THE EARLY LUNAR NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS INVOLVES THE USE OF A VARIETY OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND NETWORKS…

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THE EARLY LUNAR NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS INVOLVES THE USE OF A VARIETY OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND NETWORKS SUCH AS IEEE 802.16, KA-BAND AND S-BAND SATELLITE DATA-LINKS. THE SOPHISTICATED ENVIRONMENT CASTS A MAJOR CHALLENGE TO PROVIDE A RELIABLE NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORTING THE PERFORMANCE OF LUNAR MISSIONS. IN ADDITION, THE DELIVERY OF A HIGHER QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) IS NOT ONLY STIFLED BY THE NETWORK SEGMENTATION BUT ALSO GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE POTENTIAL DATA-LINK DISRUPTION. AGNC PROPOSES THE RECONFIGURABLE ROBUST ROUTING FOR MOBILE OUTREACH NETWORK (R3MOON) IMPLEMENTED ON ITS EXISTING SERVICE ORIENTED P2P MIDDLEWARE. BY ADOPTING EFFECTIVE CROSS-LAYERED NETWORK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND ROUTING ALGORITHMS IN THE UNDERLYING MIDDLEWARE, R3MOON GREATLY MITIGATES MANY NETWORK CONCERNS AND TRANSFORMS THE LUNAR COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAINTENANCE OF LOWER LEVEL DATA-LINK TO THE PERFORMANCE OF HIGHER LEVEL APPLICATIONS. PHASE I IS DEVOTED TO THE R3MOON DESIGN VALIDATION AND EARLY PROTOTYPE. PHASE II WILL RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT OF A FULLY FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPE.