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SIMOPSDecision Support System for Maritime Operations

RPAS-seminar, Kystverket, Oslo 24.april 2014

Simultaneous Operations

• Multiple vessels

• Coordinated operations

• Information sharing

• Close proximity

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Simultaneous Operations

• Remote decision makers

• Large areas covered

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Video from RPAS1:

RPAS1

Decision Support Tool

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Maritime communication

• Multipath fading

• Near and far communication

• Line of sight loss

• Obstructions

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Maritime Broadband Radio

• New maritime communication concept: MBR

• Smart Antenna

• Multiple transceivers and antennas

• Real-time signal processing

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MBR Beamforming

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MBR path loss measurement

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7-170

-160

-150

-140

-130

-120

-110

-100

km

Path

loss (

dB

)

Path loss between two circular polarized antennas vs. distance

Conventional radio tolerance

MBR range demonstration

• Link beyond line of sight

• High data throughput

– 0.5 – 5 Mbps

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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 1000

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

Distance [km]

Thro

ughput

[Mbps]

User data throughput vs. distance

video limit

Lin

e o

f Sig

ht

MBR coverage from 4000ft (4Mbps)

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Coast Guard InspectorCoast Guard Inspector

SIMOPS Decision Support Tool

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Video from RPAS1

RPAS1

SIMOPS Decision Support Tool

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Oil spill

detected

RPAS1 SLAR

RPAS1

SIMOPS Decision Support Tool

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Oil spill

detected

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