Mobile Router Developed and Tested (original) (raw)

Report: The Mobile Internet Era: Towards a space-based progressive interoperable network, SPIN.

The mobile internet is already upon us. As advancing information and communication technologies (ICT's) enable the emergence of an information society, the socio-economic demand for mobile broadband connectivity continues to grow. …One technology has the potential to bypass this socio-economic threat. The coverage and reach of space-based communications technology is ubiquitous. Its primary strength lies in its ability to transcend many of the barriers and obstacles of terrestrial infrastructure deployment. Yet, whereas the interoperability of terrestrial infrastructure has allowed the Internet to grow in strength and usage, the growth of costly space-based infrastructure has yet to provide the same potential. ...Nowhere in the space applications sector is the need for interoperability with terrestrial and other space-based infrastructure so critical to its future as it is fixed/mobile two-way Internet communications. The primary conclusion of our literature review was that there is currently no widely adopted open-standard in existence, a fact that impedes the adoption, implementation and growth f space-based infrastructure. A decisive shift towards a philosophy of interoperability and industry standardization may therefore be the key to counteract this trend, as well as to accelerate the rollout of mobile broadband connectivity.