Research Article
Extending Internet into Space – ESA DTN Testbed Implementation and Evaluation
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-03819-8_37, author={Christos Samaras and Ioannis Komnios and Sotirios Diamantopoulos and Efthymios Koutsogiannis and Vassilis Tsaoussidis and Giorgos Papastergiou and Nestor Peccia}, title={Extending Internet into Space -- ESA DTN Testbed Implementation and Evaluation}, proceedings={1st International ICST ESA Workshop}, proceedings_a={ESA}, year={2012}, month={6}, keywords={Delay-Tolerant Networking Testbed Deep-Space Communications}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-03819-8_37} }- Christos Samaras
Ioannis Komnios
Sotirios Diamantopoulos
Efthymios Koutsogiannis
Vassilis Tsaoussidis
Giorgos Papastergiou
Nestor Peccia
Year: 2012
Extending Internet into Space – ESA DTN Testbed Implementation and Evaluation
ESA
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03819-8_37
Abstract
As the number and complexity of space missions increases, space communications enter a new era, where internetworking gradually replaces or assists traditional telecommunication protocols. The Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) architecture has recently emerged as a communication system for challenged networks, originally designed for the Interplanetary Internet. In the context of our project with ESA called "Extending Internet into Space - ESA DTN Testbed Implementation and Evaluation" we intend to deploy a distributed, flexible and scalable DTN testbed for space communications. The testbed will provide the supportive infrastructure for the design and evaluation of space-suitable DTN protocols, architectures, and routing policies to allow efficient deep-space communications. Throughout the project, we will demonstrate the operational capabilities of the DTN protocols in space; design and evaluate novel transport protocols and architectures for reliable data transfer in space; and investigate routing algorithms that comply with ESA’s policies and resource status.