Screw Surf almost finished interplanetary protocol
Screw Surf - one of the creators of TCP / IP and vice president of Google - has been working on a joint project with NASA's space agency to create an interplanetary version of the universal Internet protocol for several years. And now, after several years, this work is finally close to completion .
Communication from space has a lot of features, and Screw Surf together with NASA are trying to accommodate them. The main problems arise from the large ping between the Earth and the remote node. For example, to the Martian orbit, the ping ranges from 3 to 22 minutes, depending on the location of the planets. Such networks are called DTN (delay-tolerant networking). Already by 2010, DTN technology should be fully operational. The corresponding modules will be installed on all spacecraft and robots that will participate in the lunar and Martian programs (both in unmanned and manned missions). If the deployment goes well, then every TCP / IP gateway will be installed on each spacecraft, and astronauts will be able to receive and send mail, update twitter and use other standard Internet technologies without any problems.
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In addition, engineers are now choosing the best way to route in space. It is necessary to correctly set up "transit hubs" for traffic. For example, a variant of six satellite routers in Mars orbit is being considered in order to fully connect all users on the planet nearest to us to the Internet, including autonomous self-propelled devices and the first settlers.
Communication from space has a lot of features, and Screw Surf together with NASA are trying to accommodate them. The main problems arise from the large ping between the Earth and the remote node. For example, to the Martian orbit, the ping ranges from 3 to 22 minutes, depending on the location of the planets. Such networks are called DTN (delay-tolerant networking). Already by 2010, DTN technology should be fully operational. The corresponding modules will be installed on all spacecraft and robots that will participate in the lunar and Martian programs (both in unmanned and manned missions). If the deployment goes well, then every TCP / IP gateway will be installed on each spacecraft, and astronauts will be able to receive and send mail, update twitter and use other standard Internet technologies without any problems.
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In addition, engineers are now choosing the best way to route in space. It is necessary to correctly set up "transit hubs" for traffic. For example, a variant of six satellite routers in Mars orbit is being considered in order to fully connect all users on the planet nearest to us to the Internet, including autonomous self-propelled devices and the first settlers.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/30088/
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