Availability of higher capacity for both uplinks and downlinks is expected in the future deep-
space missions on Mars, thus enabling a large range of services that could eventually …

A multi-layered satellite network (MLSN) appears to be a promising network for providing
global ubiquitous broadband communication. To utilize the abundant network resources of …

Achieving reliable communications in deep space environments poses formidable
networking challenges because of the extreme physical medium peculiarities. In this view …

Delay/disruption tolerant networking (DTN) offers a solution to communications in
“challenged” networks. Some work has been seen in evaluating the performance of DTN …

The performance of delay/disruption tolerant networking (DTN) protocols in cislunar and
deep-space communication systems has previously been studied by simulation. However …

The Licklider Transport Protocol (LTP) is the “convergence layer” of choice in Interplanetary
networks based on Delay-/Disruption-Tolerant architecture. It was designed for long-delay …

Extensive work has been done in the performance evaluation of delay-/disruption-tolerant
networking (DTN) technologies in cislunar and deep-space communications using …

Interplanetary networks are affected by long propagation delays, intermittent connectivity,
possible packet losses due to residual errors, and other impairments. To cope with these …

The networking and communication challenges posed by interplanetary environments make
the design and the deployment of complex telecommunication infrastructures particularly …

Delay-/disruption-tolerant networking is considered one of the most suitable technologies to
handle the delays and disconnection inherent in space internetworking. To date, little work …