Employing Wireless Networks in Enhancing Occupational Safety at the Developing Seaport – Two Proposals

Polish maritime research

Joan ColomerPolytechnic University of Catalonia, School of Telecommunications Engineering, SpainEmailOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar¹  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke SchmeinkRWTH Aachen University, Institute for Theoretical Information Technology, GermanyEmailOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar²  Prof. Dr. Sanja BaukCorresponding authorUniversity of Montenegro, Faculty of Maritime Studies, Montenegro GermanyRWTH Aachen University, Institute for Theoretical Information Technology, GermanyEmailOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar³ 

[1] Polytechnic University of Catalonia, School of Telecommunications Engineering, Spain;RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Theoretical Information Technology, Germany;University of Montenegro, Faculty of Maritime Studies, Montenegro Germany

关键词: Keywords: occupational safety;    developing seaport;    Wireless Body Area Network Sensors (WBANSs);    channel simulations;    physical layer;   

DOI  :  10.1515/pomr-2017-0013

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

来源: Politechnika Gdanska * Wydzial Oceanotechniki i Okretownictwa

【 摘 要 】

The paper proposes two Wireless Body Area Network Sensors (WBANSs) scenarios at the logical and simulation levels for improving occupational safety and health conditions at the developing seaport environment. The Port of Bar (Montenegro) is taken as an exemplar. The logical model is based on the actual position of the Port of Bar at the seaport market, its needs and capacities for the information systems innovation through technology transfer and diffusion. The simulation model analyses the channel between the body central unit (BCU) of the worker’s on port wireless body sub-network and the port access point. The quality of the signal transmission at the physical layer has been tested through a source code generated in the Matlab. The code includes the BCU composite signal modulation, transmission, and demodulation, along with a noise and fading effects analysis. The results of the simulation experiments for the different transmission frequencies and distances between transmitter (worker’s BCU) and receiver (port’s access point) by using binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) and quadratic phase-shift keying (QPSK) modulation schemes are presented. Some directions for further investigations in this field are given, as well.

【 授权许可】

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