Characteristics of wireless sensor network for full-scale ship application

Paik, Bu‐Geun; Cho, Seong-Rak; Park, Beom-Jin; Lee, Dongkon; Bae, Byung-Dueg; Yun, Jong-Hwui

doi:10.1007/s00773-008-0038-x

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“…Therefore, in addition to wires, a proposal to integrate the sensor network with other more established or to-be-established networks, such as a WiFi based mesh network, the crew/passenger network, a personnel tracking system and the global Internet was presented. Nevertheless, a later on, based on some different sources, the author of the paper [18] was stated, that although feasibility of WSN technology in ship applications can be justified from next examples from the literature (among others [16] and [19]), real deployments still meet difficulties. Although there are many networks functioning in industry, a lot of devices are still not connected to any network, because the cabling engineering is very costly.…”

Section: Maritime On Board Communication: State Of Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Safety Improvement of Measurement and Control Signals Transmission in Marine Environment

Masnicki

Mindykowski

Grala

2020

Sensors

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This paper is dedicated to some aspects of maritime on-board safety improvement. The contribution of this article is a proposal to extend wireless communication on the ship, supported by examples of solutions that have not previously been used on board. Analyzed aspects concern the measurement and control signal transmission in hostile marine environment. A problem to solve is formulated, how to reduce a negative impact of this environment on effectiveness and reliability of maritime on board communication. The proposed ways for solving a problem under consideration cover recommendations concerning some aspects of ship construction and implementation of wireless sensor network. The main topic faced by the paper is concentrated on case study-based ZigBee as well as WiFi networks implementation in the area of the acquisition of data from sensors and measuring transducers connected to the terminal network. The exemplary implementation of ZigBee network, elaborated in Gdynia Maritime University is related, firstly, to the configuration of a simple wireless measurement and control channel, and secondly, to wireless communication channel supported by autonomously working microprocessor measurement and control system. WiFi networks were also tested in the same area of application. Finally, some concluding remarks are formulated.

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Section: Maritime On Board Communication: State Of Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Safety Improvement of Measurement and Control Signals Transmission in Marine Environment

Masnicki

Mindykowski

Grala

2020

Sensors

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“…However, in [33], [57], the authors have successfully implemented self-healing multi-hop sensor ZigBee WSN on board a ferry and have concluded that, despite the steel architecture, ZigBee standard WSNs are possible aboard ships if the topology is chosen correctly. The full-scale ship application of WSNs has been researched into [58], [59], where the feasibility of ZigBee network on board a ship is confirmed by measurements done in the engine room and cabins of a training ship.…”

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Wireless Condition Monitoring of Machinery and Equipment in Maritime Industry

2018

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A B S T R A C TSeagoing vessels are highly complex systems. Major requirements of marine vessels are continuous running time and high production output. As such, these systems require high availability and reliability, and are dependent on preventive maintenance procedures. Development of diverse range of sensors, combined with overall reduction in price, enabled implementation of condition based maintenance in such systems. Large increases in fuel cost, environmental restrictions and further crew reduction are current trend in maritime industry. Considering marine sector emphasis on the reduction of fuel consumption, environmental restrictions, and reduction of crew size, implementation of condition based maintenance is favourable, especially with regard to lost man-hours. However, high initial cost of installation on moving vessels, necessary crew training and additional sensor maintenance inhibits implementation of condition based maintenance. Replacing wired monitoring system with wireless ship-board sensor network would mitigate the above mentioned problems. However, current research of wireless sensor networks is based on terrestrial installation. This paper analyses the application of wireless sensor network technology on board seagoing vessels. Practical engineering solutions, including sensor types, configurations and wireless network topologies have been identified and reviewed.

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“…Moreover, authors in (Paik et al, 2009) carried out some transmission tests using two ZigBee protocol analyzers to evaluate the performance of wireless communications on the passenger deck of a ship. Four scenarios including communication between a cabin and the corridor, in the corridor and between adjacent decks with and without entrance door closure, have been considered.…”

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Application of Wireless Sensor Network for the Monitoring Systems of Vessels

Kdouh¹,

Zaharia²,

Brousseau³

et al. 2012

Wireless Sensor Networks - Technology and Applications

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Additional information is available at the end of the chapter http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/48276 IntroductionWireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have gained worldwide attention in recent years, particularly with the proliferation of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology which has facilitated the development of smart sensors. Smart sensors are small devices composed of one or more sensors, a memory, a processor, a power supply and a radio unit. They can sense the environment, measure and send data wirelessly to control unit for further processing and decisions. WSNs have great potential for many applications such as habitat monitoring (Polastre et al., 2004), intrusion detection and target tracking and surveillance (Arora et al., 2004), oceanography (Tateson et al., 2005), environmental monitoring (Barrenetxea et al., 2008a(Barrenetxea et al., , 2008bPadhy et al., 2005;Selavo et al., 2007), structural health monitoring (Paek et al., 2005), infrastructure monitoring (Stoianov et al., 2007), precision agriculture (Langendoen et al., 2006), biomedical health monitoring (Gao et al., 2005), and hazardous environment exploration and seismic sensing (Werner-Allen et al., 2006). Structures, including bridges, buildings, dams, pipelines, aircraft, ships, among others, are complex engineered systems that ensure society's economic and industrial prosperity. Monitoring systems have been implemented for these structures to monitor their operation and behaviour against incidents. The monitoring system is primarily responsible for collecting the measurement output from sensors installed in the structure and storing the measurement data within a central data repository. To guarantee that measurement data are reliably collected, structural monitoring systems employ wires for communication between sensors and the repository. While wires provide a very reliable communication link, their installation in structures can be expensive and labour-intensive. With the emergence of wireless sensor technologies, industrial and academic groups have started to investigate the feasibility of WSN Wireless Sensor Networks -Technology and Applications 286 to replace the current wired monitoring systems (Lynch et al., 2006). Ships constitute an important part of modern systems widely used in armed conflicts and commercial purposes such as fishing and transporting passengers and cargos. Ships manufacturers and navy companies aim to use automation on board ships as much as possible in order to improve security and reduce the number of crew members. Modern ships are equipped with automatic monitoring systems which control and ensure the safety and accuracy of the whole ship operation. Current shipboard monitoring systems use extensive lengths of cables to connect several thousands of sensors to central control units. Tens of kilometres of cables may be installed on board a ferry-boat, increasing its cost, weight and architecture complexity. In addition to the high cost of wires installation during ships construction, vessels represent a complex...

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Characteristics of wireless sensor network for full-scale ship application

Cited by 29 publications

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Towards Safety Improvement of Measurement and Control Signals Transmission in Marine Environment

Towards Safety Improvement of Measurement and Control Signals Transmission in Marine Environment

Wireless Condition Monitoring of Machinery and Equipment in Maritime Industry

Application of Wireless Sensor Network for the Monitoring Systems of Vessels

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