Title :
Using commercial satellites to provide communication support for space missions
Author :
Hadjitheodosiou, M.H. ; Nguyen, A.T.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Syst. Res., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
NASA is interested in using commercial satellites to provide broadband communications support for future space missions. we describe a large-scale simulation model that we plan to use for detailed performance studies of critical parameters. We focus on the unique challenges we face and how we plan to use simulations to investigate: the feasibility of using proposed commercial constellations to carry various classes of traffic between ground terminals and near-Earth spacecraft; and the performance optimization of such systems
Keywords :
broadband networks; digital simulation; optimisation; satellite communication; space communication links; telecommunication traffic; International Space Station; NASA; broadband Internet services; broadband communications support; commercial satellite constellation; ground terminals; large-scale simulation model; near-Earth spacecraft; performance; performance optimization; simulations; space exploration; space missions; traffic classes; Artificial satellites; Broadband communication; Communication networks; Costs; NASA; Space missions; Space vehicles; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2000. GLOBECOM '00. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6451-1
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2000.891314
