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"Internet in Space" for Terrestrial Users via Cyber-Physical Convergence

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HotNets '21: Proceedings of the 20th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3484266.3487375

Published: 04 November 2021 Publication History

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We study a new design objective for "Internet in space" for terrestrial users: To align logical network topology, address, and route in the virtual cyberspace with movements of satellite mega-constellations and earth's rotations in the real physical world. We explain why this is particularly desirable by the recent low-earth-orbit (LEO) mega-constellations, and how it welcomes mobility to streamline the network design for stability, efficiency, and scalability in an unstable space-ground environment. We showcase its feasibility with the common fixed satellite sub-point trajectory in mega-constellations. We describe how it permits stable recursive topology, unifies cyber-physical locations in the address, and naturally embeds the geographical routing into the topological routing.

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