Abstract: A method is provided for propagating messages in a communication network to a satellite network, the communication network being made up of a set of users and the satellite network comprising at least one satellite, the set of users comprising a sender and a recipient, said recipient being intended to send to the satellite network an initial message originating from the sender, at least one satellite of the satellite network being visible to said recipient, in which each user determines a number of intermediaries needed to reach the recipient and periodically sends a message comprising said number of intermediaries needed to reach the recipient, and said initial message being sent by the sender to the visible user having the lowest possible number of necessary intermediaries, called optimal intermediary, said optimal intermediary becoming, in turn, sender and sending the initial message, the operation being repeated until the recipient is reached.

Abstract: A method is provided for propagating messages in a communication network to a satellite network, the communication network being made up of a set of users and the satellite network comprising at least one satellite, the set of users comprising a sender and a recipient, said recipient being intended to send to the satellite network an initial message originating from the sender, at least one satellite of the satellite network being visible to said recipient, in which each user determines a number of intermediaries needed to reach the recipient and periodically sends a message comprising said number of intermediaries needed to reach the recipient, and said initial message being sent by the sender to the visible user having the lowest possible number of necessary intermediaries, called optimal intermediary, said optimal intermediary becoming, in turn, sender and sending the initial message, the operation being repeated until the recipient is reached.