Techniques for leveraging ground station processing for traffic routing in leo satellite networks

A ground station computing device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the ground station computing device to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, at a ground station computing device, a request to generate routing information for a satellite node over a period of time;
• determining, by the ground station computing device, a number of communication connections associated with at least one destination node, each communication connection of the number of communication connections associated with a portion of the period of time;
• selecting, by the ground station computing device, one or more communication connection of the number of communication connections to cover the period of time;
• populating, by the ground station computing device, the routing information with an indication of the selected at least one communication connection;
• and
• providing the routing information to the satellite node.

A system comprising:

• a network comprising a number of satellite nodes;
• and
• at least one ground station computing device, a first ground station computing device of the at least one ground station computing device configured to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a request to generate routing information for a satellite node of the number of satellite nodes over a period of time;
• determining a number of communication connections associated with at least one destination node, each communication connection of the number of communication connections associated with a portion of the period of time:
• selecting one or more communication connection of the number of communication connections to cover the period of time;
• populating the routing information with an indication of the selected at least one communication connection;
• and
• providing the routing information to the satellite node.