Six months after the astronaut TJ Creamer for the first time could send a Twitter message directly from the International Space Station, has successfully tested the first space-based router capable of transferring large amounts of data at high speed.
Designed by Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, the router IRIS (Internet Routing in Space) differs from other satellite communication technologies that can transfer a huge amount of information to multiple receivers located on earth in one step , eliminating the need to pass through tele-ports and greatly increasing the download speed.
As stated Pilar Santamaria, Director of Business Development for Borderless Networks in the Mediterranean region from Cisco, "IRIS technology has shown that it is possible not only to communicate data and video from space, but to obtain a true mobile experience allowing users to connect and communicate where, when and as they choose, adapting to their needs without relying on predefined fixed infrastructure and reducing costs. "
This capability paves the way for extending Internet-based communications to remote areas where terrestrial connectivity does not exist yet, but which require rapid transmission of data in emergency situations. "Natural disasters like earthquakes, medical emergencies or military deployments are examples of practical application in the short term," responsible for Cisco continues.
Voice, video chat and real-time
The successful communications test was conducted by the Department of Defense United States, which has connected the Cisco router located in the commercial satellite IS-14 Intelsat platform (world's leading provider of satellite services) with real users located both on land and at sea.
This connection request has included not only the transmission of data files and video over satellite, but also chat services and voice over IP in real time based security and Virtual Private Networks (VPN) with the following results:
High availability, reaching 99.5 percent in service availability.
High performance transparent communications. Both data transfer applications such as video and Voice over IP worked equally regardless of the location of the receiving terminal, showing a similar performance to traditional terrestrial networks.
VPNs secure and flexible. The IRIS platform remained uninterrupted two VPN networks to ensure a highly secure communications.
Real-time collaboration. IRIS provided chat services, voice and real-time web site easily accessible from any terminal.
Haiti ongoing and new evidence
The U.S. Defense Department, which already has been used in testing the Cisco IRIS to support communications support military contingent in Haiti remain displaced by testing the Cisco router in the next twelve months, in order to demonstrate its feasibility for new government and commercial applications based on the ecosystem of satellites.
Meanwhile, Astrium Services, a leading provider of satellite communications for commercial and military sector, has signed a collaboration agreement with Cisco to explore future applications of Cisco IRIS platform located in the Intelsat satellite.
"Cisco, along with its partners and customers are redefining communications satellite routing technologies that speed up and save costs through the exchange of information between land and space, facilitating the deployment of new applications, both military and civilians" , judgment Santamaria.
About the IRIS router
The IRIS router supports network services for voice, video and data, helping government agencies, military units and other partners to communicate with each other over the Internet and existing bus terminals, but making use of the network of space satellites .
IRIS can route data to multiple ground receivers in a single step, eliminating the need to pass through tele-ports and thereby reducing latency and infrastructure costs. Moreover, being based on Cisco IOS ™ (Internetworking Operating System), the same operating system as the rest of the company's routers can be upgraded with ground crews, thus increasing the flexibility of the satellite network.
Source: Cisco
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