Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Networking: Flight test results from the international space station

Author

Jenkins, Andrew ; Kuzminsky, Sebastian ; Gifford, Kevin K. ; Pitts, Robert L. ; Nichols, Kelvin

Author_Institution

BioServe Space Technol., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

6-13 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The University of Colorado is working with NASA to extend Earth´s internet into outer space and across the solar system. The new networking technology is called Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN), and is being tested on the International Space Station. DTN will enable NASA and other space agencies around the world to better communicate with international fleets of spacecraft that will be used to explore the moon and Mars. This technology is evolving into an Interplanetary Internet. In this paper we describe the design and features of the DTN-on-ISS implementation as well as reporting initial results from the experimental deployment.

Keywords

Internet; Mars; Moon; aerospace testing; satellite communication; space vehicles; telecommunication network reliability; DTN-on-ISS implementation; Earth Internet; International Space Station; Mars; Moon; NASA; delay-tolerant networking; disruption tolerant networking; flight test; international fleets; interplanetary Internet; networking technology; outer space; solar system; spacecraft; Disruption tolerant networking; Earth; International Space Station; Internet; Moon; NASA; Solar system; Space technology; Space vehicles; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3887-7

Electronic_ISBN

1095-323X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2010.5446948

Filename

5446948