Realizing the Potential of Stratosphere Utilization via Stratosphere Data Centers

Abstract

The stratosphere is an aeronautical resource whose use is of benefit to the government in delivering aviation services. It also provides a freely cooling environment making it suitable for hosting non-terrestrial data centers. However, the development of a framework enabling the utilization of the stratosphere requires further research attention. The research presents a multientity architecture that describes the role of a stratosphere-bound airport that supports the deployment and use of future stratosphere-based data centers. The solution being presented is intended to increase the operational duration of future deployed stratosphere-based data centers. The focus here is on enhancing the operational duration of the stratosphere-based data center. This is important for its role in future networks. Analysis shows that the proposed solution improved the operational duration by at least 33% and by up to 76% on average.