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Internet Routing in Space

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92:. The ability to avoid the double-hop to the Earth station can reduce latency, which is approximately 250 ms for GEO satellites. Latency reduction is a key driver for increased use of real-time applications, including video teleconferencing, over satellites. 107:
can increase throughput, reduce latency, and enable flexible bandwidth-on-demand real-time applications between users in different geographic regions that do not have easy access to fiber networks.
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used the JCTD to evaluate the reduced latency, improved throughput and increased flexibility provided by the Space Router.
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can also reduce satellite transponder costs. Routing IP traffic natively on the satellite with the router's built-in
166:, E. Cuevas, H. Esiely-Barrera, H. Warren Kim and Z. Tang, Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest, vol. 30 no. 2, 2011. 88:, and other IP applications to directly communicate without having to double-hop data to and from an intermediate 246: 104: 70: 220: 54: 28: 34: 184: 157:
Assessment of the Internet Protocol Routing in Space - Joint Capability Technical Demonstration
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by way of a JCTD (Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration). The Space Router runs
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for satellite and related spacecraft. It was a follow-on from Cisco's earlier
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computer network traffic on board the satellite, which enabled users of Web,
100: 66: 69:(Internetworking Operating System) software and also contains an onboard 58: 16: 49:. The Cisco Space Router was launched to geostationary orbit on board 46: 15: 85: 132:"Cisco's Space Router Successfully Operates in Orbit" 212:, Michael Armstrong-Smith, Space Newsfeed, May 2011. 177:"Hosted Payload Discussion Moving into Mainstream" 80:The Space Router provided the ability to route 61:, in November 2009. IRIS was evaluated by the 8: 123: 95:The avoidance of the double-hop to the 73:running satellite modem waveforms. The 216:IRIS information, papers and documents 7: 210:Will IRIS change the space business 75:United States Department of Defense 63:United States Department of Defense 14: 227:Intelsat General material on IRIS 232:SS Loral material on Intelsat-14 138:. Cisco Systems. 18 January 2010 27:(IRIS) was a program to build a 53:(IS-14), a spacecraft built by 221:Cisco Systems material on IRIS 1: 183:. 1 June 2011. Archived from 273: 252:Satellite Internet access 25:Internet Routing in Space 110:IRIS is an example of a 57:for satellite operator 105:software-defined radio 71:Software-defined radio 21: 257:Spacecraft components 103:Software and onboard 19: 187:on 30 September 2011 43:CLEO router in space 55:Space Systems/Loral 223:(no longer online) 162:2015-12-20 at the 29:radiation-tolerant 22: 82:Internet Protocol 20:IRIS Space Router 264: 197: 196: 194: 192: 173: 167: 154: 148: 147: 145: 143: 128: 47:UK-DMC satellite 272: 271: 267: 266: 265: 263: 262: 261: 237: 236: 206: 201: 200: 190: 188: 175: 174: 170: 164:Wayback Machine 155: 151: 141: 139: 130: 129: 125: 120: 12: 11: 5: 270: 268: 260: 259: 254: 249: 239: 238: 235: 234: 229: 224: 218: 213: 205: 204:External links 202: 199: 198: 168: 149: 122: 121: 119: 116: 112:hosted payload 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 269: 258: 255: 253: 250: 248: 247:Cisco Systems 245: 244: 242: 233: 230: 228: 225: 222: 219: 217: 214: 211: 208: 207: 203: 186: 182: 181:Via Satellite 178: 172: 169: 165: 161: 158: 153: 150: 137: 136:Press release 133: 127: 124: 117: 115: 113: 108: 106: 102: 98: 97:Earth station 93: 91: 90:Earth station 87: 83: 78: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 44: 40: 39:Cisco Systems 36: 33: 30: 26: 18: 189:. Retrieved 185:the original 180: 171: 152: 140:. Retrieved 135: 126: 109: 94: 79: 24: 23: 51:Intelsat 14 37:created by 241:Categories 118:References 191:22 August 142:22 August 101:Cisco IOS 67:Cisco IOS 160:Archived 59:Intelsat 45:on the 35:router 193:2013 144:2013 86:VoIP 243:: 179:. 134:. 32:IP 195:. 146:.

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radiation-tolerant
IP
router
Cisco Systems
CLEO router in space
UK-DMC satellite
Intelsat 14
Space Systems/Loral
Intelsat
United States Department of Defense
Cisco IOS
Software-defined radio
United States Department of Defense
Internet Protocol
VoIP
Earth station
Earth station
Cisco IOS
software-defined radio
hosted payload
"Cisco's Space Router Successfully Operates in Orbit"
Assessment of the Internet Protocol Routing in Space - Joint Capability Technical Demonstration
Archived
Wayback Machine
"Hosted Payload Discussion Moving into Mainstream"
the original
Will IRIS change the space business
IRIS information, papers and documents
Cisco Systems material on IRIS

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