Measuring QoS in an Aeronautical Opportunistic Network Architecture with Limited Access to a Satellite Communications Backhaul

Table 5

Relationship between relevant parameters used to compute the optimal buffer size.

Number of copies per packet		N/A
Inter Any Contact Time	IACT	2,200 seconds
Disconnected flight duration	DFD	14,400 seconds
Generation ratio	GR	5.1796 pkts/second
Inter contact packets	ICP = GR IACT	11,395 packets
Contact opportunities	CO = DFD/IACT	7
Packet replication percentage (based on Figure 2)		80% <
		20% <