Wireless Sensor Network for Satellite Applications: A Survey and Case Study

Xie, Shuyan; Lee, Guo Xiong; Low, Kay Soon; Gunawan, E.

doi:10.1142/s2301385014400056

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“…An advances technologies of small satellite enabling the space sensor network applications where the satellite sensor network consists of multiple satellites that deployed by a signal launch vehicle and enable remote observation of real-time multi-point phenomena. For example, NASA's Earth science constellation is coordinating a number of different satellites into a train-like arrangement to provide near simultaneous observations of the same area of the earth as a first step of satellite sensor network (Sun et al, 2010;Xie et al, 2014). The wireless communication between two nodes in the network will rely on inter-satellite link or intra-satellite link, whose establishment and stability are affected by the satellite orbit and attitude, antenna configuration, link range, mobility or the layout of spacecraft.…”

Section: Space-based Wsns Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and interference poses a problem for WSNs, an insensitive technology such as optical communication could be used to overcome this problem such as infrared (IR) based communication system (Beestermoller et al, 2015). The electronics must be designed to be tolerant if not hardened against higher levels of ionising radiation for space applications (Vladimirova et al, 2007(Vladimirova et al, , 2010Xie et al, 2014). Waste heat from electronics is difficult to dispose of in space when operating in vacuum conditions which eliminate all convection, leaving only conductive or thermal radiation methods for heat removal.…”

Section: Challenges Of Sensor Network In Space Applicationsmentioning

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Wireless sensor networks for extreme environments: remote sensing and space industry

Telbany¹,

Maged²

2019

IJHI

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The adoption of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for environmental monitoring is currently considered one of the most challenging applications for this emerging technology. These set of sensors that collaboratively perform embedded sensing and communication tasks owned features such as low cost, flexibility, fault tolerance, high sensing fidelity, creating many new and exciting applications for remote sensing and space industry where many essential phenomena have hardly been investigated. In this paper, a state-of-art survey clearly shows the WSNs have been successfully implemented and tested in remote sensing applications. Morevever, the developments and challenges in design WSNs for space-based application are discussed in order boost the use of WSNs in remote sensing and space industry in Egypt.

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Section: Space-based Wsns Applicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Challenges Of Sensor Network In Space Applicationsmentioning

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Wireless sensor networks for extreme environments: remote sensing and space industry

Telbany¹,

Maged²

2019

IJHI

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“…The main focus is on the physical connectivity among CubeSats, such as frequency allocation. Similarly, in Reference [10], the suitability and the challenges of intra-satellite and inter-satellite links in wireless sensor space networks are discussed. Additionally, different types of planer antennas for CubeSats communication applications are studied in [11][12][13].…”

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DTN and Non-DTN Routing Protocols for Inter-CubeSat Communications: A comprehensive survey

2020

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CubeSats, which are limited by size and mass, have limited functionality. These miniaturised satellites suffer from a low power budget, short radio range, low transmission speeds, and limited data storage capacity. Regardless of these limitations, CubeSats have been deployed to carry out many research missions, such as gravity mapping and the tracking of forest fires. One method of increasing their functionality and reducing their limitations is to form CubeSat networks, or swarms, where many CubeSats work together to carry out a mission. Nevertheless, the network might have intermittent connectivity and, accordingly, data communication becomes challenging in such a disjointed network where there is no contemporaneous path between source and destination due to satellites’ mobility pattern and given the limitations of range. In this survey, various inter-satellite routing protocols that are Delay Tolerant (DTN) and Non Delay Tolerant (Non-DTN) are considered. DTN routing protocols are considered for the scenarios where the network is disjointed with no contemporaneous path between a source and a destination. We qualitatively compare all of the above routing protocols to highlight the positive and negative points under different network constraints. We conclude that the performance of routing protocols used in aerospace communications is highly dependent on the evolving topology of the network over time. Additionally, the Non-DTN routing protocols will work efficiently if the network is dense enough to establish reliable links between CubeSats. Emphasis is also given to network capacity in terms of how buffer, energy, bandwidth, and contact duration influence the performance of DTN routing protocols, where, for example, flooding-based DTN protocols can provide superior performance in terms of maximizing delivery ratio and minimizing a delivery delay. However, such protocols are not suitable for CubeSat networks, as they harvest the limited resources of these tiny satellites and they are contrasted with forwarding-based DTN routing protocols, which are resource-friendly and produce minimum overheads on the cost of degraded delivery probability. From the literature, we found that quota-based DTN routing protocols can provide the necessary balance between delivery delay and overhead costs in many CubeSat missions.

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“…The IEEE 802.15.4 has become the de facto standard for wireless sensor networks [14] in a broad spectrum of applications such as home automation [24] and vehicle/satellite communications [25]. Slotted CSMA protocols have been implemented in the contention access portion of the IEEE 802.15.4 medium access control (MAC) layer.…”

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Distributed traffic estimation and throughput optimization in random access networks

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I am also thankful to a number of people I have met during my graduate studies. Dr. Lee Guo Xiong and Dr. Soon Jing Jun Charlie, my seniors, have shared their experience and provided valuable advice on the route to getting a Ph.D. degree. Mr. Marc Caesar Talampas, Mr. Ian Kamajaya and Mr. Xing Yitong have shared their expertise on the usage and implementation of wireless hardware modules. I am also grateful to Mr. Han Bo, Mr. Kashyap Narenathreyas and Mr. Shen Qiang for those interesting discussions. I also appreciate the final year student, Miss Seow Hui Chin for helping me set up and test the hardware modules. Many friends have helped me stay sane through these years. Mr. Huang Lihan, a special friend of mine for more than 19 years, has been sharing with me his compelling projects and ideas, which unexpectedly help me reduce stress. I am also very grateful to my best friends, Mr. Chen Tao, Mr. Zhuang Yuezhi and Mr. Zheng Han, for iii exchanging interesting ideas on a daily basis. Dr. Hu Yusong, my schoolmate in both undergraduate and graduate studies, has shared with me the joys and frustrations during the whole journey. I am indebted to Mr.

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Wireless Sensor Network for Satellite Applications: A Survey and Case Study

Cited by 23 publications

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Wireless sensor networks for extreme environments: remote sensing and space industry

Wireless sensor networks for extreme environments: remote sensing and space industry

DTN and Non-DTN Routing Protocols for Inter-CubeSat Communications: A comprehensive survey

Distributed traffic estimation and throughput optimization in random access networks

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