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In order to support precision formation flying missions, distributed spacecraft require inter-spacecraft communications with required performance. We present a hierarchical network architecture that supports both time-criticality for updating relative navigation measurements and flexibility for implementing various phases of mission operations. The architecture incorporates a reactive routing protocol with timely topology status, an enhanced IEEE 802.11 media access control protocol meeting the quality of service requirements, and single carrier-frequency domain equalization technique for reducing energy consumption. Our simulation results show that the proposed network architecture provides a fair tradeoff between time-criticality of services and flexibility of network topology among spacecraft.
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The work was partly funded by the 111 Project (B08038), EU FP7 Project MONICA (PIRSES-GA-2011-295222), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61372070), and the Open Research Fund of National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University (2012D01).
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Liang, K., Zhao, L., Liu, Y. et al. Enhanced IEEE 802.11 MAC Protocol for Precision Formation Flying-Based Distributed Spacecraft. Wireless Pers Commun 79, 375–388 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-014-1862-4
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