Summary of Fool: Addressing the Downlink Bottleneck in Satellite Computing with Neural Feature Compression, by Alireza Furutanpey et al.
FOOL: Addressing the Downlink Bottleneck in Satellite Computing with Neural Feature Compression
by Alireza Furutanpey, Qiyang Zhang, Philipp Raith, Tobias Pfandzelter, Shangguang Wang, Schahram Dustdar
First submitted to arxiv on: 25 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV); Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC); Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI); Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper explores the challenges of Earth observation using nanosatellite constellations equipped with sensors. As these constellations grow in size, network contention becomes a significant bottleneck for downlinking data. The authors propose Orbital Edge Computing (OEC) as a solution to reduce transfer costs by processing raw captures at the source. They argue that current solutions have limitations due to reliance on simplistic filtering methods or prioritizing specific downstream tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper is about using tiny satellites to take pictures of Earth, and how it’s getting harder to send all the data back down because there are so many satellites sending data at once. The solution is called Orbital Edge Computing, which means processing the raw images on the satellites themselves instead of sending them all the way back to Earth. |
