2019/12/03 by Debopam Bhattacherjee, Ankit Singla · 242 citations
Computer Science · Engineering · #Aerospace engineering #Business #Computer network #Computer science #Constellation #Distributed computing #Distributed systems and fault tolerance #Engineering #Interconnection Networks and Systems #Internet topology #Latency (audio) #Low latency (capital markets) #Network topology #Satellite #Satellite Communication Systems #Satellite constellation #Service (business) #Telecommunications #The Internet #Topology (electrical circuits) #World Wide Web
paper · doi:10.1145/3359989.3365407
openalex publication_date 2019/12/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Upstart space companies are actively developing massive constellations of low-flying satellites to provide global Internet service. We examine the problem of designing the inter-satellite network for low latency and high capacity. We posit that the high density of these new constellations and the high-velocity nature of such systems render traditional approaches for network design ineffective, motivating new methods specialized for this problem setting.