[atlas] placing a probe into wireless networks (not terrestrial)

Hi All,

Giving the topic a bit of a poke again;
After some internal discussion, wireless probes in general could be tagged by looking at particular AS numbers (this excludes wifi of course). Specifically to StarLink, this could be possible but would require further understanding of the way internet measurement would work with these satellites. 

Does anyone have insights that they could share in this regard?

Regards,

Michel

> On 28 Oct 2022, at 10:32, Robert Kisteleki <robert at ripe.net> wrote:
> 
> On 2022-10-28 10:04, Kurt Kayser wrote:
> 
>> I would be offering support to try to establish such a probe and help to setup a project defition.
>> Any thoughts or feedback to this idea?
> 
> In addition to what's already been said: it's useful for the whole community to increase the diversity of the network. So, the more networks we can have probes in, the merrier!
> 
> While doing so I find it highly useful to add proper meta-data as well (ie. probe tags) to aid people understanding what they observe. For example it is confusing to see high RTTs for a probe, unless it's documented that it's on a (non-LEO) satellite link for example.
> 
> Side-note: at the moment we have 31 probes connected on SPACEX-STARLINK (AS14593), see https://atlas.ripe.net/results/maps/network-coverage/?filter=AS14593
> 
> Regards,
> Robert
> 
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