Title :
The SafePort project: Concepts and results of trials
Author :
Marucco, G. ; Defina, A. ; Mikkelsen, T.G. ; Hodgson, B.
Abstract :
The paper presents the SafePort project. The aim of the project is the realization of a system close to the market able to provide a safe and efficient control of the transit of all vessels in a port from the port entrance to their berths and out again using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) Safety of Life (SoL) information. After the description of the basic concepts the system wants to leverage on, an overview of all the modules is provided. The paper is focused on the implementation and tests of the Portable Pilot Unit called SafePilot which exploits EGNOS SoL feature in order to provide to the whole system a reliable information about vessel positioning. Test results for the validation of the SafePilot concept are shown.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; overlay networks; sea ports; ships; EGNOS SoL; EGNOS safety of life; European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service; SafePilot; SafePort project; SoL information; port entrance; port vessel transit; portable pilot unit; vessel positioning; Global Navigation Satellite Systems; Microcontrollers; Microprogramming; Receivers; Satellites; Standards;
Conference_Titel :
Satellite Telecommunications (ESTEL), 2012 IEEE First AESS European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4687-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4686-3
DOI :
10.1109/ESTEL.2012.6400192
