Future Satellite Communication in SAR Operations - The SatCom4Mar Project

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1 Future Satellite Communication in SAR Operations - The SatCom4Mar Project Beate Kvamstad 1, Fritz Bekkadal 1, Simon Plass 2, Yasrine Ibnyahya 3, Nazzareno Marchese 4 1 MARINTEK, Trondheim, Norway, 2 DLR (German Aerospace Center), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, 3 Inmarsat, London, UK, 4 SIRM, Rome, Italy Arctic Frontiers

2 Arctic Frontiers Project Goals The fundamental questions the project SatCom4Mar will address are: Which upcoming satellite communication system could contribute to fulfil the requirements of maritime user applications? Are there any technological gaps requiring new developments? How could upcoming satellite, terrestrial, and legacy systems be integrated to reduce the burden on the navigator (in terms of amount of radio equipment and related procurement and service costs)? 12 months project duration until 03-Sept-2014

3 Arctic Frontiers Project s Selection Process Today

4 Arctic Frontiers Project Outcomes Public workshop (April-08, 2014 from 10: at Inmarsat in London free of charge) to disseminate already achieved results and to discuss and collect further inputs from the maritime communications community Development of road map towards potential new satellite systems and technology. Release and dissemination to the public, relevant bodies, and stakeholders in September 2014.

5 Arctic Frontiers First Steps Make a prediction of satellite services and satellite communication systems that could serve maritime communication requirements and which will be in operation from 2020 onwards Gain a high-level understanding of the potential for satellite communications, taking into account the discussions which are on-going

6 Arctic Frontiers Today s Agenda The current and planned communication system will be evaluated. Preliminary findings and a review of satellite communications in the future maritime communications market will be given First predictions towards new satellite service and its identified areas

7 Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) operators Inmarsat Iridium Thuraya Globalstar Orbcomm Lightsquared Arctic Frontiers

8 Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) operators Arctic Frontiers Intelsat SES Telesat Eutelsat Regional: Arabsat, AsiaSAT, APT, GE Satellite, SingTel and Telenor

9 Arctic Frontiers Terrestrial systems GPRS (GSM) UMTS (3G) IEEE : Wi-Fi (WLAN) HiperLAN IEEE : WiMAX Radio Modem UHF (proprietary private networks) Digital VHF radio (AIS) 4G protocols

10 Arctic Frontiers Growth in broadband traffic

11 Arctic Frontiers Maritime Safety Services GMDSS, AIS, LRIT, SafetyNet. Inmarsat coverage

12 Arctic Frontiers SAR systems Cospas-Sarsat AIS Source: Kongsberg Seatex Source: NOAA

13 AIS traffic data in the arctic Norwegian AISSat-1 Arctic Frontiers Source: Norwegian Space Centre; one blue dot represents one ship-day; from Sept to Sept. 2012

14 Arctic Frontiers E-Navigation

15 Developments and future demands in 2020 Arctic Frontiers Historically, maritime industry has been conservative and slow to adopt new technologies. Shipping companies have always largely relied on proven solutions. Maritime industry moves from traditional communications systems to higher speed IP data networks. Within the next decade the revenue is doubling in the maritime market for mobile satellite systems is expected (Source: NSR)

16 Arctic Frontiers The maritime market Offshore platforms & vessels Passenger (ferries and cruise ships) Commercial Shipping (tankers, bunkering vessels, general cargo, containers) Government & military Fishing Leisure

17 Arctic Frontiers The maritime market (cont.)

18 Arctic Frontiers The usage of broadband communication on-board ship

19 What could be future tendencies? Arctic Frontiers ) Autonomous ships 2) Arctic communication 3) e-navigation 4) Convergence: commercial and safety 5) Tracking and Monitoring

20 What could be future tendencies? 1) Autonomous ships Coverage Regulation Remote Operations Availability and Reliability Bandwidth Security Arctic Frontiers

21 What could be future tendencies? Arctic Frontiers ) Autonomous ships 2) Arctic communication Coverage (threat: Terrestrial infrastructure) Safety Cargo & raw material transport, Oil & Gas exploration Availability and Reliability Bandwidth

22 What could be future tendencies? 1) Autonomous ships 2) Arctic communication 3) e-navigation Arctic Frontiers Systems interoperability Enhanced navigation, Safety, Security due to data exchange Systems Integration

23 What could be future tendencies? Arctic Frontiers ) Autonomous ships 2) Arctic communication 3) e-navigation 4) Convergence: commercial and safety Simplified interface Systems interoperability/ systems agnostic Regulation On-board entertainment

24 What could be future tendencies? 5) Tracking and Monitoring Arctic Frontiers regional or global connectivity Common Service Platform for tracking and monitoring Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication Fleet & asset management Fisheries (e-log, Geo-fencing, trading) Security (fail safe, encryption, data reliability)

25 Arctic Frontiers Summary Evaluation of existing systems and services First identification of possible new future trends / service areas What s next: technical requirements for identified services will be evaluated and a set of potential services and its technical feasibility will be extracted Final results will be public!