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Using ground relays for low-latency wide-area routing in megaconstellations

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HotNets '19: Proceedings of the 18th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks

November 2019

Pages 125 - 132

https://doi.org/10.1145/3365609.3365859

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Large low earth orbit satellite constellations have the potential to provide global high-capacity low-latency Internet access, but early deployments lack dedicated inter-satellite links (ISLs). We investigate the use of ground-based relays as a substitute for ISLs to provide low-latency wide area networking. We examine how to route such huge networks, potentially using user-terminals as relays, and devise an enhanced routing algorithm to cope. We show that even without ISLs, such networks can still beat optical fiber networks for latency.

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