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    SHP-BBR:一种基于卫星切换预测的TCP拥塞控制机制

    SHP-BBR: A TCP Congestion Control Mechanism Based-on Satellite Handover Prediction

    • 摘要: 随着空天地一体化网络和大规模星座的快速发展,低轨卫星网络(Low Earth Orbit Satellite Network,LEO-SN)与无人机(UAV,Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)共同构成分层异构的空中接入/回传骨干,实现“空-天-地”三维互补并成为当前6G研究热点。由于LEO-SN链路的高丢包、长时延和高动态,现有地面网络的TCP(Transmission Control Protocol)拥塞控制机制难以保持稳定且高效的带宽利用率。相较于依赖丢包和时延反馈的传统算法,以 BBR(Bottleneck Bandwidth and Round-trip propagation time)为代表的探测型TCP拥塞控制算法更适用于此类复杂环境;然而,本文通过理论分析和实验证明,BBR算法受限于被动感知策略,在卫星链路切换时可能导致持续的带宽下降,即 “长波谷效应”。为解决上述问题,本文提出了一种基于卫星切换预测的TCP拥塞控制机制SHP-BBR,利用历史卫星切换数据和往返时延数据,构建时间序列预测模型,提前预测卫星切换事件。基于预测结果,SHP-BBR能够提前主动感知链路状态变化,获得准确的网络参数估计,保证网络的带宽利用率。实验结果表明,SHP-BBR在低轨卫星网络环境中能够稳定消除“长波谷效应”,实现平均33%的带宽提升。同时,与传统TCP拥塞控制算法相比,SHP-BBR在动态变化的网络环境中表现出了高效、平衡的吞吐量和时延特性。

       

      Abstract: With the rapid development of integrated space–air–ground networks and large-scale constellations, Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks (LEO-SN) together with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) constitute a hierarchical and heterogeneous aerial access/backhaul backbone, realizing three-dimensional “space–air–ground” complementarity and becoming a research hotspot for 6G. Owing to the high packet-loss rate, long latency, and pronounced dynamics of LEO-SN links, the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) congestion-control mechanisms designed for terrestrial networks cannot maintain stable and efficient bandwidth utilization. Compared with traditional loss-based and delay-based algorithms, probe-based algorithms represented by BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and Round-trip propagation time) are better suited to such complex environments; nevertheless, theoretical analysis and experiments in this paper show that, limited by its passive sensing strategy, BBR can suffer a sustained throughput drop during satellite handovers—the so-called “long valley effect”. To address this issue, we propose SHP-BBR, a TCP congestion-control mechanism based on satellite-handover prediction. SHP-BBR leverages historical satellite-handover records and round-trip-time data to build a time-series prediction model that forecasts upcoming handover events. Guided by these predictions, SHP-BBR proactively senses impending link-state changes, obtains accurate network-parameter estimates, and preserves bandwidth utilization. Experimental results demonstrate that SHP-BBR stably eliminates the long valley effect in LEO-SN environments, achieving an average throughput gain of 33%. Moreover, compared with conventional TCP congestion-control algorithms, SHP-BBR delivers efficient, well-balanced throughput and latency under dynamic network conditions.

       

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