A Robust Routing Strategy based on Deep Reinforcement Learning for Mege
Satellite Constellations
Abstract
The development of mega constellations inevitably brings various
problems for the development of routing techniques. Most of the existing
work considers end-to-end delay and load balancing problems, while the
analysis of routing strategies in case of link performance degradation
is neglected, and an optimization approach applicable to mega satellite
networks is not developed. In this letter, we propose a robust routing
strategy based on deep reinforcement learning (RRS-DRL) that regards the
Age of Information (AoI) of packets as an optimization target, and
ensures the effectiveness of message transmission throughout the
network. Extensive simulation results show that our proposed RRS-DRL
algorithm obtains a lower average AoI across the network and better
utilization of the resources than the traditional shortest path
algorithm, significantly increasing the robustness of the constellation.