Computer Science ›› 2026, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (6A): 250700029-9.doi: 10.11896/jsjkx.250700029

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Research on Edge Intelligent Computing Services for Space-based Remote Sensing

WU Kankan, WANG Shaolin, JIANG Xiaoyong, LI Linwei, SANG Feng   

  1. Shanghai Institute of Satellite Engineering,Shanghai 201109,China
  • Online:2026-06-16 Published:2026-06-12
  • About author:WU Kankan,born in 1986,master,se-nior engineer.His main research in-terests include satellites avionic,information systems and network protocols.
    WANG Shaolin,born in 1984,Ph.D,researcher professor.His main research interests include high performance intelligent processing and remote sensing data processing.
  • Supported by:
    National Science and Technology Major Project(2024ZD1100402) and Civil Aerospace Preliminary Research Project(D030202).

Abstract: In response to the requirements of satellite intelligent processing,task collaboration,and efficient transmission,the form of space-based remote sensing data processing has shifted from being provided by ground cloud computing centers to being provided by space-based data generation sources,and is developing towards multi satellite distributed edge intelligent processing services for space-based data.The space-based edge intelligent computing adopts the distributed collaborative architecture of “ground cloud-satellite edge-payload end”,the ground cloud adopts the cloud native Kubernetes framework,and the satellite edge adopts the KubeEdge edge computing framework.By controlling the data plane network,data exchange between the payload end,edge computing units,edge controllers,and gateways is achieved,supporting cloud edge collaborative processing and edge end data transmission.The control plane uses Gigabit time triggered Ethernet to provide deterministic network communication services,while the data plane uses 10 Gigabit Ethernet to provide high band-width network communication services.Adopting a unified five layer protocol stack to achieve bidirectional data transmission between space networks and satellite networks,meeting the unified network infrastructure requirements for mixed services such as cloud edge collaboration,edge end collaboration,onboard proces-sing,and space network interaction.

Key words: Kubernetes, KubeEdge, Space-based edge computing platform, Space network gateway, Spaceborne network switch

CLC Number: 

  • TP399
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