Study on worldwide detection of AIS signals via airliners

Author

Plass, Simon ; Hermenier, Romain

Author_Institution

Inst. of Commun. & Navig., German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Wessling, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

7-10 April 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Demands on security, safety, and environmental protection in worldwide shipping is steadily increasing. Shipboard broadcast transponders based on the automatic identification system (AIS) can be easily detected close to coast or waterway areas. Satellite-based AIS receivers detect globally but are limited in high density traffic areas. In this paper, a new possibility for worldwide AIS detection via airliners is presented. A first study is given towards the potential coverage of an airliner-based AIS detection. The usage of airliners as a complementary surveillance infrastructure for detecting AIS signals enables a comprehensive ship detection infrastructure for the future.

Keywords

aircraft; marine safety; object tracking; radio receivers; ships; signal detection; surveillance; transponders; AIS signal detection; airliner; automatic identification system; environmental protection; satellite-based AIS receivers detection; security demand; ship detection infrastructure; shipboard broadcast transponder; shipping; surveillance infrastructure; Aircraft; Databases; Marine vehicles; Monitoring; Receivers; Satellites; Tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2014 - TAIPEI

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3645-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS-TAIPEI.2014.6964322

Filename

6964322