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minus-squaremesamune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoI’m wondering if we will need to tweak our Internet protocols to include interplanetary time? I would imagine mirroring would be much more important. Because light can only go so fast.
minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoYes, the high latency and intermittent connectivity is a big challenge. Delay tolerant networking (DTN) is one good way of solving this problem.
minus-squareRestaldt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·11 months agoI’m sure several OSI layers have already been modified by NASA to suit their needs. But, the protocols will pretty much remain standard.
I’m wondering if we will need to tweak our Internet protocols to include interplanetary time? I would imagine mirroring would be much more important. Because light can only go so fast.
Yes, the high latency and intermittent connectivity is a big challenge. Delay tolerant networking (DTN) is one good way of solving this problem.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System
I’m sure several OSI layers have already been modified by NASA to suit their needs. But, the protocols will pretty much remain standard.