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http://dx.doi.org/10.7840/kics.2013.38C.3.271

Compensating the Effect of Ship Rocking in Maritime Ship-to-Shore Communication  

Keshav, Tushar (목포대학교 전자공학과)
Yoon, Seokho (성균관대학교 정보통신공학부)
Lee, Seong Ro (목포대학교 정보전자공학과)
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The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences / v.38C, no.3, 2013 , pp. 271-277 More about this Journal
Abstract
A novel approach to solve signal variation due to ship rocking in maritime wireless communication is introduced. We assume a ship-to-shore based communication scenario, where the transmitter is on shore and the receiver on the ship. Due to the ocean conditions, such as the presence of waves and wind etc. the ship is not stable and constantly experiences some form of rocking motion. This rocking motion causes the antenna on the ship to sway, creating instability in the signal reception. We envisage that the signal is offset at the receiver incurring high Bit Error Rate. This paper is to investigate and counter this problem by using Multiple-input Multiple-output (MIMO) technique. We propose to implement beamforming technique with multiple transmit antennas. The implementation of this proposed method crafts a robust maritime communication network.
Keywords
Antenna swaying; Beamforming; Maritime; Ship Rocking; Signal variation;
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