Multi-orbit satellite data center
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsStephen T. Palermo, Valerie J. Parker, Udayan Mukherjee
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Abstract
Various approaches for the deployment and coordination of network operation processing, compute processing, and inter-satellite communication coordination, within one or multiple satellite non-terrestrial networks, are discussed. Among other examples, a data center located at one or more satellites operating in a middle Earth orbit (MEO) plane, geosynchronous orbit (GEO) plane, or high-Earth elliptical orbit (HEO) plane, may be used to provide network and data processing operations for a low-Earth orbit (LEO) constellation.
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A computing system, comprising:
- processing circuitry;
- and
- a memory device including instructions embodied thereon, wherein the instructions, which when executed by the processing circuitry, configure the processing circuitry to perform operations that:
- obtain network routing data and telemetry data associated with network communication paths in a low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, the LEO satellite constellation comprising a plurality of satellite vehicles in orbit that communicate using a plurality of inter-satellite links;
- identify a condition from the telemetry data based on usage of the network communication paths indicated in the network routing data, the network communication paths to provide one or more connections between the LEO satellite constellation and one or more satellite terminals on Earth;
- based on the condition, trigger a handover of the one or more connections from the LEO satellite constellation to a second satellite or satellite network located at a higher orbit than the LEO satellite constellation;
- and
- provide one or more commands to reconfigure the network routing data, to enable the one or more connections between the one or more satellite terminals on Earth and the second satellite or satellite network.
A method for configuring satellite networking operations, performed by processing circuitry of a computing system, the method comprising:
- obtaining network routing data and telemetry data associated with network communication paths in a low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, the LEO satellite constellation comprising a plurality of satellite vehicles in orbit that communicate using a plurality of inter-satellite links;
- identifying a condition from the telemetry data based on usage of the network communication paths indicated in the network routing data, the network communication paths to provide one or more connections between the LEO satellite constellation and one or more satellite terminals on Earth;
- based on the condition, triggering a handover of the one or more connections from the LEO satellite constellation to a second satellite or satellite network located at a higher orbit than the LEO satellite constellation;
- and
- providing one or more commands to reconfigure the network routing data, to enable the one or more connections between the one or more satellite terminals on Earth and the second satellite or satellite network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.