Optimal power allocation for multiple beam satellite systems

Abstract

Presently, multiple spot-beam satellites are being launched with the ability to allocate power dynamically and to increase throughput, because on-board resources (e.g., power, bandwidth) are scarce and expensive. It is critical to share them efficiently among as many users as possible. In this paper, we propose an innovative power allocation algorithm for the system. We use heuristic method to search the Lagrange multiplier and obtain the optimal power allocation for each spot beam in order to meet the total power constraint and individual SLA constraint together. Scilab simulation demonstrates that our algorithm maximizes the power utilization of the satellite successfully.