Surface-space managed network fabric
AssigneeRaptor Networks Technology, Inc.
InventorThomas Wittenschlaeger
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Abstract
A managed surface-space network fabric is presented. The surface-space network fabric can include a spaced-based network fabric and a surface-based network fabric integrated together to form a single fabric managed by a global fabric manager. The global fabric manager cooperates with other fabric managers local to each fabric to establish a communication topology among all the nodes of the fabric. Preferred topologies include paths from any port on a node to any other port on another node in the fabric. The surface-space fabric, and each individual fabric, can function as a distributed core fabric operating as a single, coherent device.
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A distributed surface-space network fabric, comprising:
- a space network fabric of networked spacecraft nodes interconnected via inter-spacecraft communication links, and including at least one of the spacecraft nodes functioning as a space fabric manager capable of configuring a spacecraft communication topology among the spacecraft nodes;
- a surface network fabric of networking nodes interconnected via surface communication links, including at least one of the surface nodes functioning as a surface fabric manager capable of configuring a surface communication topology among the surface nodes, and where at least some of the surface nodes are communicatively coupled to at least some of the spacecraft nodes via up/down communication links;
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- a global fabric manager configured to establish a global communication topology among the spacecraft and the surface nodes in cooperation with the space and the surface fabric managers.
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