IP routing issues in satellite constellation networks

摘要

The growth in use of Internet-based applications in recent yearshas led to telecommunication networks transporting an increasinglylarge amount of Internet Protocol(IP)-based traffic. Proposedbroadband satellite constellation networks, currently underdevelopment, will be required to transport IP traffic. A case can bemade for implemtning IP routing directly within the constellationnetwork, in order to transport IP traffic well and to provide goodsupport for IP multicast and for emerging IP-based quality ofservice(QoS) guarantees.