to appear in acm mmsys 2024 LENS: A LEO Satellite Network Measurement Dataset https://github.com/clarkzjw/LENS
Jinwei Zhao University of Victoria Victoria, BC, Canada clark...@uvic.ca Jianping Pan University of Victoria Victoria, BC, Canada p...@uvic.ca ABSTRACT Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations are narrowing the performance gap between satellite networks and the terrestrial Internet. Low-latency satellite Internet offered by Starlink enables functionalities that are otherwise unachievable with the traditional geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) satellite networks, including low-latency live video streaming, cloud gaming and real-time video conferencing. The absence of a comprehensive and long-term network measurement dataset with a global perspective poses significant challenges for researchers to evaluate the application performance over Starlink networks. In this paper, we introduce LENS, which is a LEO satellite network measurement dataset, collected from 13 Starlink dishes, associated with 7 Point-of-Presence (PoP) locations across 3 continents. The dataset currently consists of network latency traces from Starlink dishes with different hardware revisions, various service subscriptions and distinct sky obstruction ratios. We provide a high-level overview and analysis of the latency performance using the dataset and discuss various use cases. This dataset is useful for researchers who wish to understand the long-term network performance of Starlink and to evaluate and optimize the performance of multimedia applications over satellite networks. feedback welcome during the camera-ready stage https://pan.uvic.ca/webb/download/file.php?id=42644 lens = low earth network of satellites ;-) -- J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), p...@uvic.ca, Web.UVic.CA/~pan _______________________________________________ Starlink mailing list Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink
