@InProceedings{ M2EC2026-Atlantic,
	author = "Thomas Dreibholz and Foivos Ioannis Michelinakis and Tarik Čičić",
	title = "{A Sleepless Night over the Atlantic Ocean -- Analysing the Satellite Network Connectivity during a Trans-Atlantic Flight}",
	booktitle = "{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)}",
	numpages = "12",
	day = "8",
	month = apr,
	year = "2026",
	address = "Wellington/New Zealand",
	language = "english",
	keywords = "HiPerConTracer, In-Flight Internet, Jitter, Network, Ping, Round-Trip Time, Satellite Communication, Traceroute",
	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.
}",
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