6G时代卫星算力网络发展思考

Thoughts on the development of satellite computing power network in 6G era

卫星已被广泛认为是6G网络的重要组成部分,卫星算力网络结合实时网络和计算资源状况,进行卫星计算节点间的任务调度,能够满足多样性业务的时延要求,实现在轨通信、处理、存储等资源的高效利用。首先,阐述卫星算力网络的概念内涵,对卫星通信网络的发展现状和趋势进行了总结;其次,从总体架构、硬件组成和软件架构三方面给出了卫星算力网络的设计考虑;最后,对卫星算力网络所面临的技术挑战进行总结,对卫星算力的发展进行了展望。

Satellites have been widely regarded as an important part in 6G networks.Satellite computing networks can comprehensively involve real-time networking and computing resources,schedule different applications to appropriate computing nodes,meet the latency requirements of diverse services,and finally facilitate the efficient utilization of on-orbit communication,processing,storage and other resources.First,the concept of satellite computing networks is exhibited,along with the status and trend of satellite communication networks.Then,satellite computing networks are designed from three aspects,overall architecture,hardware structure,and software architecture.Finally,the technical challenges faced by satellite computing networks are summarized with the future work.