The Second Space Internet Workshop

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Official Announcement

Scope

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center is
pleased to announce the Second Space Internet Workshop (SIW). This workshop addresses
all issues related to network communication in space environments. The vision
is to enable transparent end-to-end network communications among space mission
resources. Communications within and between the various space environments are
included. The purpose of this second workshop is to continue comprehensive
discussions of cost-effective technical solutions for the design and
engineering of mission communications. The goal is to foster discussion on
current and near-term related activities for deploying Internet technologies
for flight missions.

Workshop participants are invited to make presentations, identify issues, and
discuss ways to expand the solution space. (All final submissions must be in
the form of presentations only.) Participants are encouraged to
consider end-to-end engineering issues and overall cost-benefit trades. All
workshop activities will take place in an open forum and participants are
advised that there is no explicit protection for proprietary information.

Suggested Topics

• MISSION IMPLEMENTATION — STATUS & PLANS
   

• Missions planning to use Internet communication technologies
   

• Specific mission design approaches
   

• Internet related benefits and issues
   

• Lessons Learned
   

• Other topics
   

• End-to-End IMPLEMENTATIONS & CONCEPTS

• Instrument-to-Principal Investigator (PI) communication (transparent networking)

• Data management (onboard and through all ground systems)

• Commanding (reliable protocols, blind commanding, stored commands)

• Contingency operations (one-way links, alternate ground stations)
   

• Security issues (commanding, data delivery, interoperability)
   

• Autonomy (end-to-end data delivery, email-based commanding)
   

• Protocol analysis, testing, and evaluation
   

• Other topics 
• INFRASTRUCTURE — CURRENT &
  FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 
• Onboard hardware/software (LANs,
  operating systems, etc.) 

• Space-to-ground (transmitters/receivers, coding, framing systems)
   

• Space-to-space (transmitters/receivers, coding, framing systems)
   

• Ground systems (tracking station and data processing components)
   

• Security solutions (space-to-ground, ground-to-ground, space-to-space,
  remote access)

• Enabling tools (messaging software, design tools, requirements capture)

• Migration from current to future infrastructures

• Protocol testing laboratories and processes

• Other topics

Types of missions

* Scientific, military, and commercial spacecraft

* NASA Space Transportation System (STS) (Space Shuttle) & International
Space Station (ISS)

* Constellations, formation-flying missions, and single nodes

* Nano- and micro-, and macro-satellites

* Relay satellites

* Buoys, balloons, and aircraft

* Planetary rovers

Call for Abstracts

Selection of all contributed
oral presentations is based on the submitted abstracts.  An individual
may be an author on more than one submission.  A selection committee
will determine which oral presentation to accept, by considering quality
and significance of the content as well as its appropriateness to the subject
and scope of the workshop.
 

Submitters of non selected
oral presentations will be invited to contribute their submission as a poster
or technical demonstration.  Oral, poster, or demonstration presentations
may discuss or describe applications of commercial products/services, but
must be substantially more than advertisements in nature. 

International participants
are welcome, as are participants from governmental, private, academic,
and commercial/industrial organizations.
 

All submissions and presentations
must adhere to relevant government regulations regarding disclosure and
distribution.  Submission will constitute approval to publish in any
way or in any venue (including the Internet) deemed appropriate by the
organizing committee.  Such publication will not imply endorsement
by NASA, the US government, or any other entity.

Submitted abstracts should
be no more than two pages (8.5″ x 11″) in length and must relate directly
to the subject and scope of the workshop.  Abstracts should be submitted
preferably as plain text, with a list of the authors and
their affiliations (including
address), telephone numbers, and email addresses.  Submit abstracts
electronically via email addressed to the organizing committee at

spaceinternetworkshop@listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov

Send all questions, including
those regarding formatting or appropriateness of material to be included
in a submission, to the organizing committee at the same email address.
 

Each submitter must furnish an electronic version of his/her presentation
by the date specified below.

Location

The workshop will be held at the
Computer Sciences Corporation’s Greentech IV facility, at 7700 Hubble Drive,
Lanham-Seabrook MD 20706, located approximately 1.5 miles from Goddard Space
Flight Center.

Important Dates

The workshop is planned for May
21-22.
 

 

Abstracts due	March 19, 2002
Notification of acceptance	April 5, 2002
Confirmation by presenter	April 12, 2002
Final agenda/program	April 26, 2002
Pre-registration deadline	May 7, 2002
Presentations due electronically	May 13, 2002

Registration

Registration is free of charge.
For food planning purposes, however, pre-registration is requested. Participants
are responsible for the expense of and arrangements for their own travel and
accommodations.

There are no special approvals required for participation by non US citizens.

Pre-registration information should be sent electronically to Gary Meyers
(gary.meyers@gsfc.nasa.gov)
and should include the following items:

• Name
• Postal address
• Preferred email address
• Phone number
• Affiliation

Program

The program is expected to include
a few key invited speakers; contributed oral presentations, posters, and
demonstrations; panel discussions and topical working groups.