Heterogeneous Spacecraft Networks

Nakamura, Yosuke [Inventor]Faber, Nicolas T [Inventor]Frost, Chad R [Inventor]Alena, Richard L [Inventor]

关键词: COMPUTER NETWORKS;    GROUND STATIONS;    TELECOMMUNICATION;    SPACECRAFT COMMUNICATION;    HETEROGENEITY;    PATENTS;    INVENTIONS;   

RP-ID  :  US-Patent-9,906,291, US-Patent-Appl-SN-15/056,970

学科分类：航空航天科学

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

The present invention provides a heterogeneous spacecraft network including a network management architecture to facilitate communication between a plurality of operations centers and a plurality of data user communities. The network management architecture includes a plurality of network nodes in communication with the plurality of operations centers. The present invention also provides a method of communication for a heterogeneous spacecraft network. The method includes: transmitting data from a first space segment to a first ground segment; transmitting the data from the first ground segment to a network management architecture; transmitting data from a second space segment to a second ground segment, the second space and ground segments having incompatible communication systems with the first space and ground segments; transmitting the data from the second ground station to the network management architecture; and, transmitting data from the network management architecture to a plurality of data user communities.