Deployed Internets: A Broad Range of Possible Configurations
•A single lander with an IPN gateway to a (real or virtual) internal network
•Small number of cooperating robots on planetary surface (e.g. Single lander, single rover)
•Orbiter-to-surface communication and coordination (e.g. sample return recovery)
•Multiple beyond-line-of-sight missions connected by low-orbit communication satellites
•Planet-stationary satellites for relay and gateway functions
•Spacecraft on-board LANs
•The Earth’s Internet