Airborne Networks Overview

Airborne networks are very difficult to organize using a mesh network routing protocol. The motion of the aircraft in flight can cause frequent connection disruptions as the relative orientations of the antennae change. Additionally, aircraft will be constantly joining and leaving the network. This places extra strain on the routing protocol to ensure that new nodes are instantly available and nodes that leave are detected quickly.

High-speed Airborne Node

The OrderOne Networks protocol can successfully organize these networks using the following techniques.

Protecting Communication Paths
Every communication path between nodes in the network is protected by the OrderOne Networks protocol. This special protection assures that when a connection is broken, the first few bytes in the first packet sent after the break are used to fix that connection. This provides the best possible uptime in a difficult network.

Alternative Paths
The OrderOne Networks protocol is constantly building alternative routes in case the primary path fails. Since it is a combination proactive/reactive protocol it also builds routes between as many nodes in the network as possible. In all but the most extreme networks a near optimal route between nodes is available instantly.

Large Networks
The OrderOne Networks protocol is able to organize networks with 100,000's of nodes.

Bandwidth Conserving
Bandwidth is always a scarce resource in an airborne network. In almost all configurations the OrderOne Networks protocol will consume less than 1% of available bandwidth to organize and maintain the network.