The Internet connects the planets in the solar system

NASA plans to develop interplanetary communication systems in the solar system, which function like the Internet on Earth.

According to UPI, NASA is installing software on the International Space Station (ISS) to make information exchange faster and easier. This also set the stage for establishing an Internet system that covers the entire solar system in the future.

The new communication protocol called the Anti-Disruptive Network (Disruption Tolerant Networking - DTN) is added to the TReK system (Telescience Resource Kit) of ISS. TreK is an application software system that allows users to send and receive information from an underground facility to an ISS signal transfer point at a distance of 400km from the Earth.

Interplanetary communication system in the solar system.(Photo: NASA).

On Earth, information is spread from one point to another on the Internet through a series of nodes, or communication points. They need to be connected continuously and sustainably during data transmission.

In the universe, data transmission can be interrupted by the continuous movement of planets and satellites. For the DTN system , the data moves in short steps between nodes that can be satellites or relay stations. DTN stores data and only sends it when a node can establish a secure link with the next node. Therefore, data packets are not lost, errors are also minimized.

The promising new communication method can be applied on Earth, where communication links may be unstable, such as at the scene of a disaster.

"Our experiences with DTN on the International Space Station (ISS) lead to many other land applications, especially for mobile communications, in which connections may be unstable and lacking. " , Vinton Gray Cerf, Google's vice president, said.