Internet Routing in Space: Prospects and Challenges of the IRIS JCTD

Author

Florio, Michael A. ; Fisher, MAJ Susan J ; Mittal, Shaum ; Yaghmour, Salim ; Jansson, Gerry ; Heuser, David ; Murray, Paul L. ; Worthen, Andrew P. ; Cuevas, Enrique G.

Author_Institution

U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command - Battle Lab (SMDC-BL)

fYear

2007

fDate

29-31 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Recent technological advances coupled with the collaboration between government and industry will soon make it possible to include IP routers and IP modems on board a commercial geostationary communications satellite. The Internet Protocol Routing in Space (IRIS) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) will introduce a new network capability that is aimed at enhancing military network-centric operations through information access, collaboration and dissemination. This paper describes the IRIS vision and strategy, and the specific goals of the JCTD. It describes the network architecture and technology development aspects for deploying a combined router and modem function as part of a hosted payload within a commercial transponded satellite.

Keywords

Artificial satellites; Collaboration; Communication industry; Defense industry; Government; Internet; Iris; Modems; Routing; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2007. MILCOM 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL, USA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1513-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1513-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2007.4455284

Filename

4455284