A big potential problem in the future is developing a wireless communications network in outer space. In this paper we will discuss the problems presented with this and the potential solutions to these problems using existing and some futuristic technology. We have broke this into two main parts, one being earth to satellite to planet and back, and the other being planetary ground transmission to and from astronauts to rovers to space stations.
The solution has already started being implemented and will continue rapidly into the near future. It is called the Interplanetary Internet. As of now it is an array of floating 'nodes' or satellites scattered around in space that can communicate with each other. In the future a backbone of satellites is envisioned with their own high speed protocols. There will also be large antennas on earth and possible other planets hundreds of feet high, amplifiers scattered throughout space, photovoltaic powered satellites, and high precision equipment on multiple planet surfaces.
The architectural concept to this is deceivingly simple. The first part is developing Internet protocols to form local networks in quiet environments with little delay. This could be done with free flying spacecraft here on earth or another planet. The second part is to develop a deep space structure of satellites interconnecting LANs. This includes multiple space based data relay satellites. The third part is implementing a new overlay a new protocol concept called bundling to tie together the Internets. This is based on a routing concept in which multiple messages will be bundled and sent through a series of Internets.
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In conclusion the improvements to the current inter-planet system of communication involves increasing the number of nodes in space, development of peer to peer hardware nodes and improvement of protocols to deal with long delays and interference.
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Stephen Kern, a professor of history at The Ohio State University, wrote the chapter “Wireless
Wireless begins with a brief discussion of the 1995 centennial of the invention of radio by Marconi and a rebuttal by the British historians who oppose this claim. Using underused or previously overlooked or perhaps ignored resources the author disproves the claims against the originality and ingenuity of Marconi's 1897 patent on wireless telegraphy. While credit is given to several British scientists and engineers and their scientific discoveries and inventions, it was Marconi, a practitioner, who made the first significant breakthrough in practical wireless telegraphy when he "connected one end of the plate of the receiver, and one end of the transmitter, to the earth" (p. 20). Marconi transformed these scientific effects into wireless technologies and then exploited them for commercial purposes. The focus of British scientists and engineers on optical analogies, scientific experimentation and demonstration, and the fear of British national interests becoming monopolized (particularly by a foreigner) are the primary reasons for the dispute surrounding Marconi's patent. (By 1897 it was clear how wireless telegraphy would impact military interests.) The author shows in great detail how British scientists and engineers, namely physicist Oliver Lodge, J. J. Thomson, Minchin, Rollo Appleyard, and Campbell Swinton, deliberately constructed false scientific and social claims to discredit the originality of Marconi's patent.
The internet in its whole is nothing more then a mass networked form of wires that send information throughout the entire world. With this invention, the gaps and boundaries of nations or civilization of our entire planet begin to crumble. Internet, or at least the computers that are connected to it, have a common language known as Binary, a mass complex language read in series of on and off signals. All computers read the same language, and since this is a true form of communication, it allows for cultures, nations and society to communicate with each other, whereas before a simple oral or written communication could not be understood commonly from all nations.
Harness technology to overcome geographical and connectivity boundaries to provide...in a single global network, offering...voice, video,, and data technology.
According to Encarta Encyclopedia (2007), a radio is a " system of communication employing electromagnetic waves propagated (transmitted) through space." The range of these waves varies from a few kilohertz to several gigahertz.
...ass intelligence and enable instant communication anywhere in the world, as well as the Global Positioning System constellation of satellites.
When looking at wireless communications, there are many standards to discuss as there are so many types all used for different purposes. I am going to talk about a range of communications used for different ways to communicate; for example Bluetooth can be used to send files between mobile devices. Cellular broadband, which is used on mobile phones and tablets to be able to access the internet while out of reach of a Wi-Fi signal. I will also look at satellite, which can be used to provide Internet to remote areas and Wi-Fi which is widely used to access Internet and local networks without having to have a physical connection. I will finally assess WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) that is used to provide Internet over a large distance.
The Internet consists of a three level hierarchy composed of backbone networks (e.g. ARPAnet, NSFNet, MILNET), mid-level networks, and stub networks. These include commercial (.com or .co), university (.ac or .edu) and other research networks (.org, .net) and military (.mil) networks and span many different physical networks around the world with various protocols, chiefly the Internet Protocol.
The radio is a wireless form of communication which is transmitted through sounds or signals by electromagnetic waves directly through space to a receiving set. Some types of radio communications are HAM radios, CB (Citizen Band) radios, Cell Phones, Radio Scanners and Walkie-talkies. Radio communications are widely used in the United States and majority of it is used by law enforcement and emergency services. Police/Sheriff, Fire-Rescue, Highway Patrol, Ambulance and EMS are some of the agencies that use radio communications.
Communication is the process of exchanging and understanding the information. The Internet has change the communication over the last decades. Communication is a dynamic, contiguous, irremeable and interactive.
More often than not research and inventions for the space programs can be applied into common society shaping the world to what it is today. Society began to readily advance when ideas were shared between people all over the world since building on ideas has created many of the technologies used today. One very important invention, which initiated the transfer of ideas as well as made it quite easily possible, is global communication via satellites or COMSATS [1]. In this essay the advantages and limitations of (global communication satellites with regard to social and cultural factors will be discussed and evaluated.
The first big innovation in long distance information transfer came through the use of the Telegraph. The Telegraph was a device that transmitted electrical pulses along a wire. This allowed a person at one end of the wire to transfer an electrical signal from one location to another. By varying the pulse of the electrical signal, the first rudimentary messages were sent by Samuel Soemmering in 1809. “He used 35 wires with gold electrodes in water and at the receiving end 2000 feet the message was read by the amount of gas caused by electrolysis.” [4] Basically, Soemmering created pulses of electricity at one end of his wires and 2000 feet away at the end of the wire, different concentrations of gas were emitted depending on the strength/duration of the pulse he sent, a relay of information over 2000 feet through the use of electricity.
b) Information cannot be shared at a wider range to different receivers at distanced locations
Term Paper: The History of the Internet The Internet began like most things in our society, that is to say that the government started it. The Internet started out as an experimental military network in the 1960s. Doug Engelbart prototypes an "Online System" (NLS) which does hypertext browsing, editing, email, and so on. The Internet is a worldwide broadcasting resource used for distributing information and a source for interaction between people on their computers. In 1973, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) initiated a research program to investigate techniques and technologies for interlinking packet networks of various kinds.
secondary communications – the communication effects of controlled forms of communications (similar to integrated communications); and