@inproceedings{0155b291ea1c433cad821861b3876f70,
title = "Space Based Data Centers - Communication Window Length Analysis from an African Perspective",
abstract = "The use of space based data centers (SDBCs) is beneficial for realizing future environment-friendly networks. This is because they do not require the use of earth's water resources for cooling. In addition, SBDCs are important entities in future networks. This is because they are able to provide content access to subscribers in landlocked and disaster prone locations with low access to conventional terrestrial data centers. The research recognizes the importance of the SBDC uptime that should be considered alongside the use of SBDCs. The research aims to analyze the uptime of SBDCs via the consideration of the communication window length considering different ground locations. The ground locations considered have high susceptibility to seismic events and are hosted in Africa. Research shows that a minimum and maximum SBDC uptime are 419.4 minutes, and 435.6 minutes for select African landlocked countries, respectively. The minimum and maximum SBDC uptime are 329.6 minutes, and 435.6 minutes for select African seismic event prone countries, respectively.",
keywords = "Africa, Seismic prone regions, communication window length, space based data centers",
author = "Periola, \{A. A.\} and Alonge, \{A. A.\} and Ogudo, \{K. A.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2025 IEEE.; 48th MIPRO ICT and Electronics Convention, MIPRO 2025 ; Conference date: 02-06-2025 Through 06-06-2025",
year = "2025",
doi = "10.1109/MIPRO65660.2025.11131876",
language = "English",
series = "2025 MIPRO 48th ICT and Electronics Convention, MIPRO 2025 - Proceedings",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "925--930",
editor = "Snjezana Babic and Zeljka Car and Marina Cicin-Sain and Pavle Ergovic and Grbac, \{Tihana Galina\} and Vera Gradisnik and Stjepan Gros and Alan Jovic and Darko Jurekovic and Tihomir Katulic and Marko Koricic and Vedran Mornar and Juraj Petrovic and Karolj Skala and Dejan Skvorc and Vlado Sruk and Edvard Tijan and Valacich, \{Joe S.\} and Neven Vrcek and Boris Vrdoljak",
booktitle = "2025 MIPRO 48th ICT and Electronics Convention, MIPRO 2025 - Proceedings",
address = "United States",
}