Space Internetworking

3 Credits.

This course addresses the requirements, architectures, and protocols used to build and operate space-terrestrial internetworks. These internetworks federate both space-to-space and space-to-ground links into secure, resilient, end-to-end telecommunications. The course covers terrestrial networking technologies, special constraints of space-based systems, and emerging space networking protocols. Topics will include resilient data transport, naming and addressing, network security, time-variant routing, and autonomous network management. Unique requirements and applications to cislunar and deep-space networks will be addressed. Students will implement networking concepts in the C programming language.