Low Orbit Satellite (LEO) networks such as Starlink promise Internet access everywhere around the world. In this paper, we present WetLinks - a large and publicly available trace-based dataset of Starlink measurements. The measurements were concurrently collected from two European vantage points over a span of six months. Consisting of approximately 140,000 measurements, the dataset comprises all relevant network parameters such as the upload and download throughputs, the RTT, packet loss, and traceroutes. We further augment the dataset with concurrent data from professional weather stations placed next to both Starlink terminals. Based on our dataset, we analyse Starlink performance, including its susceptibility to weather conditions. We use this to validate our dataset by replicating the results of earlier smaller-scale studies. We release our datasets and all accompanying tooling as open data. To the best of our knowledge, ours is the largest Starlink dataset to date.
翻译:低轨道卫星(LEO)网络(如Starlink)有望为全球各地提供互联网接入。本文提出WetLinks——一个公开可用的、基于轨迹的Starlink测量大规模数据集。该数据通过两个欧洲观测点历时六个月并行采集,包含约14万次测量,涵盖所有相关网络参数,如上行/下行吞吐量、往返时延(RTT)、丢包率和路由追踪。我们进一步在数据集中补充了来自两个Starlink终端旁专业气象站的实时数据。基于此数据集,我们分析了Starlink的性能表现,包括其受天气条件影响的程度,并通过复现早期小规模研究的结果验证了本数据集的可靠性。我们以开放数据形式发布全部数据集及配套工具。据我们所知,这是迄今为止规模最大的Starlink数据集。