  Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites play a crucial role in providing global
connectivity for non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) and supporting various
Internet-of-Remote-Things (IoRT) applications. Each LEO satellite functions as
a relay node in the sky, employing store-and-forward transmission strategies
that necessitate the use of buffers. However, due to the finite size of these
buffers, occurrences of buffer overflow leading to packet loss are inevitable.
In this paper, we demonstrate how inter-satellite links (ISLs) can mitigate the
probability of buffer overflow. Specifically, we propose an approach to
reallocate packets among LEO satellites via ISLs to minimize the occurrence of
buffer overflow events. Consequently, the implementation of ISLs can lead to a
more reliable satellite network, enabling efficient packet reallocation to
reduce the probability of buffer overflow.
