Comparative Performance Evaluation of GEO, MEO, and LEO Satellite Networks under Traffic Attacks

Title

Comparative Performance Evaluation of GEO, MEO, and LEO Satellite Networks under Traffic Attacks

Creator

Sinha, Somnath; Sajan, Austin C; Dutta, Binayak

Description

This paper presents a comparative evaluation of geostationary (GEO), medium-earth orbit (MEO), and low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations under realistic traffic attack models. We use OMNeT++ v6.1 with the INET-4.5 framework for simulation and Python for analysis. Key performance metrics include end-to-end latency, throughput, packet delivery ratio (PDR), and resource utilization measured under normal and attack conditions. Our results indicate that MEO yields the highest throughput and resource utilization, while LEO offers the lowest latency. We provide a clear description of the simulation conditions, attack models, and statistical methods used to evaluate resilience under degraded operation. 2025 IEEE.

Source

2025 17th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks, CICN 2025;pp.46-49

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Subject

GEO; latency; LEO; MEO; OMNeT++; packet delivery ratio; performance analysis; Satellite networks; simulation; throughput

Coverage

Sinha S., Christ (Deemed to Be) University, Department of Computer Science, Bangalore, India; Sajan A.C., Christ (Deemed to Be) University, Department of Computer Science, Bangalore, India; Dutta B., Christ (Deemed to Be) University, Department of Computer Science, Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISBN: 979-833158733-8;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Conference paper

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1109/CICN67655.2025.11368134

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