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Ship Ad-hoc Communication (SAC) Protocol for SANETs

선박용 애드혹 네트워크를 위한 Ship Ad-hoc Communication 프로토콜

  • Received : 2012.02.02
  • Accepted : 2012.02.21
  • Published : 2012.05.31
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Abstract

A ship ad-hoc network (SANET) can provide ships with diverse multimedia services by replacing expensive satellite communications. While ITU-R M. 1842-1, standards for maritime VHF band digital communications, can be used as the specifications of physical layer for SANETs, no standards are specified for higher layers of SANETs. In this paper, we propose a ship ad-hoc communication (SAC) protocol for SANETs, based on medium access control (MAC) and routing protocols for terrestrial ad-hoc networks. SAC protocol is a cross-layer protocol which combines MAC and routing into one algorithm and considers maritime environments, including the existence of neighboring ships, the possibility of routing to a destination, and changing the communication mode in case of VHF channel failure.

Ship Ad-hoc Network (SANET)은 고비용의 위성 통신을 대체하여 선박에 멀티미디어 서비스를 제공하기 위한 선박 간 애드혹 네트워크이다. 현재 SANET의 물리계층은 해상 VHF 대역 디지털 통신의 표준인 ITU-R M. 1842-1을 반영할 수 있으나, 상위 계층은 명확한 표준화가 진행되지 않고 있다. 본 논문에서는 육상 애드혹 네트워크에 적용되는 매체접속제어와 라우팅 프로토콜을 기반으로, 해상 통신환경에 맞는 SANET용 네트워크 프로토콜인 Ship Ad-hoc Communication (SAC) 프로토콜을 제안한다. SAC 프로토콜은 매체접속제어와 라우팅을 하나의 알고리즘에서 수행하는 크로스 레이어 프로토콜로써, 이웃 선박의 유무, 목적지까지의 경로 설정 여부, 열악한 통신 환경 시 통신 모드 전환 등을 다양한 해상 환경을 반영한다.

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