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NASA DTN Protocol: How Interplanetary Internet Works

Posted by samzenpus on from the in-space-nobody-can-hear-you-click dept.

First time accepted submitter GinaSmith888 writes "This is a deep dive in the BP protocol Vint Cerf developed that is the heart of NASA's Delay-Tolerant Networking, better known as DTN. From the article: 'The big difference between BP and IP is that, while IP assumes a more or less smooth pathway for packets going from start to end point, BP allows for disconnections, glitches and other problems you see commonly in deep space, Younes said. Basically, a BP network — the one that will the Interplanetary Internet possible — moves data packets in bursts from node to node, so that it can check when the next node is available or up.'"

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  1. First post by JonWan · · Score: 5, Funny

    The main problem is the long delay at light speed.

    1. Re:First post by JonWan · · Score: 5, Funny

      Holy shit! that just blows the crap out of that joke. All these years on Slashdot and the one time I try to do a first post joke I really get first post.

    2. Re:First post by SteveFoerster · · Score: 2, Funny

      Were you measuring light speed in American units instead of metric ones?

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  2. BP protocol? by TheDarAve · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only problem with the BP protocol is the data mining rigs that burst and spread raw SQL queries all over the coast of Amazon.com and then wonder why people are pissed that they can't buy or sell from that site until its cleaned up!