Research Article
SPICE Testbed: A DTN Testbed for Satellite and Space Communications
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-13326-3_20, author={Ioannis Komnios and Ioannis Alexiadis and Nikolaos Bezirgiannidis and Sotiris Diamantopoulos and Sotirios-Angelos Lenas and Giorgos Papastergiou and Vassilis Tsaoussidis}, title={SPICE Testbed: A DTN Testbed for Satellite and Space Communications}, proceedings={Testbeds and Research Infrastructure: Development of Networks and Communities. 9th International ICST Conference, TridentCom 2014, Guangzhou, China, May 5-7, 2014, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM}, year={2014}, month={11}, keywords={Delay Tolerant Networking DTN Testbed Bundle Protocol ION DTPC BSS BDTE Space Communications Interplanetary Internet}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-13326-3_20} }- Ioannis Komnios
Ioannis Alexiadis
Nikolaos Bezirgiannidis
Sotiris Diamantopoulos
Sotirios-Angelos Lenas
Giorgos Papastergiou
Vassilis Tsaoussidis
Year: 2014
SPICE Testbed: A DTN Testbed for Satellite and Space Communications
TRIDENTCOM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13326-3_20
Abstract
This paper presents SPICE testbed, a state-of-the-art Delay Tolerant Networking testbed for satellite and space communications deployed at the Space Internetworking Center, Greece. The core of the testbed relies on the Bundle Protocol and its architecture has been designed to support multiple DTN implementations and a variety of underlying and overlying protocols. SPICE testbed is equipped with specialised hardware components for the accurate emulation of space links and ground stations, such as Portable Satellite Simulator (PSS) and CORTEX CRT system, as well as protocols and mechanisms specifically designed for space DTNs. Performance and functionality evaluations on SPICE testbed show that it is an ideal platform to evaluate new mechanisms in a variety of space communication scenarios.
