1st International ICST ESA Workshop

Research Article

Extending Internet into Space – ESA DTN Testbed Implementation and Evaluation

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  • @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
Christos Samaras1,*, Ioannis Komnios1,*, Sotirios Diamantopoulos1,*, Efthymios Koutsogiannis1,*, Vassilis Tsaoussidis1,*, Giorgos Papastergiou2,*, Nestor Peccia3,*
  • 1: Democritus University of Thrace
  • 2: Hellenic Aerospace Industry S.A.
  • 3: ESA/ESOC
*Contact email: csamaras@ee.duth.gr, ikomnios@ee.duth.gr, sdiaman@ee.duth.gr, ekoutsog@ee.duth.gr, vtsaousi@ee.duth.gr, papastergiou.georgios@haicorp.com, nestor.peccia@esa.int

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.