A networking perspective on starlink's self-driving leo mega-constellation

Y Li, H Li, W Liu, L Liu, W Zhao, Y Chen, J Wu… - Proceedings of the 29th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite mega-constellations, such as SpaceX Starlink, are under
rocket-fast deployments and promise broadband Internet to remote areas that terrestrial …

Network characteristics of leo satellite constellations: A starlink-based measurement from end users

S Ma, YC Chou, H Zhao, L Chen… - IEEE INFOCOM 2023 …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low Earth orbit Satellite Networks (LSNs) have been advocated as a key infrastructure for
truly global coverage in the forthcoming 6G. This paper presents our initial measurement …

LEO satellite vs. cellular networks: Exploring the potential for synergistic integration

B Hu, X Zhang, Q Zhang, N Varyani, ZM Mao… - Companion of the 19th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite networks, such as Starlink, are transforming global network
connectivity by bringing Internet access to remote and underserved areas. However, the …

Measuring a low-earth-orbit satellite network

J Pan, J Zhao, L Cai - … on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Starlink and alike have attracted a lot of attention recently, however, the inner working of
these low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite networks is still largely unknown. This paper presents …

Democratizing {Direct-to-Cell} Low Earth Orbit Satellite Networks

L Liu, Y Li, H Li, J Yang, W Liu, J Lan, Y Wang… - … USENIX Symposium on …, 2024 - usenix.org
Multi-tenant Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites emerge as a cost-effective win-win solution for
direct 4G/5G access to our regular phones/IoTs anywhere on Earth. However, the current …

Edge (of the earth) replication: Optimizing content delivery in large leo satellite communication networks

T Pfandzelter, D Bermbach - 2021 IEEE/ACM 21st International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Large low earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks such as SpaceX's Starlink constellation
promise to deliver low-latency, high-bandwidth Internet access with global coverage. As an …

Spectrumize: Spectrum-efficient Satellite Networks for the Internet of Things

V Singh, T Chakraborty, S Jog, O Chabra… - … USENIX Symposium on …, 2024 - usenix.org
Low Earth Orbit satellite constellations are gaining traction for providing connectivity to low-
power outdoor Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This is made possible by the development of …

Towards sustainable multi-tier space networking for LEO satellite constellations

YC Chou, X Ma, F Wang, S Ma… - 2022 IEEE/ACM 30th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For the recent two years, companies such as Starlink, Kuiper, and Telesat are launching low
earth orbit (LEO) satellites to form LEO satellite mega-constellations. Unfortunately, the LEO …

Starperf: Characterizing network performance for emerging mega-constellations

Z Lai, H Li, J Li - 2020 IEEE 28th International Conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
" Newspace" mega-constellations, such as Starlink and OneWeb are gaining tremendous
popularity, with the promising potential to provide high-capacity and low-latency …

A case for stateless mobile core network functions in space

Y Li, H Li, W Liu, L Liu, Y Chen, J Wu, Q Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Is it worth and feasible to push mobile core network functions to low-earth-orbit (LEO)
satellite mega-constellations? While this paradigm is being tested in space and promises …