Resources scheduling for data relay satellite with microwave and optical hybrid links based on improved niche genetic algorithm

The formation of the Space-based Information System with the technology of high performance optical inter-satellite communication and the realization of global seamless coverage and mobile terminal accessing are the necessary trend of the development of optical and microwave hybrid communication. Considering the resources, missions and restraints of data relay satellite optical and microwave hybrid links system, a model of hybrid links resources scheduling is established and a scheduling algorithm based on an improved niche genetic algorithm is put forwarded. According to the multi-user-satellite, multi-time-window, multi-class-antenna and a number of missions with priority weight, the scheduling schemes are generated randomly to begin with and evaluated with the fitness functions. To obtain an optimal scheduling result, an improved niche genetic algorithm is adopted to optimize the scheduling schemes. The simulation result reveals that a satisfactory result is obtained and the improved niche genetic algorithm has advantages in both efficiency and performance in a scenario including a relay satellite with 2 optical antennas and 1 microwave antenna for user satellites connection, 8 user satellites with 64 missions. The simulation indicates that the model and the optimization algorithm are suitable for multi-user, multi-mission and multi-class-antenna hybrid communication recourses scheduling problem.