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。本文提出了WetLinks——一个基于测量轨迹的大型公开星链数据集。该数据从欧洲两个观测点历时六个月同步采集,包含约14万次测量,涵盖了上行/下行吞吐量、RTT、丢包率和路由追踪等所有相关网络参数。我们进一步将数据与部署在两地星链接收终端旁的专业气象站同步数据进行了增强。基于该数据集,我们分析了星链性能及其对气象条件的敏感性,并通过复现早期小规模研究结果验证了数据集的可靠性。我们以开放数据形式发布了数据集及所有配套工具。据我们所知,这是迄今为止规模最大的星链数据集。