The ISICOM Architecture

The ISICOM concept has been defined in the framework of the ISI technology platform as a mean to provide the necessary communication infrastructure in support to the achievement of the European Space Policy goals. In this paper, we introduce the ISICOM architecture: starting from the ISICOM devised missions, we describe the founding architecture concepts that shall be taken into consideration in the design of the ISICOM architecture in order to meet the challenging requirements set forth by the ISICOM missions.