ABSTRACT
The specific market pull issues and user requirements pertaining to the MarCom project are investigated through the following 9 scenarios/user cases:
1 Monitoring of (domestic) ferries 2 Pilotage & maintenance of fairways, lighthouses
and navigation marks 3 Integrated operations (IO’s) 4 Passenger information on trains and at roads 5 High-speed craft (HSC) operations 6 Vessel-to-Vessel Relay and Mesh networking 7 Mobile on-board LAN-solutions 8 The High North challenges 9 International shipping
Furthermore the issue of novel maritime communication technologies will be an important aspect of the emerging e-Navigation and e-Maritime concepts – e-Maritime being proposed by the EU Commission (DG TREN) as an extension to the already developing e-Navigation concept originating from IALA and IMO strategic initiatives.
