Reduced forwarding rules for aerospace net work nodes

A network controller for a network, the network including at least one node that is moving relative to another node, the network controller comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• receive location information from each of a plurality of nodes in the network;
• convert the received location information for each node into a corresponding network address, the corresponding network address being based on a hierarchical cell-based partitioning scheme;
• identify a target region for a given node in the network based on a plurality of routing paths, the target region encompassing two or more nodes in the network and that are next hops for the given node that have a common segment in the corresponding network addresses, wherein the two or more nodes in the target region include a moving node;
• send one or more forwarding rules to the one or more nodes in the network, the one or more forwarding rules including the common segment to identify the next hops for the given node;
• receive new location information for the moving node;
• determine a new network address for the moving node based on the new location information;
• and
• when the new network address does not have the common segment, send the new network address to the moving node.

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving location information from each of a plurality of nodes in a network, the plurality of nodes including at least one node that is moving relative to another node of the network;
• converting the received location information for each node into a corresponding network address, the corresponding network address being based on a hierarchical cell-based partitioning scheme;
• identifying a target region for a given node in the network based on a plurality of routing paths, the target region encompassing two or more nodes in the network that are next hops for the given node and that have a common segment in the corresponding network addresses, wherein the two or more nodes in the target region include a moving node;
• and
• sending one or more forwarding rules to one or more nodes in the network, the one or more forwarding rules including the common segment to identify the next hop for the given node;
• receiving new location information for the moving node;
• determining a new network address for the moving node based on the new location information;
• and
• when the new network address does not have the common segment, sending the new network address to the moving node.