[Starlink] leo-sat-net testbed

Thu Apr 3 12:47:28 EDT 2025

Thank you very much for this, J Pan.

Very much appreciated!

All the best,

Frank

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On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM J Pan <Pan at uvic.ca> wrote:

> Thanks Frantisek: glad to see dave's brother's blessing on naming the
> testbed after dave, and i will follow up with them there. more people
> taking networking for granted shall know dave and his stories as well
> --
> J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan at UVic.CA,
> Web.UVic.CA/~pan
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM Frantisek Borsik
> <frantisek.borsik at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hey J Pan,
> >
> > Dave's colleague from LibreQoS here, we will absolutely ask right away.
> > Forwarding this email to Dave's brother and girlfriend with you on CC.
> >
> > Thank you very much for this kind offer. Much appreciated.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Frank
> >
> > Frantisek (Frank) Borsik
> >
> >
> >
> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/frantisekborsik
> >
> > Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp: +421919416714
> >
> > iMessage, mobile: +420775230885
> >
> > Skype: casioa5302ca
> >
> > frantisek.borsik at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM J Pan via Starlink <
> starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> our testbed is approved today and will be named after dave in his
> >> honor (a global computer network needs a global people network of
> >> collaborators) if his family ok's. can anyone help?
> >> --
> >> J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan at UVic.CA,
> Web.UVic.CA/~pan
> >>
> >> On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 11:23 PM J Pan <Pan at uvic.ca> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hello All: we are putting together a proposal for a leo-sat-net
> >> > testbed in canada (node locations due to funding constraints) but open
> >> > to the research community worldwide. are you interested in using such
> >> > a platform? your experience, feedback and comments are welcome too.
> >> > cheers.  -j
> >> >
> >> > "2nd-generation low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite networks (LSNs),
> >> > exemplified by SpaceX’s Starlink, Eutelsat’s OneWeb, Amazon’s Project
> >> > Kuiper and Telesat (Canada)’s Lightspeed, promise to revolutionize the
> >> > Internet access around the world on all Earth surface and above. Thus
> >> > the research community has an urgent need to understand them
> >> > specifically and further improve LSNs in general. However, many
> >> > researchers are limited by the access to such systems due to
> >> > availability, location, financial and expertise constraints. With a
> >> > team of researchers across Canada specialized in computer networks,
> >> > distributed systems, satellite communications, security and privacy,
> >> > and cloud computing, this proposal builds a coast-to-coast-to-coast
> >> > LSN testbed for Canada, leveraging the team’s experience particularly
> >> > in building individual LSN test nodes and federating through remote
> >> > access, bootstrapping the team’s research in LSN performance,
> >> > reliability and security, and fostering collaboration in the research
> >> > community and with industry across Canada and beyond. Specifically,
> >> > the testbed will deploy at least one LSN testbed node in each province
> >> > and territory of Canada, ideally in north, remote and indigenous
> >> > regions, given the geo-diversity needed for LSN research. The testbed
> >> > nodes also provide Internet access to the hosts and their local
> >> > communities if needed, given the separate virtual local area networks
> >> > and end-to-end encryption without compromising user privacy, for at
> >> > least one year supported by the proposal with following years
> >> > supported by local initiatives through the economic development
> >> > enabled by the Internet access and external sponsorship. The testbed
> >> > will be remotely and centrally managed through the regional and
> >> > national centers hosted by the team, maximizing the uptime and utility
> >> > of all testbed nodes, and scheduling and prioritizing measurement and
> >> > test tasks submitted by researchers and collaborators within or beyond
> >> > the team, similar to what Planetlab contributed to the distributed
> >> > systems research in early 2000s. The testbed code and measurement data
> >> > will be open sourced and released to the research community, enabling
> >> > trace-driven simulation and statistical analysis worldwide, liberating
> >> > Internet access in general and specifically LSN research traditionally
> >> > limited to population centers and financially viable institutions.
> >> > With Canadian users at priority, the testbed will also federate with
> >> > other similar ones in the US and around the world, e.g., LEOScope led
> >> > by the University of Surrey, to have a true global coverage while
> >> > allowing international users to explore Canadian geographic and
> >> > demographic features, including those in arctic regions. The testbed
> >> > strives for self-sustainability after initial investment by providing
> >> > a leveled test range for LSN service providers to compete, a training
> >> > ground for highly qualified personnel for Canadian industry, and a
> >> > playground to attract K-12 and particularly indigenous kids to have a
> >> > technical career."
> >> > --
> >> > J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan at UVic.CA,
> Web.UVic.CA/~pan
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