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Summary: Survivability and Scalability of Space Networks
Md. Shohrab Hossain, Mohammed Atiquzzaman
Telecommunication and Network Research Lab
University of Oklahoma, OK 73019
Email: {shohrab, atiq}@ou.edu
William Ivancic
NASA Glenn Research Center
Cleveland, OH 44135
Email: wivancic@grc.nasa.gov
Abstract--Network survivability, which reflects the ability of
a network to continue to function during and after natural
or man-made disturbances, is a crucial aspect for any kind
communication. It goes beyond security and fault tolerance
to focus on delivery of essential services and rapid recovery
of full services when situation improves. Wireless and space
networks have the challenge of survivability, since users and
network entities are mobile and the communication channels are
accessible to anyone. Network scalability reflects the ability of a
network to support increased amount of load. Future Low Earth
Orbiting spacecrafts will contain several IP-enabled devices,
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