InterPlaNetary Internet: State-of-the-art and research challenges

Computer Networks

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-112

  Akyildiz, Ian F ^a   Akan, Özgür B ^a   Chen, Chao ^a   Fang, Jian ^a   Su, Weilian ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Data link layer; Deep space networks; Deep space time synchronization; InterPlaNetary Internet; Network layer; Physical layer technologies; Space missions; Transport layer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPACE RESEARCH; SYNCHRONIZATION;

SPACE MISSIONS;

INTERNET;

EID: 0042890362     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1286(03)00345-1     Document Type: Article

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