Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

College of Engineering

Networking Architecture and Protocols for Space Networks and Solar System Internetwork

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Short Description

This project focuses on a study and development of a disruption-/delay-tolerant networking (DTN) architecture and protocols to provide Internet-type of data delivery services in a challenging communications environment such as in space and solar system.

Project PI

Dr. Ruhai Wang, Professor, Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical Engineering

Full Description

It has been a few decades that the space agency works on space Internet and interplanetary Internet to automate reliable and efficient space communications using networking technologies. The space communications, especially deep-space communications among planets in solar system, are characterized by an extremely long propagation delay, random and lengthy link disruptions, and lossy data links. The idea of DTN is potentially an effective approach to handle the inevitable long delays, link disconnections and frequent data losses inherent in space and solar system internetwork (SSI). The research team of this project, under close collaborations with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, works on development and analysis of the DTN architecture and protocols for reliable data delivery in space Internet and SSI. In additional to the development of a theoretical framework, a series of extensive experiments are conducted using a PC-based testbed infrastructure to validate the framework and to evaluate the performance.

 

Publications

  • A. Sabbagh, R. Wang, K. Zhao, and D. Bian, “Bundle Protocol over Highly Asymmetric Deep-Space Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 16, No. 4, April 2017, pp. 2478-2489.·           
  • A. Sabbagh, R. Wang, S. Burleigh, and K. Zhao, “Analytical Framework for Effect of Link Disruption on Bundle Protocol in Deep-Space Communications,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications special issue on Advances in Satellite Communications, vol. 36, No. 5, May 2018, pp. 1086-1096.·           
  • G. Yang, R. Wang, A. Sabbagh, K. Zhao, and X. Zhang, “Modeling Optimal Retransmission Timeout Interval for Bundle Protocol,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 54, No. 5, October 2018, pp. 2493-2508. ·           
  • G. Yang, R. Wang, S. Burleigh, and K. Zhao, “Analysis of Licklider Transmission Protocol (LTP) for Reliable File Delivery in Space Vehicle Communications with Random Link Interruptions,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, No. 4, April 2019, pp. 3919-3932.