Internet of Satellites (IoSat): Analysis of Network Models and Routing Protocol Requirements

Joan A. Ruiz de Azua, Anna Calveras, Adriano Camps
2018 IEEE Access  
The space segment has been evolved from monolithic to distributed satellite systems. One of these distributed systems is called the Federated Satellite System (FSS) which aims at establishing a win-win collaboration between satellites to improve their mission performance by using the unused onboard resources. The FSS concept requires sporadic and direct communications between satellites, using Inter Satellite Links. However, this point-to-point communication is temporal and thus it can break
more » ... stent federations. Therefore, the conception of a multi-hop scenario needs to be addressed. This is the goal of the Internet of Satellites (IoSat) paradigm which, as opposed to a common backbone, proposes the creation of a network using a peer-to-peer architecture. In particular, the same satellites take part of the network by establishing intermediate collaborations to deploy a FSS. This paradigm supposes a major challenge in terms of network definition and routing protocol. Therefore, the present work not only details the IoSat paradigm, but it also analyses the different satellite network models. Furthermore, it evaluates the routing protocol candidates that could be used to implement the IoSat paradigm.
doi:10.1109/access.2018.2823983 fatcat:hvjvje4qxjhmhc3ct6l3ns4sfu