SpaceRef - Astronautics - Communication - InterPlanetary Internet

SpaceRef - Astronautics - Communication - InterPlanetary Internet - IPN

A web that's out of this world - This November 1999 article by Alan Boyle at MSNBC describes NASA's current plans to implement an Interplanetary Internet.

Cerf touts Interplanetary Internet - This July 1998 article form Computerworld magazine describes the activities of Vinton Cerf as he works with NASA to establish the Interplanetary Internet.

Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems - The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) is an international voluntary consensus organization of space agencies and industrial associates interested in mutually developing standard data handling techniques to support space research, including space science and applications.

Earth, you've got mail - An article from New Scientist Magazine in May 1999 that discusses NASA's plans to develop and implement an Interplanetary Internet.

Information on Internet (TCP/IP) and ATM Protocols via satellite - This site at the University of Maryland Center for Satellite and Hybrid Communication Networks focuses on links relevant to usage of Internet and ATM protocols via satellite.

Internet Protocols over Satellite (IPoS) Working Group - Internet Protocols over Satellite (IPoS) is the concise name for the TIA-SCD-CIS-Internet Protocols Working Group (TR34.1.1)--a working group within the Telecommunications Industry Association-Satellite Communications Division (TR43)-Communications and Interoperability Section (TR43.1). The group is concerned with developing enhancements to Internet protocols to facilitate seamless integration of satellites into the Internet topology.

InterPlaNetary Internet Study Public Site - This is the main website for NASA's efforts to develop the Interplanetary Internet, located at NASA JPL.

JPL Names Vint Cerf a Distinguished Visiting Scientist - This is a joint MCI/JPL press release from August 1998 regarding the appointment of Vinton Cerf to head up NASA's Interplanetary Internet planning at NASA JPL.

NASA Asks for Interplanetary Internet - This February 1999 MSNBC article by Alan Boyle (on ZDNET) discusses NASA's plans to develop an interplanetary internet to facilitate the exploration of Mars and other regions of the solar system.

NASA to put Net in the stars - This August 1998 article from Federal Computer Week describes NASA's plans to establish an Interplanetary Internet.

Net Pioneer Discusses Interplanetary Internet - This article from SpaceViews makes note of Vinton Cerf's views on the Interplanetary Internet.

Radio Frequency and Modulation Systems Part 1 Earth Stations - This Report contains specific Radio Frequency and Modulation characteristics of the spacecraft tracking and data capture networks operated by the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) Agencies.

Science and the Internet - This is a slide presentation from August 1998 by Vinton Cerf describing the proposed Interplanetary Internet.

Space Communications Protocol Standards (SCPS) Project - The goal of SCPS is to provide a suite of standard data handling protocols which (from a user viewpoint) make a remote space vehicle appear to be just another "node on the Internet". Part of ongoing efforts to develop the Interplanetary Internet. [NASA JPL].

Speech by Vinton Cerf about the Interplanetary Internet - This page contains a speech given by Vinton Cerf in March 1999 the design and planned implementaiton of NASA's Interplanetary Internet.