Link Quality Measurements for Marine Vehicular to Infrastructure Network (V2I)

Marine environment can be very extreme and unpredictable. fishing vessels need a robust communication infrastructure to connect to the shore based services during scenarios such as impending cyclones and other emergencies (such as accidents with ships) to expedite rescue operations. Even operation-wise, Internet at sea would enable the availability of several applications and services (E-commerce, Live data of Potential Fishing Zones advisory, etc.) which would lead to a more improved and efficient fishing business for fishermen. The potential of the proposed OceanNet architecture for marine Internet connectivity is demonstrated through this V2I communication infrastructure that ensures connectivity and coverage to satisfy the vehicular application requirements. This work is a study of link quality parameters based on real data collected from the installed OceanNet devices on eight fishing nodes. The ultimate aim of such a study is to be able to provide information for fishermen as to the locations where they would get reliable Internet connectivity for emergency communication using VoIP services.