331 


. 484 
9.48 
al 


-99072020 
. 999 OS 
999 
. 999 
, IIS 


96 


. 9999849 
IS, 
79992009 
SEPSIS SSNS 
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SIS 
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108 

. 9996504 
. 9999585 
. 9999055 
.O090 99 
09998] 


.184 


.9898141 
. O0 9/8 
999° 
9990 
09909 


10% Distress 

Wob of Delay (PGI) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
lhswwehput (S) 
i291) 

pause?) 

B tee ) 

D 54A ) 

pU tee ) 


102 Distress 
Prot Delay (PCI) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Thmouehput (S) 
P(ts1) 

pore 

P( t23) 

P(ts4) 

EFE <p) 


TABLE 


6c 


SLOTTED ALOHA 


EU 


0% 
4.31 

E 

IO Y 
"9999099 
. 9999999 
ooo 
ISS Y 


OSO OS 


G= 


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TABLE 
SLOTTED 


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. 9999922 
9999999 
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Ui. 
9 08 

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700099999 
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SUIS 
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6d 


ALOHA 


T81 


"oye 

9009349 
-9979999 
-9999999 
-9999999 
-9099999 


199999257 
99999099 
9990999 
¿TITS 
TITO 


8503 

IAN 
. 99920199 
9999999 
7992799 
499909009 


107- Distress 


Phob of Delay (ROID 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Thsemshput (S) 

P( t=) 

PIED 

pete) 

PES 

TEES 


05 Daseumess 


Prob of Delay (PCL) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throne hput (Ss) 

P( teig) 

pie 

P(t¢3) 

P(t£4) 

pute» 


TABLE 6e 


G=0.1 


0L. 


O50 


UNKNOWN 


OO ODIO 


G= 


OF 


28095 

USE 
IIED 
III 
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Table 6f 


Ó el 


163 


UNKNOWN 


Seas © ©: © 


ET. 

. 9999993 
. IV 
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98 


SLOTTED ALGRASWITH CAPIUKE 


pe 


vm 


099 


UNKNOWN 


OO WO O D 


ESO 

79999999 
: 9999999 
19999999 
799907999 
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G=0.4 


Ir 


196 


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so) DO 
. 9999999 
IO 
. 99999919 


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148 


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99090 
09090 
9999 
999° 
. 9990059 


Gs 


OF 


242 


UNKNOWN 


O OOOI 


9 0 

999908 
. 9999 
9997 
999 
.0999] 99 


Distress 


Prob of Delay (PC1) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Paeowehput (S) 
Dp.) 

Pee = 2 ) 

Du) 

Pp(t<4) 

O ) 


10% Distress 


Prob of Delay (PC1) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Throughput (S) 
Pican) 

PES 2a 

ARS 

DL y 

=>) 


TABLE 0g 


CSMA NONPERSISTENT 


G= 


Oe 
SL 

BOD) 

EO 
1790900 
CE 
. 9999920 
27091519 9.9 


Sooo 2 @ 


Ome] 


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TABLE 6h 


EU 


212111130 
EU 
EAE 
.9999999. 
AI 909 


ComAyNONPER SISTENT 


G= 


ssl 


.249 

-999 9091 
. 9990099 
DU OE 
4099090 
MODI 


99 


G=0.4 


os 


286 


32.40 


CO OO ORE 


. 286 

. 9999964 
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II O 
OS 


42090 EI 
9 OIDIMIO D 
. 999899 
OMEN) 
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G=0.5 


OF 


2333 


40.50 


SOGO OO 


2903 

29/9 BST 
. 99900999 
oe 
. 99901099 
DOSE 


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Prob of Delay (PGE) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
ThremeNPut (5) 

Pt SUN 

P( c22) 

P( t23) 

PRU 

PEDE) 


10/5. DINI OS 


Prob of Delay (PC1) 
Average Delay (TAD) 
Thromeaput (5) 

Ie C TES LO 

PEE 

DASS 

P(té4) 

P(ts5) 


TABLE 


CSMA. 1-PERS E TENT 


G= 


OF 
DE 

099 

9999999 
. SOO 
999090 oe 
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COBGSNCS CC) 


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G=0.2 


0.036 


Hee oO O 


Du 

MD 

-9999999 
AS 
19999999 
9999999 
PTS 


CSMA 1-PERST o TENH 


G= 


09M 


G=0,4 


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0.05 


OO. COUCO CO (ED 


6.54 

TO 

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9999 
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TO 
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990007 
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. 99 710 


In order to determine the effect of general calling on a 


single DSC channel, the number of general calls, navigational 


calls, and distress calls must first be determined from the 
given channel loading figure. The number of navigational 
calls is assumed to be 904 of total general calls. This is 


derived from the calling statistics given in the IWP paper. 
Distress calling is assumed to be 14 of the commercial calls 
(general + navigational calls). Based on these assumptions, 
the total channel loading can be broken down into the 


following: 
Load Total (LT) = Load (lgen) + Load (lnav) + Load (ldist) 


LT 


(CAI (Neat) )(0.57) + (Dcal11)(10)(0.38) 
3600 3600 3600 


uF Gea 20006333) F Ncall(.0006333) + Dcall(.0010555) ` 


Ncall (0.9)Gcall 


Dea Aca TUE SN call) = (0.0l1)(Gcall + (0.9)(Gcall)) 


ot Geasll + (0.009)(Gcall) 


MD) (9) (EGcal(.0006333)+(.01)Gca1+(.009)Gcal 


CCAA OOO 12234 


Gcall DON = 981 General calls = 324 DSC seq 


Ncall 


Eu 72 Nav calls = 288 DSC seq 


TROM 


Deall = (0.01)(Gcall + Neall) = I Distress all wi DSta 


Assuming a 2 to l ratio for ship to shore radio traffic, 


the total calling is broken down into the following: 


Total Gcal = cu 
Shorea E / 
Sign, ¿ds 54 

Tota lMlWe a L1%= .72 
shore Neal y= a4 
uS MT 48 

Inc au E ] 


If a calling channel had only general calling allowed 
it, the probability that a general call DSC sequence will 


cause a collision with another general call DSC sequence is: 


PS10 = S / Lgen where S = throughput due to general calls 
Lgen = load due to general calls 
=O 04 bay) 07051 
Poe EIE 
POLOS D 


Disciplined access will take place for only the shore 
station calls plus 30% of the ship station calls [Ref < mE 


KOS The total disciplined calls will, therefore, be 43. 


O2 


This means that 38 general calls enter the calling system in 
a random manner.' The probability that a general DSC sequence 


is destroyed by a randomly entering general call DSC sequence 


is: 
PS11 « S / Lgen-r where S = throughput due to random calls 
Lgen-r = load due to random calls 
= 0.023 / 0.024 
- cS S 
Em = 1 - PS1l = 0.047 


Pico ababality of losing a general call DSC 
sequence is then: 


EN PCIO + €¢ 1 —- PC1O )(PC11) = 0.139 


If the calling channel is also used for navigational 
Gumame, 70% of both shore and ship navigational calls (50) 
are regarded as entering the system randomly as these calls 
are generated by ship stations or low range  shore-based 
B e Therefore, a total of 88 general and navigational 
calls will be accessing the calling channel randomly. The 
probability that a randomly entering commercial (general and 
navigational) call DSC sequence will destroy another 


commercial call DSC sequence is: 


5 eomm where S = throughput due commercial calls 
Lcomm = load due commercial calls 


Pos 


OCs 0097 


103 


RSLS 0.824 


PETS 1 -"PSI = 0. TE 


The probability that this commercial call DSC sequence is 
destroyed by another commercial call DSC sequence that has 


entered the system randomly is: 


PS14 = S / Lcomm-r 
= 0.050 / 0.056 
= 0,895 
P6614 = 1 -S l4 = 02 65 


The total probability of losing a commercial calla 


sequence is calculated to be: 
PC15 = PC13 + ( 1 =- PCD QBUS UM IOS 


If a calling channel was designed for both commercial and 
distress calling, the effect of combining all calls onto one 
channel should be determined. The probability tho 
commercial call is in progress when a distress call is 


initiated is the same calculations.) ele. 
PC16 = 0.176 


The probability that another commercial call DSC sequence 


will randomly enter the system is the same as PC14: 
POT? OS 


104 


M cubInedMprobsbuasrty that a distress call will be 
destroyed by any type of commercial call DSC sequence is the 


same as PC15: 
Peis = 0,263 


Because a complete distress call attempt consists of ten 
DSC sequences, the probability of collision for the whole 
distress call attempt by a commercial DSC sequence is: 
10 
roomed = (PCIS) eee OU0UTS3 
If only distress calls are allowed on the channel, the 
probability that any two distress call DSC sequences’ would 


destroy each other is: 


PS20 = S / Ldis 
Oeo 0.00211 
= 0" 9916 

pL IPS»0 = 0.004 


Finally, in the case of a combined commercial calling and 
distress channel, the additional or marginal loss of distress 
call attempts because of commercial calling on the channel 


is: 


A 020 PCI9S - PC20 = 0.00000158 


roS 


VI. ‘CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 


A. a CONCE USTEONG 

This thesis has presented a model of a VHF-FM Digital 
Selective Calling (DSC) system using grade of service as a 
criterion to ascertain if a single DSC channel coud 
accommodate both distress and commercial calling. Although 
the Interim Working Party (IWP) 8/10 model does use one grade 
of service factor, probability of delay, the author’ Siem 
takes into account several grade of service parameters, which 
lend a greater credibility to its conclusions. The author's 
proposed model calculates the probability of a call being 
delayed, the ‘vee delay of a call, the probability OMS 
call being answered within a certain time frame, and the 
throughput for the random access calling systems of ALOHA, 
Slotted ALOHA, Slotted ALOHA with Capture, Nonpersistent 
CSMA, and l-Persistent CSMA. Based on the results these 
calculations, as presented in Chapter V, one DSC chan EE 
capable of accommodating all distress and commercial calling. 
In addition, l-Persistent CSMA was found to be superior to 
all the other random access calling systems evaluated. These 
results concur with and strengthen the IWP model. 

There are three factors that support the author's 
conclusions. The first is, for channel loading conditions 


ranging from 0.1 to 075. Ec m 1-Persistent Core 


106 


consistently has the lowest probability of delay out of all 
the different calling systems. The maximum probability of 
delay encountered for 1-Persistent CSMA was 0.178 at a 
mice! loading of 0.5 Erlangs. Bue CCIR Interim Yaorking 
Party (IWP) 8/10 model regarded a probability of delay of 


Selo as reasonable [Ref. 4:p. 20]. As such, in the author's 


Prob of Delay 





0.000 0.200 0.400 0.800 


Total Channel Looding 
AAN 


D BA + SA o Sc Lp X C 1-2? 


Figure 14, Probability of Delay Versus Channel Loading 


opinion, the probability of delay in the l-Persistent  CSMA 
system is acceptable for a combined distress and commercial 
calling channel. The probability of delay versus channel 
loading for the random access calling systems is plotted in 
Figure 14, The following abbreviations will be used in 


A A San AO: BA (Basic ALOHA), SA (Slotted 


1:009 


ALOHA), SC (Slotted ALOHA with Capture), C N-P (Nonpersisteme 
CSMA), and C 1-P (l-Persistent CSMA). 

The second factor is that the average delay of a call for 
1-Persistent CSMA, as channel loading varies from 0.1 to 0.5 
Erlangs, is also the lowest of all the systems examined. 


Figure 15 shows a plot of the average delay as a function of 


channel loading. 





mm. 
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0.000 0.200 0.400 i 0.800 
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The maximum channel loading limitation of 0.1 Erłlangs, 
imposed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and 
used as the basis for the IWP model, should not be the 
primary criterion used to dictate the required number of 


calling channels. Figures 14 and 15 indicate that a channel 


108 


can be loaded to 0.5 Erlangs and still remain within 





acceptable levels for probability of delay and average delay 
of a l-Persistent CSMA random access calling system. 

> 

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o 

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= 

0.000 0.200 0.400 0.300 
Tota! Channel! Loading 
0 BA SS o SC A C N-P x C1=P 
Figure 16. Throughput Versus Channel Loading 
Thirdly, the  l-Persistent CSMA random access calling 

System has the highest throughput, for channel loading 


between 0.1 and 0.5 Erlangs, of any of the systems studied. 


As shown in Figure 16, throughput for 1-Persistent CSMA 


continually betters the other random access calling systems. 


In the author's opinion, there are two criteria that do 


not affect the selection of a random access calling system. 


First, the probability of a distress call being answered 


within the 1 to 5 minute time frame does not appreciably 


109 


change among the systems analyzed. Nor does this probability 
change as channel loading is varied from 0.1 to 0.5 Erlangs. 
The calculations of Chapter V show the probabilities that a 
call will be answered within 1 minute of the initial 
transmission range from 0.9996 to 0.9999, The other 
criterion that does not affect the random access calling 
system selection is the amount of distress traffic on the 
channel. Percentages of distress traffic from 1 CoE 
percent were analyzed and no changes in the delay or 
throughput figures were noted. 

No matter which grade of service factors are considered, 
the l-Persistent CSMA random access calling system is 
consistently super norm Its low probability of a cal miea 
delayed, low average delay of a call, and relatively AN 
throughput show, in the author's opinion, that MAMMA 
reasonable to use 1-Persistent CSMA and combine distress 


and commercial calls onto a single VHF-FM Digital Selective 


Calling (DSC) System channel. 


B. RECOMMENDATIONS 

Based on the conclusions presented above, it is 
recommended that a single VHF-FM DSC channel be used for both 
distress and commercial calling. In addition, l-Persistent 
Carrier Sense Multiple Access should be chosen as the radio 
communications method used for transmitting the DSC 


sequences. The International Radio Consultative Committee 


110 


au" rhe international Maritime Organization (IMO) 
must designate appropriate grade of service levels as these 
levels could be instrumental in determining the required 
mer of DSC calling channels. For example, the CCIR or IMO 
could have a difference in opinion from that of the author's 
and determine that the maximum average delay for a call 
should be less than five seconds. This fact would cause more 
than one channel to be designated as distress and calling 
channels because the Erlang channel loading on a single 
channel would be a limited. It is also recommended that the 
actual percentage of distress calling to total calling be 
determined in order to validate the model. 

Finally, a cost-benefit evaluation should be conducted 
for each of the random access calling methods. Although the 
l-Persistent CSMA technique theoretically indicates 
superiority to the other methods, it may not be economically 
feasible. An approach to the study would be to look at the 
marginal value a marginal cost relationship among the 
different systems. For example, at the projected worst-case 
channel loading of 0.331 Erlangs, the throughput of the 
OA «with Capture system is 27.72 of the total 
offered traffic. The throughput for l-Persistent CSMA at the 
same channel loading is 30.25 of the total offered traffic. 
If the cost was significantly higher to obtain the l- 


Hm ecsbnolosy, the additional 2.35 in throughput 


may not be justified. The cost-performance trade-offs must 
be examined, not only for each random access calling systems 
as a whole, but for each of the desired levels of grade of 
service. Even though the throughput of the Slotted ALOHA 
with Capture example above was only 2.3% below  l-Persistent 
CSMA, the accompanying probability of delay was almost 
doubled. 

The maritime mobile service will benefit greatly from the 
Digital Selective Calling (DSC) system when it is in place 
and operating. This thesis has presented a means to help 


ensure that the DSC system is properly designed. 


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