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Method of optimizing an interplanetary communications network

  • US 10,142,013 B2
  • Filed: 05/16/2007
  • Issued: 11/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of optimizing a communications network, said method comprising:

  • providing an initial network configuration for an interplanetary communications network, said interplanetary communications network having a plurality (k) of nodes;

    providing forecasts of traffic demand in said interplanetary communications network;

    determining objective functions by a computer responsive to said demands and characterizing communications over links between said nodes in said network;

    determining by said computer at least one limit for each said objective function;

    adjusting said initial network configuration, and thereby producing an adjusted network configuration, responsive to said at least one limit for each said objective function; and

    deploying said interplanetary communications network with said adjusted network configuration.

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