A Systems Model for Computation, Communication, Command and Control (C4) in a Spacecraft or Satellite Cluster

Author

d´Auriol, B.J. ; Ghosh, Tanushree

Author_Institution

Dept. Comput. Eng., KyungHee Univ., Seoul

fYear

2006

fDate

Dec. 2006

Firstpage

285

Lastpage

290

Abstract

A computation, communication, command and control (C4) model is proposed for the scenario of a space-borne remote sensing application involving a spacecraft or satellite cluster. This paper considers the distributed processing nature of such an application together with the highly dynamic free space optical interconnection network deployed for communications. The C4 model provides for a unified and comprehensive modeling of these four aspects. An overview of the C4 model including its sub models is presented in this paper. A simulation is also briefly described

Keywords

aerospace control; artificial satellites; command and control systems; distributed processing; optical interconnections; satellite communication; space vehicles; C4 model; computation, communication, command and control; free space optical interconnection network; satellite cluster; space-borne remote sensing; spacecraft cluster; Aerospace engineering; Artificial satellites; Command and control systems; Computational modeling; Distributed computing; Distributed processing; Remote sensing; Sensor arrays; Space technology; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies, 2006. PDCAT '06. Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2736-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PDCAT.2006.22

Filename

4032193