Since the introduction in 2008 of the "Ring Road" concept, proposing a communications satellite network designed to support disadvantaged populations, there have been a number of advances in the underlying technologies, CubeSat picosatellites and Delay-Tolerant Networking. We review the original Ring Road proposal, discuss relevant recent technological progress, and offer some tentative notes on projected cost and performance.


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    Title :

    Toward a Communications Satellite Network for Humanitarian Relief


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Conference on Wireless Technologies for Humanitarian Relief ; 2011 ; Kollam, Kerala, India


    Publication date :

    2011-12-19


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English