Network-Integrated Ship Automatic System and Internetworking to the Internet

Authors

Li-Der Chou, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Chung Hua Polytechnic Institute, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, 30067, R.O.C.
Jeng Yih Juang, Professor, Department of Merchant Marine and Institute of Maritime Technology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan, 2024, R.O.C.

Abstract

Many automatic systems developed for the merchant ships are focused on the Unmanned Machinery Space (UMS), and therefore it is necessary to build a local area network (LAN) on the ship in order to integrate these automatic systems. By means of the Inmarsat satellite system, the shipboard LAN is interconnected with the terrestrial communication networks such as the Internet. In the paper, the shipboard LAN is designed from the view point of survivability, and three concepts to reduce the satellite communication cost for the interconnection of the shipboard LAN and the Internet are proposed. Finally, the way to implement the Internet electronic mail service via the Inmarsat system are presented.

Recommended Citation

Chou, Li-Der and Juang, Jeng Yih (1996) "Network-Integrated Ship Automatic System and Internetworking to the Internet," Journal of Marine Science and Technology: Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 15.
DOI: 10.51400/2709-6998.2548
Available at: https://jmstt.ntou.edu.tw/journal/vol4/iss1/15