Delivery Time Estimation for Space Bundles

Author

Bezirgiannidis, N. ; Burleigh, S. ; Tsaoussidis, V.

Author_Institution

Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

Volume

49

Issue

3

fYear

2013

fDate

Jul-13

Firstpage

1897

Lastpage

1910

Abstract

We present a method for predicting delivery time of bundles in space internetworks. The bundle delivery time estimation (BDTE) tool exploits contact graph routing (CGR), predicts bundle route, and calculates plausible arrival times along with the corresponding probabilities. Latency forecasts are performed in an administrative node with access to an instrumentation database (DB) appropriate for statistical processing. Through both analysis and experimentation, we demonstrate that estimates of bundle earliest plausible delivery time and destination arrival probabilities can be provided.

Keywords

delay tolerant networks; internetworking; network theory (graphs); probability; satellite communication; statistical analysis; telecommunication network routing; time-of-arrival estimation; BDTE; CGR; contact graph routing; destination arrival probability estimation; instrumentation database; latency forecasting; plausible arrival time; space bundle delivery time estimation; space internetwork; statistical processing; Bit error rate; Delays; Estimation; Interplanetary; Probability; Protocols; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9251

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAES.2013.6558026

Filename

6558026