Design of Space Self-Organized Network Based on TDMA for Micro/Nano-Satellite Cluster Flying Tasks

Employing cluster flying satellites to carry out complicated space tasks is an important method in aerospace applications, and a reliable, efficient communication system is quite essential for cluster flying satellites to work collaboratively. In consideration of that, this paper proposes a lightweight TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) self-organized networking scheme, designs networking protocols and implements the software on a radio SoC (System on Chip). Moreover, the networking performance is tested on the ground and an on-orbit experiment is carried out on Tiantuo-3 cluster flying satellites. The result of this paper can be a valuable reference for SSON research and design.