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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2017.21.6.1252

Design of a Multi-Band Network Selection System for Seamless Maritime Communication Networks  

Cho, A-ra (Ocean System Engineering Research Division, KRISO)
Yun, Changho (Ocean System Engineering Research Division, KRISO)
Lim, Yong-kon (Ocean System Engineering Research Division, KRISO)
Choi, Youngchol (Ocean System Engineering Research Division, KRISO)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering / v.21, no.6, 2017 , pp. 1252-1260 More about this Journal
Abstract
As digital communication technology evolves, the diversity of maritime communication methods has benn increasing due to the emergence of new maritime communication technologies such as digital very high frequency (VHF) communication systems and LTE-M as well as traditional conventional maritime communication systems. At sea, all maritime communication methods may be available, but only some communication methods may be available depending on the location. In this paper, we propose a multi-band network selection (MNS) system that can provide seamless maritime communication service by switching to an optimal communication band among available communication systems, depending on network environment and user requirements. The proposed MNS system in the middleware layer is designed to be able to interface with two types of digital VHF communication systems that satisfy Annex 1 and Annex 4 of ITU-R M. 1842-1, LTE, and high frequency (HF) communication systems. We assign priority to each communication band, and design an optimal communication band determination algorithm based on this priority.
Keywords
Multi-band network; maritime networks; network selection; shipborne ad-hoc network (SANET);
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