IIRC that is very similar to how C.J.Cherryh described the 'jump mechanism' in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance%E2%80%93Union_universe https://en.wikiped

IIRC that is very similar to how C.J.Cherryh described the 'jump mechanism' in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance%E2%80%93Union_universe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance%E2%80%93Union_univers... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chanur_novels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chanur_novels Though it mainly applied to matter caught in the 'field/bubble' during acceleration. In those fictional universes they got around this by designating entry- and exit-zones in the star systems, coordinated by automated buoys stationed there, to circumvent communication delays. If you didn't have the right 'passport'... err codes to authenticate, you'd fly blind, and possibly be hunted by the space traffic police for grave violation of all sorts of traffic rules. If you were military, you shat on it, and even used it as a weapon.