A space-based end-to-end prototype geographic information network for lunar and planetary exploration and emergency response (2002 and 2003 field experiments)

Beck, Richard; Vincent, Robert K.; Watts, Doyle W.; Seibert, Marc A.; Pleva, David P.; Cauley, Michael A.; Ramos, Calvin T.; Scott, Theresa M.; Harter, Dean W.; Vickerman, Mary B.; Irmies, David; Tucholski, Al; Frantz, Brian D.; Lindamood, Glenn R.; Lopez, Isaac; Follen, Greg; Kollar, Thaddeus J.; Horowitz, Jay G.; Griffin, Robert; Gilstrap, Ray; Johnson, Marjory J.; Freeman, Kenneth; Banaag, Celeste; Kosmo, Joseph J.; Ross, Amy; Groneman, Kevin; Graham, John L.; Shillcutt, Kim; Hirsh, Robert L.; Howard, Nathan; Eppler, D. B.

doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2004.08.010

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“…UC, in cooperation with NASA's Satellite Architectures and Network group, has been experimenting with Ka-band geosynchronous high-bandwidth two-way Internet satellite communications to simultaneously serve multiple Native American educational institutions in Minnesota and Wisconsin as part of its Native American Remote Sensing Distance Education Prototype (NARSDEP, Bailey et al, 2001). We have also recently completed an end-to-end prototype geographic information network for emergency response (Beck, 2004) based on our lunar and planetary exploration systems (Beck et al, , 2005Alena et al, 2004). Together we seek to increase the extent of Arctic telecommunications as one result of this research.…”

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Nutarniq: Uniting the Arctic Community with a Wireless Arctic Network for Circumpolar Communications

Beck¹,

Eisner²,

Hinkel³

et al. 2005

Polar Geography

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This paper provides a summary of the current state of telecommunications for eight Arctic nations and a common vision for a Wireless Arctic Network to unite the Arctic Circumpolar Community. It presents detailed requirements based on the North Slope of Alaska model, an overview of Arctic user communities, a summary of the current demand for Internet access in the Arctic, and general systems specifications for an improved Circumpolar communications system. We discuss several possible technical solutions based on input from NASA and several commercial telecommunications providers. We also propose a circumpolar telecommunications test bed to identify technologies that can make high latitude broadband communications accessible and commercially sustainable at a cost that is ultimately less than existing technology. We conclude with a possible technical and economic solution to the currently limited state of telecommunications in the Arctic.

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Section: Preliminary Needs Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 98%

Nutarniq: Uniting the Arctic Community with a Wireless Arctic Network for Circumpolar Communications

Beck¹,

Eisner²,

Hinkel³

et al. 2005

Polar Geography

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“…Ref. [24] shows experiments conducted between 2002 and 2003 to investigate the effectiveness of geographic information networks for planetary exploration.…”

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Performance analysis of CCSDS File Delivery Protocol and erasure coding techniques in deep space environments

2007

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“…GPSDTN will not only facilitate much needed Arctic research but is also designed to be an ideal test-bed for DTN development. Technologies developed for GPSDTN will have global as well as interplanetary applications [8,9,20,25]. For example, an Iridium TM -routing channel could be replaced by a GSM routing-channel for GPSDTNs that are implemented near GSM networks.…”

Section: Adapting Dtn Tcp/ip-compatible Protocols To Arctic Enviromentioning

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“…Meetings with representatives from six arctic nations have resulted in a set of requirements for a wireless arctic network to unite the circumpolar community [4]. GPSDTN's initial focus will be monitoring climate change with a combination of traditional knowledge and low-cost sensor networks [5,7] as a testbed for circumpolar and interplanetary networks [7,9]. GPSDTN will begin with two nations, Sweden and the United States during the technology development phase.…”

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GPSDTN: Predictive Velocity-Enabled Delay-Tolerant Networks for Arctic Research and Sustainability

Beck

Hinkel

Eisner

et al. 2007

Second International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection (ICIMP 2007)

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A Delay-Tolerant Network (DTN) is a necessity for communication nodes that may need to wait for long periods to form networks. The IETF Delay Tolerant NetworkResearch Group is developing protocols to enable such networks for a broad variety of Earth and interplanetary applications. The Arctic would benefit from a predictive velocity-enabled version of DTN that would facilitate communications between sparse, ephemeral, often mobile and extremely power-limited nodes. We propose to augment DTN with power-aware, buffer-aware location-and time-based predictive routing for ad-hoc meshes to create networks that are inherently location and time (velocity) aware at the network level to support climate research, emergency services and rural education in the Arctic. On Earth, the primary source of location and universal time information for networks is the Global Positioning System (GPS). We refer to this Arctic velocity-enabled Delay-Tolerant Network protocol as "GPSDTN" accordingly. This paper describes our requirements analysis and general implementation strategy for GPSDTN to support Arctic research and sustainability efforts.

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A space-based end-to-end prototype geographic information network for lunar and planetary exploration and emergency response (2002 and 2003 field experiments)

Cited by 10 publications

References 3 publications

Nutarniq: Uniting the Arctic Community with a Wireless Arctic Network for Circumpolar Communications

Nutarniq: Uniting the Arctic Community with a Wireless Arctic Network for Circumpolar Communications

Performance analysis of CCSDS File Delivery Protocol and erasure coding techniques in deep space environments

GPSDTN: Predictive Velocity-Enabled Delay-Tolerant Networks for Arctic Research and Sustainability

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