Distress Beacons for Maritimal Accidents: Measurements of Coastal Sea Coverage

Author

Alejos, A.V. ; Culnias, I. ; Sanchez, Manuel Garcia ; Fernandez, J.A.G.

Author_Institution

Dipt. Teor. do Sinai e Comunicacions, Univ. de Vigo, Vigo

fYear

2007

fDate

11-16 Nov. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper a developed multiplatform communication system is introduced which main purpose is to provide real time positioning of the fishing or recreation boats, that habitually moves in the marine zones named as A1 and A2. The system also has facilities to automate the alert signal generation coming from a boat operating in these marine zones using GSM/GPRS. An outdoor measurement campaign was carried out to determine the availability of such systems in terms of cellular signal power strength. An estimation of coverage was determined. Measurement results have been compared with those provide by the application of ITU-R Recommendation P. 1546-2.

Keywords

cellular radio; marine accidents; marine communication; packet radio networks; GSM/GPRS; alert signal generation; cellular signal power strength; coastal sea coverage measurement; distress beacons; maritimal accident; multiplatform communication system; outdoor measurement campaign; real time positioning; GSM; beacon; coverage; distress; maritime;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2007. EuCAP 2007. The Second European Conference on

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

Print_ISBN

978-0-86341-842-6

Type

conf

Filename

4458342