Unseen Cost of Space Computing: Quantifying LEO Battery Aging via Physics-Driven Modeling
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| author | Zeng, Li Zhu, Jingyang Wang, Zixin Shi, Yuanming Letaief, Khaled B. |
| author_facet | Zeng, Li Zhu, Jingyang Wang, Zixin Shi, Yuanming Letaief, Khaled B. |
| contents | Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations in the 6G era are evolving into intelligent in-orbit computational platforms, forming Space Computing Power Networks (SCPNs) to deliver global-scale computing services. However, the intensive computation within SCPN incurs a significant ``unseen cost'': the frequent charge-discharge cycles accelerate the physical degradation of satellites' life-limiting and high-cost batteries, thereby threatening the long-term operational viability of such a system. Existing approaches, often relying on indirect metrics like Depth of Discharge (DoD) and neglecting the complex, nonlinear degradation process of battery aging, fail to accurately quantify this cost. To address this, we introduce a high-fidelity, physics-driven model that quantitatively links computational workload parameters to the nonlinear battery degradation. Building on this model, we formulate a degradation-aware scheduling problem and analyze heuristic policies across different energy regimes. Simulations reveal that the optimal strategy should be adaptive: in solar-rich conditions, a myopic policy maximizing instantaneous solar utilization is superior, whereas under energy scarcity, a reactive policy leveraging real-time battery state significantly extends lifetime. |
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| spellingShingle | Unseen Cost of Space Computing: Quantifying LEO Battery Aging via Physics-Driven Modeling Zeng, Li Zhu, Jingyang Wang, Zixin Shi, Yuanming Letaief, Khaled B. Signal Processing Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations in the 6G era are evolving into intelligent in-orbit computational platforms, forming Space Computing Power Networks (SCPNs) to deliver global-scale computing services. However, the intensive computation within SCPN incurs a significant ``unseen cost'': the frequent charge-discharge cycles accelerate the physical degradation of satellites' life-limiting and high-cost batteries, thereby threatening the long-term operational viability of such a system. Existing approaches, often relying on indirect metrics like Depth of Discharge (DoD) and neglecting the complex, nonlinear degradation process of battery aging, fail to accurately quantify this cost. To address this, we introduce a high-fidelity, physics-driven model that quantitatively links computational workload parameters to the nonlinear battery degradation. Building on this model, we formulate a degradation-aware scheduling problem and analyze heuristic policies across different energy regimes. Simulations reveal that the optimal strategy should be adaptive: in solar-rich conditions, a myopic policy maximizing instantaneous solar utilization is superior, whereas under energy scarcity, a reactive policy leveraging real-time battery state significantly extends lifetime. |
| title | Unseen Cost of Space Computing: Quantifying LEO Battery Aging via Physics-Driven Modeling |
| topic | Signal Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04372 |