I think the thing they're calling revolutionary is the idea of those links
being directional lasers.
It makes some sense... if you can basically emit the same signal you'd
shoot down a strand of single mode but aim it through the mostly vacuum of
space in the exact direction of your neighbor
On 23/01/2023 0:42, Michael Thomas wrote:
I read in the Economist that the gen of starlink satellites will have
the ability to route messages between each satellite. Would
conventional routing protocols be up to such a challenge? Or would it
have to be custom made for that problem? And since a
On 1/22/23 21:54, Tom Beecher wrote:
Yes re: Iridium. Contrary to what the Chief Huckster may say, inter-sat
comms are not some revolutionary thing that he invented.
It’s also not likely to function anything like they show in marketing
promos, with data magically zipping around the
Solved years ago …
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielaam/92/8502886/8412572-aam.pdf
-Jorge
> On Jan 23, 2023, at 1:30 AM, Raymond Burkholder wrote:
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>> On 1/22/23 21:54, Tom Beecher wrote:
>> Yes re: Iridium. Contrary to what the Chief Huckster may say, inter-sat
>> comms are not some
Yes re: Iridium. Contrary to what the Chief Huckster may say, inter-sat
comms are not some revolutionary thing that he invented.
It’s also not likely to function anything like they show in marketing
promos, with data magically zipping around the constellation between nodes
in different
I read in the Economist that the gen of starlink satellites will have
the ability to route messages between each satellite. Would conventional
routing protocols be up to such a challenge? Or would it have to be
custom made for that problem? And since a lot of companies and countries
are
On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 2:45 PM Michael Thomas wrote:
> I read in the Economist that the gen of starlink satellites will have
> the ability to route messages between each satellite. Would conventional
> routing protocols be up to such a challenge? Or would it have to be
> custom made for that
On 1/22/23 3:05 PM, Matthew Petach wrote:
On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 2:45 PM Michael Thomas wrote:
I read in the Economist that the gen of starlink satellites will have
the ability to route messages between each satellite. Would
conventional
routing protocols be up to such a
On 1/22/23 16:05, Matthew Petach wrote:
On Sun, Jan 22, 2023 at 2:45 PM Michael Thomas wrote:
I read in the Economist that the gen of starlink satellites will have
the ability to route messages between each satellite. Would
conventional
routing protocols be up to such a
I suspect, although I have no references, that satellite to ground
connectivity is probably more “circuit-based” than per-packet or frame.
Iridium has done inter satellite communication for decades. I wonder if it
wouldn’t be something very similar. Although it would be totally on-brand
for them
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