TY - GEN
T1 - Interplanetary communication technologies, architectures and applications
AU - Wu, Haitao
AU - Li, Yunhe
AU - Cao, Bin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2016/4/6
Y1 - 2016/4/6
N2 - Space communications are challenged by long delays, high error probability, frequent intermittent connectivity and link disruption. The challenges promote the progressive improvements of space communications technologies and networking architectures. Nowadays, the physical layer technologies are unable to meet the needs of more complex scientific activities. The communication means is transforming into hop-to-hop to guarantee the reliability and efficiency of a communications process over an interplanetary network. A universal infrastructure for interplanetary networking and novel communication technologies are needed urgently for scientific research and possible commercial applications in the near future. This paper discusses the state-of-the-art of interplanetary communication technologies and network architecture. A networked interplanetary architecture under Earth-Mars scenario is envisioned. A brief overview of Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Network (DTN) architecture are presented. Several representative applications and experiments in space DTN are discussed in details relative to terrestrial DTN applications. Finally, some open issues, such as network modeling, routing, congestion control, security and free space optical communication, are presented for further research.
AB - Space communications are challenged by long delays, high error probability, frequent intermittent connectivity and link disruption. The challenges promote the progressive improvements of space communications technologies and networking architectures. Nowadays, the physical layer technologies are unable to meet the needs of more complex scientific activities. The communication means is transforming into hop-to-hop to guarantee the reliability and efficiency of a communications process over an interplanetary network. A universal infrastructure for interplanetary networking and novel communication technologies are needed urgently for scientific research and possible commercial applications in the near future. This paper discusses the state-of-the-art of interplanetary communication technologies and network architecture. A networked interplanetary architecture under Earth-Mars scenario is envisioned. A brief overview of Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Network (DTN) architecture are presented. Several representative applications and experiments in space DTN are discussed in details relative to terrestrial DTN applications. Finally, some open issues, such as network modeling, routing, congestion control, security and free space optical communication, are presented for further research.
KW - Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Network
KW - interplanetary communication
KW - networking architecture
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84967194576
U2 - 10.1109/ICCChina.2015.7448645
DO - 10.1109/ICCChina.2015.7448645
M3 - 会议稿件
AN - SCOPUS:84967194576
T3 - 2015 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, ICCC 2015
BT - 2015 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, ICCC 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China, ICCC 2015
Y2 - 2 November 2015 through 5 November 2015
ER -