Recent trends in IP/NGEO satellite communication systems: transport, routing, and mobility management concerns

QoD Adaptation for Achieving Lifetime Predictability of WSN Nodes Communicating over Satellite Links

“…It has been reported that future mobile SPCS will employ LEO satellites due to their appealing characteristics, such as low propagation delay, lower power consumption (due to low transmission power), and smaller antennas, see e.g. [3]. To provide more bandwidth and smaller antennas, the trend points toward communication frequencies in the range of 3-30 GHz.…”

Multiservice on-demand routing in LEO satellite networks

“…New requirements for flexible network access have emerged within the telecommunications community, spurred by the vision of optimal connectivity anywhere, anytime. In this context, LEO satellite systems can be instrumental in the future network infrastructure, playing a multifaceted role [1]. In particular, they can be summoned to unify far-flung groups of people, provide reliable wireless access to a unified IP-based core network in the failure of terrestrial infrastructure, realize pervasive access to the Internet and support the development of innovative applications with high bandwidth and low end-to-end delay requirements.…”

Distributed Load-Aware Routing in LEO Satellite Networks

“…Despite their characteristics, the success of LEO systems in the past decade was limited as a result of their failure to compete with terrestrial infrastructure. However, over the last years the interest in LEO systems has been renewed on the basis that satellite systems should augment the operation of terrestrial networks rather than compete with them [2], [3]. Envisaged application scenarios include the use of LEO systems to integrate world-wide networking infrastructures, provide backbone connectivity to terrestrial systems, etc.…”