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Enhancing the resilience of low Earth orbit remote sensing satellite networks

Enhancing the resilience of low Earth orbit remote sensing satellite networks
Enhancing the resilience of low Earth orbit remote sensing satellite networks

The Low Earth orbit Remote Sensing (LRS) satellite network is envisioned as an essential component of bolstering space information applications, thus extending conventional ground information applications to the on-board space information applications. However, it inevitably faces grave challenges imposed by the dynamics of the satellite network's topology, by the intermittence of Inter-Satellite communication Links (ISLs) as well as by the mobility-induced satellite-access switching of mobile terminals. Hence, this is a very different networking landscape from that of the terrestrial Internet. Against these challenging problems, we propose a resilient networking architecture for LRS Satellite Networks (LRS-SNs), with special emphasis on their dynamic routing, resilient transmission and their intrinsic mobility. Specifically, path-quality aided and lifetime-aware dynamic routing is proposed for enhancing the routing against dynamic topology changes. Hop-by-hop data transmission is relied upon for providing transmission resilience against ISL intermittence. Furthermore, data caching is invoked for providing resilience against intermittent communications imposed by dynamic satellite access switching. We employ a semi-physical simulation platform for evaluating the achievable performance of the proposed resilient network architecture.

0890-8044
304-311
Yang, Jian
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Li, Dezheng
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Jiang, Xiaofeng
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Chen, Shuangwu
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Hanzo, Lajos
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Yang, Jian
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Jiang, Xiaofeng
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Chen, Shuangwu
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Hanzo, Lajos
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Yang, Jian, Li, Dezheng, Jiang, Xiaofeng, Chen, Shuangwu and Hanzo, Lajos (2020) Enhancing the resilience of low Earth orbit remote sensing satellite networks. IEEE Network, 34 (4), 304-311, [9023457]. (doi:10.1109/MNET.001.1900550).

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The Low Earth orbit Remote Sensing (LRS) satellite network is envisioned as an essential component of bolstering space information applications, thus extending conventional ground information applications to the on-board space information applications. However, it inevitably faces grave challenges imposed by the dynamics of the satellite network's topology, by the intermittence of Inter-Satellite communication Links (ISLs) as well as by the mobility-induced satellite-access switching of mobile terminals. Hence, this is a very different networking landscape from that of the terrestrial Internet. Against these challenging problems, we propose a resilient networking architecture for LRS Satellite Networks (LRS-SNs), with special emphasis on their dynamic routing, resilient transmission and their intrinsic mobility. Specifically, path-quality aided and lifetime-aware dynamic routing is proposed for enhancing the routing against dynamic topology changes. Hop-by-hop data transmission is relied upon for providing transmission resilience against ISL intermittence. Furthermore, data caching is invoked for providing resilience against intermittent communications imposed by dynamic satellite access switching. We employ a semi-physical simulation platform for evaluating the achievable performance of the proposed resilient network architecture.

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Accepted/In Press date: 11 January 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 3 March 2020
Published date: 1 July 2020
Additional Information: Funding Information: J. Yang would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Grant No. ZDRW-KT-2016-02-5. L. Hanzo would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council projects EP/Noo4558/1, EP/PO34284/1, COALESCE, of the Royal Society’s Global Challenges Research Fund Grant as well as of the European Research Council’s Advanced Fellow Grant QuantCom. Publisher Copyright: © 1986-2012 IEEE.

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Local EPrints ID: 437109
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/437109
ISSN: 0890-8044
PURE UUID: bfe130fb-075a-4a72-8956-fb28b8ad6770
ORCID for Lajos Hanzo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-5214

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Author: Jian Yang
Author: Dezheng Li
Author: Xiaofeng Jiang
Author: Shuangwu Chen
Author: Lajos Hanzo ORCID iD

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