IP Protocol Stack for Deep Space

Description

This initiative is about using the Internet Protocol (IP) suite for deep space, as described in this IETF draft, based on a reassessment discussed in this IETF draft. It is an alternative to the use of the Bundle Protocol to create a network in deep space.

Discussion

Discussions are happening on the deepspace IETF mailing list.

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Proposal for IETF Working Group

• BOF proposal
• Charter proposal

Meetings

• 2024-11 IETF-121 Dublin BOF
• 2024-11 IETF-121 Dublin Side Meeting
• 2024-07 IETF-120 Vancouver Side Meeting
• 2024-03 IETF-119 Brisbane Side Meeting
• 2023-11 IETF-118 Prague Side Meeting

Documents

• The IP Protocol Stack in Deep Space: Architecture
• Revisiting the Use of the IP Protocol Stack in Deep Space: Assessment and Possible Solutions
• QUIC Profile for Deep Space
• QUIC in Space
• SPACE - Scalable Pubsub, Asymmetric and CachEd transport for Deep Space communications
• Domain Name System in Mostly Isolated Networks
• CoAP in Space

Additional Documentation and Presentations

• Between 0x2 Nerds video presentation of Deep Space IP

Testbed

• Description and Results

Related Work

• The Future Lunar Communications Architecture, Report of the Interagency Operations Advisory Group
• The Future Mars Communications Architecture, Report of the Interagency Operations Advisory Group
• LunaNet Interoperability Specification
• International Communication System Interoperability Standards (ICSIS)
• Convergence of Congestion Control from Retained State
• BDP_Frame Extension
• Time-Variant Routing IETF working group
• Transport Services IETF working group

Contact

• Marc Blanchet