Small standalone tools and NS-3 simulator experiments for inspecting constellation metadata and route behavior.
This repository supports the STARS project, "Space-based Topology And Routing Study", led by SINTEF. The project explores the feasibility of inter-domain routing algorithms in space-based networks and the convergence of terrestrial and space networks.
This repository is intentionally not a production codebase. The tools here should be treated as quick-and-dirty "back-of-the-napkin" PoC/demonstrators used to visualize or inspect a specific use case or problem.
The mission of this repository is simple:
- keep small tools that are easy to tweak
- support informed guessing
- make specific routing or topology questions easier to inspect visually
Do not use simulation results from these tools to drive actual technical, operational, or commercial decisions under any circumstances.
Repository Layout
OrbitSimulator/: Python constellation viewers and plotting tools for rough orbit, path, and latency inspection. See OrbitSimulator/README.md.SimpleBGP: Standalone NS-3 simulator for a small BGP example of 3. ASes and traffic flowing between them. Multiple links are brought up and down