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Distributed network schedulingDistributed Network Scheduling is the scheduling of future communications of a network by nodes in the network. This report details software for doing this onboard spacecraft in a remote network. While prior work on distributed scheduling has been applied to remote spacecraft networks, the software reported here focuses on modeling communication activities in greater detail and including quality of service constraints. Our main results are based on a Mars network of spacecraft and include identifying a maximum opportunity of improving traverse exploration rate a factor of three; a simulation showing reduction in one-way delivery times from a rover to Earth from as much as 5 to 1.5 hours; simulated response to unexpected events averaging under an hour onboard; and ground schedule generation ranging from seconds to 50 minutes for 15 to 100 communication goals.
Document ID
20060043766
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Clement, Bradley J.
Schaffer, Steven R.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
June 23, 2004
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Meeting Information
Meeting: 4th International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space
Location: Darmstadt
Country: Germany
Start Date: June 23, 2004
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
planning
coordination
Mars
multiple agents
scheduling

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