Handley, MJ;
              
      
        
        
  
(2018)
  Delay is Not an Option: Low Latency Routing in Space.
    
    
      In: 
      HotNets '18 Proceedings of the 17th ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks.
      
      (pp. pp. 85-91).
    
 ACM: New York, NY, USA.
  
  
      
    
  
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Abstract
SpaceX has filed plans with the US Federal Communications Committee (FCC) to build a constellation of 4,425 low Earth orbit communication satellites. It will use phased array antennas for up and downlinks and laser communication between satellites to provide global low-latency high bandwidth coverage. To understand the latency propertes of such a network, we built a simulator based on public details from the FCC filings. We evaluate how to use the laser links to provide a network, and look at the problem of routing on this network. We provide a preliminary evaluation of how well such a network can provide low-latency communications, and examine its multipath properties. We conclude that a network built in this manner can provide lower latency communications than any possible terrestrial optical fiber network for communications over distances greater than about 3000 km.
| Type: | Proceedings paper | 
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| Title: | Delay is Not an Option: Low Latency Routing in Space | 
| Event: | ACM Hot Topics in Networks, 15 - 16 November 2018, Redmond, WA, USA | 
| Location: | Redmond, WA, USA | 
| Dates: | 15 November 2018 - 16 November 2018 | 
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-4503-6120-0 | 
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery | 
| DOI: | 10.1145/3286062.3286075 | 
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3286062.3286075 | 
| Language: | English | 
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. | 
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science  | 
        
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10062262 | 
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