CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF SURVIVABLE NETWORKING FOR THE DISTRIBUTED SPARSE ARRAY OF SPACECRAFT

THE PROPOSED WORK CONSISTS OF DEVELOPING A CONCEPT FOR ADAPTIVELY CONTROLLING THE COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR THE DISTRIBUTED SPARSE ARRAY OF SPACECRAFT SYSTEM. THIS CONCEPT WILL PROVIDE FOR SCHEDULING, ACQUIRING, MAINTAINING AND TERMINATING HIGH BANDWIDTH, NARROW BEAM, SPACE-SPACE AND SPACE-AIR/GROUND LINKS IN A WAY THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE EVER-CHANGING DSA SYSTEM GEOMETRY AND FOR DEGRADED CONDITIONS DURING TRANS-ATTACK OPERATION. THE HUBB SPACE SYSTEM ANALYSIS TOOL (HUBBSAT) WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE THESE CONCEPTS.