2025 IPNSIG Board of Directors Elections
December 4 (5:00 pm Eastern Time)​
Space Communications and Networking 101
Dr. Alberto Montilla, Co-Founder and CEO of SPATIAM CORPORATION
The interplanetary internet is built on the foundations of space communications and networking. This presentation introduces space communications and networking in the context of the interplanetary internet. Starting with key issues that affect space communications, such as distance and celestial mechanics, this presentation establishes the basics for communications in space. We will also review the space protocol stacks and the Delay and Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) architecture and protocols. The presentation concludes with a summary of critical applications and use cases for the interplanetary internet on the Moon.
IPNSIG was founded in 1998 by Vint Cerf and researchers within academia and NASA/JPL. We are now a full Chapter within the Internet Society, known as the Interplanetary Chapter. We work to extend terrestrial networking into solar system space, which is consistent with the Internet Society’s objectives to grow the internet to unpopulated areas, and connect the unconnected domain—and to ensure that even in space, “The Internet is for Everyone”.
Read about our strategy toward a solar system Internet for humanity
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OUR VISION
Expand networking to interplanetary space,
for the benefit of humanity
CREATING
VISION
Create a common vision for an Interplanetary Network with stakeholders
NARRATIVE AND ROADMAP
Shape the future of an Interplanetary Network by presenting a narrative and roadmap
PROMOTION OF TECHNOLOGY
Promote and increase the maturity of DTN Technology through use in terrestrial and space application