Implementation and functionality evaluation of maritime point-to-point communication based on NS-3

Maritime wireless ad-hoc network is the future of maritime communication. When navigators sail to the sea, they usually go together as a convoy to avoid the problem of natural causes and human factors such as occasionally severe weather conditions and piracy. In essence, the navigators need to communicate with each other in their convoy. To evaluate the system functionality, network simulators are commonly chosen method. However, simulations contain assumptions that are not necessarily justified. In this paper, we show our actual measurement results from the NS3-emulation mode of the point-to-point communication based on the real antenna settings before the future tests in maritime scenarios.