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Networking in Interstellar Dimensions: Communicating With TRAPPIST-1

Publicated to:Ieee Transactions On Aerospace And Electronic Systems. 55 (4): 1656-1665 - 2019-01-01 55(4), DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2018.2874149

Authors: Fraire JA; Feldmann M; Walter F; Fantino E; Burleigh SC

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The Department of Aerospace Engineering; Khalifa University of Science and Technology; Abu Dhabi; 127788; United Arab Emirates - Author
The Faculty of Computer Science; Technische Universität Dresden; Dresden; 01069; Germany - Author
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena; 91125; CA; United States - Author
The Laboratorios LCD; Universidad Nacional de Córdoba-CONICET; Córdoba; 5000; Argentina - Author

Abstract

The recent discovery of potentially habitable planets orbiting the TRAPPIST-1 system intensified interest in interstellar exploration. In these challenging mission concepts, communication protocols would need to cope with unprecedented signal propagation delays. In this paper, we propose and explore delay tolerant networking (DTN) technologies and analyze in a case study based on the TRAPPIST-1. Results suggests that DTN protocols features could become a valuable means to achieve data delivery in future interstellar networks. © 2018 IEEE

Keywords

Delay tolerant networksDelay/disruption tolerant networkingsDelaysInternet protocolsInterstellar networkingNetwork protocolsOrbitsPlanetary orbitsPlanetsPropulsionSpace networkingSpace vehiclesTrappist-1

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Ieee Transactions On Aerospace And Electronic Systems due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2019, it was in position 3/31, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Aerospace. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.3, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-10, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 4
  • OpenCitations: 6

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-10:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 3.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 3 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Argentina; Germany; United Arab Emirates; United States of America.