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Application Services in Space Information Networks

Authors:
Anders Fongen

Keywords: LEO satellites; space information networks; AaaS in space.

Abstract:
As Low Earth Orbit satellites (LEO) are evolving from "radio mirrors" to "network entities" it is reasonable to foresee a development of satellite networks which not only forwards network traffic, but engage in middleware operations, discovery services and even collaborate applications. However, efforts already investigating "data centers in space" do so without taking into regard the special properties of orbiting spacecrafts and their relation to the demographic characteristics on the ground below them. In this position paper, an outline of a distributed system hosted in a Space Information Network (SIN) will be presented. Of special interest is the cyclic properties of the link topology and the predictability of the workload offered by its client on the surface below. Beside the general operating principle, a selection of discovery and application services will be used to demonstrate the feasibility of the principles, as well as to identify remaining problems and research topics.

Pages: 113 to 117

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2021

Publication date: October 3, 2021

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2519-8599

ISBN: 978-1-61208-893-8

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from October 3, 2021 to October 7, 2021