Another paper from our work satellite communication has been accepted to the 8th International Workshop on Recent Advances for Multi-Clouds and Mobile Edge Computing (M2EC 2026), to be held in conjunction with the 40th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2026) on April 8-10, 2026 in Wellington, New Zealand! The paper is going to be presented by Thomas Dreibholz.
Paper Reference: Dreibholz, Thomas; Michelinakis, Foivos Ioannis and Čičić, Tarik: «A Sleepless Night over the Atlantic Ocean – Analysing the Satellite Network Connectivity during a Trans-Atlantic Flight» (PDF, 9822 KiB, 12 pages, 🇬🇧), in Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Recent Advances for Multi-Clouds and Mobile Edge Computing (M2EC) in conjunction with the 40th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), Wellington/New Zealand, April 2026.
Abstract: Today, most applications rely on ubiquitous, reliable, and fast Internet access to provide their services. While network performance in mobile broadband networks is well-researched, in-flight satellite communication is still an open topic. In-flight Internet access offers various service possibilities, from entertainment to shopping, for both passengers as well as service operators. This particularly applies to long-haul flights, where passengers have plenty of time. Clearly, stable connectivity allows to offload application functionalities from a passenger’s mobile device to edge and cloud servers. But how is the performance of today’s network connectivity on airplanes, i.e. what can the application developer expect?
In this paper, we examine a detailed HiPerConTracer dataset, collected on a trans-Atlantic night flight between New York, U.S.A. and Oslo, Norway. Particularly, we show some interesting insights into the performance available, as well as the limitations of today’s in-flight satellite communication. Furthermore, the dataset, as well as the software for obtaining and processing the data, is published as open data and open source software.
Dataset Reference: Dreibholz, Thomas: «Satellite Network Connectivity during a Trans-Atlantic Flight», IEEE DataPort, DOI 10.21227/q0xf-t853, January 30, 2026.
HiPerConTracer Homepage: https://www.nntb.no/~dreibh/hipercontracer.
