Space Data Systems

Delay changes everything

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Why an interplanetary network cannot work like the internet.

In this chapter

  • Store-and-forward semantics
  • Contact graphs and routing
  • Custody transfer
  • Journey of a bit — when the network forgets to exist
  • Deep dive — Bundle Protocol & DTN
  • Deep dive — LTP (Licklider Transmission Protocol)
  • Deep dive — BPSec (Bundle Protocol Security)