Using Internet nodes and routers onboard satellites

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-216

  Wood, L ^a,i   Ivancic, W ^b   Hodgson, D ^c   Miller, E ^d   Conner, B ^e   Lynch, S ^f   Jackson, C ^c   Da Silva Curiel, A ^c   Cooke, D ^c   Shell, D ^g   Walke, J ^d   Stewart, D ^b,h  

^a CISCO SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS   (United States)

^e Air Force Space Battlelab   (United States)

^f Universal Space Network Inc   (United States)

^g Cisco Systems Government Services Unit   (United States)

^h Verison Federal Network Systems   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frame relay; HDLC; Internet; IP; Router; Satellite; UDP; UK DMC

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; ROUTERS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

FRAME RELAYS; HDLC; UDP; UK-DMC;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33847703257     PISSN: 15420973     EISSN: 15420981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sat.870     Document Type: Article

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