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SDSN: Software-defined Space Networking — Architecture and Routing Algorithm

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Space networking has captured increasing attentions because of its wide application scenarios. Facing to the technical challenges of space networking including topology alteration, non-realtime condition capture and control, and instable communication and control reliability, this article introduce software-defined networking (SDN) into space networking and proposes software-defined space networking, named SDSN. The architecture and the detailed strategy based routing algorithm are designed. SDSN has three key features: the predeterminate rules, strategy based routing algorithm, and redundant space-ground controlling strategy. These features address the three challenges pointedly. The simulation results confirm the advantages.

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Xie, T. SDSN: Software-defined Space Networking — Architecture and Routing Algorithm. Mobile Netw Appl 24, 1542–1554 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-019-01275-x

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