naa a22 4500 510798101 CHVBK 20180411083344.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11277-013-1133-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11277-013-1133-9 On the Use of Wireless Technologies for Shipboard Monitoring Systems [Elektronische Daten] [Hussein Kdouh, Christian Brousseau, Gheorghe Zaharia, Hanna Farhat, Guy Grunfelder, Ghaïs ElZein] Current shipboard monitoring systems use extensive lengths of cables to connect sensors to control units. Replacing wired connections by wireless ones may be an efficient solution to reduce the ship weight and cost. Ships are characterized by a specific metallic environment which can severely decrease the efficiency of wireless networks due to signal attenuation and multipath effects. In this paper, we present a feasibility study of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) using ubiquitous technologies on board vessels. A measurement campaign has been conducted on board a ferry to investigate the radio propagation challenges of wireless communications in this particular environment. Path loss models have been obtained for typical shipboard environments. Engineering rules concerning the placement and the number of communication nodes needed to cover the decks and maintain the network connectivity have been determined. Based on these results, an IEEE 802.15.4 compliant WSN has been tested on board the same ferry. Sensor nodes have been placed on the four decks of the ferry and the base station has been placed in the control room located in the bottom deck. Results show an excellent performance with respect to transmission ratio of sensor nodes and a significant connectivity between nodes located in different compartments and decks separated by metallic watertight doors. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2013 Wireless sensor network nationallicence Ships nationallicence Path loss models nationallicence Measurements nationallicence WSN : Wireless sensor network nationallicence MEMS : Micro-electro-mechanical systems nationallicence EM : Electromagnetic nationallicence CW : Continuous wave nationallicence ISM : Industrial scientific and medical nationallicence Tx : Transmitter nationallicence Rx : Receiver nationallicence MMSE : Minimum mean square error nationallicence Kdouh Hussein Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, INSA de Rennes, 35708, Rennes, France aut Brousseau Christian Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, 35042, Rennes, France aut Zaharia Gheorghe Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, INSA de Rennes, 35708, Rennes, France aut Farhat Hanna Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, INSA de Rennes, 35708, Rennes, France aut Grunfelder Guy Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, INSA de Rennes, 35708, Rennes, France aut ElZein Ghaïs Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, INSA de Rennes, 35708, Rennes, France aut Wireless Personal Communications Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 72/3(2013-10-01), 1755-1769 0929-6212 72:3<1755 2013 72 11277 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-013-1133-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-013-1133-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kdouh Hussein Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, INSA de Rennes, 35708, Rennes, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brousseau Christian Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, 35042, Rennes, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zaharia Gheorghe Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, INSA de Rennes, 35708, Rennes, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Farhat Hanna Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, INSA de Rennes, 35708, Rennes, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grunfelder Guy Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, INSA de Rennes, 35708, Rennes, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- ElZein Ghaïs Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, INSA de Rennes, 35708, Rennes, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Wireless Personal Communications Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 72/3(2013-10-01), 1755-1769 0929-6212 72:3<1755 2013 72 11277 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer