Economic Theoretic LEO Satellite Coverage Control: An Auction-based Framework

Seungcheol Oh, Joongheon Kim

Abstract:

Recently, ultra-dense low earth orbit (LEO) satellite
constellation over high-frequency bands has considered as one of
promising solutions to supply coverage all over the world. Given
satellite constellations, efficient beam coverage schemes should be
employed at satellites to provide seamless services and full-view
coverage. In LEO systems, hybrid wide and spot beam coverage
schemes are generally used, where the LEO provides a wide
beam for large area coverage and additional several steering spot
beams for high speed data access. In this given setting, scheduling
multiple spot beams is essentially required. In order to achieve
this goal, Vickery-Clarke-Groves (VCG) auction-based trustful
algorithm is proposed in this paper for scheduling multiple spot
beams for more efficient seamless services and full-view coverage.