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Till Zimmermann

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Book Open access Aug 2026

DEMO: COSME -- Composable Orchestrated Starlink Mobility Emulation

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite links are pivotal for ubiquitous vehicle connectivity, yet their performance is impacted by a complex interplay of weather, constellation dynamics, and physical obstructions. While individual models for these impairments exist, protocol and application designers lack a unified tool to evaluate behavior under realistic, composed LEO conditions. We present COSME, a route-aware, real-time mobility emulator that integrates multiple impairment models - including obstruction-based loss, constellation-induced jitter, precipitation-driven bandwidth reduction, and packet loss at handovers - into a single framework. By orchestrating Linux network namespaces via tc and netem, COSME enables the high-fidelity playback of merged impairment traces. We demonstrate COSME through five diverse application showcases, highlighting the impact of different congestion control algorithms and transport protocols on LEO connectivity.

Eric Lanfer, Dominic Laniewski, Till Zimmermann et al. · 0 citations