Differences between IPN remotely-deployed
internets and the terrestrial Internet
IPN in-situ
“Wired”
“MANET”
“Wireless”
Not critical
Important
availability
importance
Fiber clean
Noise Ratios
f(power)
density)
Infrastructure
Fixed
mobile
mobile
Fiber, copper
medium
RF, IR
RF
Deployment $
Relatively low
Moderate
High, f(mass)
Operations $
Relatively low
TBD
High, f(reliability)
Repair,
upgrade $
Relatively low
TBD
Very high