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A specialized database and a software tool for graphical and numerical presentation of maritime measurement results has been designed and implemented as part of the research conducted under the netBaltic project (Internet over the Baltic Sea – the implementation of a multi-system, self-organizing broadband communications network over the sea for enhancing navigation safety through the development of e-navigation services.) The developed software allows tracing graphs of radio-connections between shore stations and vessels (offshore units), based on historical data including the traffi of ships and their specific parameters collected on the Baltic Sea during the last four years. It also enables preparation of data for network simulation experiments using AIS (Automatic Identification of Ships) and GPS (Global Positioning System) loggers installed on shore stations and vessels, taking into account a number of input parameters, such as: time range, coast station selection, ship flags based on MMSI numbers and types and ranges of possible communication technologies used (WiFi, WiMax, Radwin, LTE, etc.). The created tool has a multi-layer architecture that utilizes the MariaDB SQL database, the Apache2 WEB server, and a number of PHP applications. The runtime environment has been built on Linux Debian version 8 and the HP C7000 cluster of the 16 CPU x86 64 architecture. The modularity of the application allows parallel processing and, therefore, optimization of the computing cluster. The database contains more than 70 million records which enables simulation of various topologies (with multi-hop transmissions) and network operations depending on the transmission techniques being used. The database is fully scalable, and allows easy adding of further data collected during subsequent measurement sessions. Additionally, the use of virtualization tools facilitates the future migration to more effiient processing environments, in case of a significant increase in the volume of data.

Authors

• mgr inż. Michał Lewczuk,
• mgr inż. Paweł Cichocki,
• prof. dr hab. inż. Józef Woźniak link open in new tab