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AIS Applications in Russian Testbed Area AIS Applications in Russian Testbed Area "Hermitage" Evgeny Gayduk Deputy Promotion Director Kronstadt Group Saint-Petersburg, RUSSIA 2 Kronstadt Group 1990 Creating Transas company Creating Transas Group 2015 Dividing Transas Group Now Kronstadt Group Transas Group 3 Testbed area "Hermitage" location River Svir segment Lake Ladoga segment River Neva segment Maritime zone Inland waterways zone Gulf of Finland Финский залив Suomenlahti Soome laht 4 Testbed goals The purposes of testbed (in terms of the application of AIS): Evaluation of the consistency of the existing AIS infrastructure and its usage. Development, implementation and evaluation of proposals for AIS infrastructure improvement. Tasks: Assessment of the adequacy of the existing AIS infrastructure Evaluation of the accuracy of ship data transmission via AIS in maritime zone and inland waterways zone. Estimation of the accuracy of the transmission of DGNSS corrections using AIS at various testbed sites. Development of agreed formats for the transmission of AIS messages in the marine and inland waterways zones. Formalization of language-independent reports and messages by means of AIS. Test operation of automated water level sensors in Ladoga Lake and the river Svir with data transfer to the AIS. Development of proposals for the formation of message 21 for vessels crossing the lines of delineation between IALA and inland waterways buoyage systems zones. Production of prototype VDES, testing with various modulation and coding scheme. 5 Testbed. AIS base stations 2734451 2734494 2734453 2734491 2734469 2734492 2734464 2734450 2734463 2734468 2734465 6 Testbed. AIS base stations with ranges 2734451 2734494 2734453 2734491 Antenna Nominal range, AIS name AIS MMSI height, m nm 2734469 Gogland 2734469 54 25 Gorki 2734468 145 35 2734492 2734464 2734450 2734463 Primorsk 2734453 90 30 2734468 2734465 Vysotsk 2734451 140 35 Petrovorets 2734450 90 30 St.Petersburg (1) 2734492 27 20 St.Petersburg (2) 2734463 26 20 Otradnoje 2734465 36 22 Shlisselburg 2734464 54 25 Sviritsa 2734491 53 25 Lodeynoje Pole 2734494 24 20 7 Testbed. DGNSS station and AIS DGNSS possibilities DGNSS Station Shepelevskiy Nominal range 200 km Accuracy ≤ 10 m (p=0,95) 8 Testbed. VTS centers VTS “Port Vysotck” GOFREP VTS “Pribrezhnaya” VTS “Port Primorsk” VTS “Port St.Petersburg” Inland waterways zone Regional VTS VTS “Port Ust’ Luga” Maritime zone Regional VTS Petrodvorets 9 Testbed. Water level sensors GSM AIS ASM message 8 FI 24 GSM Water level sensor provides information about the water level in Ladoga lake to VTS by GSM 10 ASM AIS, messages 8 Inland waterways AIS vs maritime AIS International Function Message AIS ASM recommended for international use according to Resolution No. 63* according to SN.1/Circ.289** FI International Function Message FI Message Name 10 Inland vessel static and voyage-related data 21 ETA at lock/bridge/terminal 21 Weather observation report from ship 22 RTA at lock/bridge/terminal 22 Area notice – broadcast 23 EMMA warning 23 Area notice – addressed Extended ship static and voyage-related 24 Water level 24 data 40 Signal status 55 Number of persons on board *International Standard for Tracking and Tracing **Guidance on the use of AIS application-specific on Inland Waterways (VTT) messages Inland Transport Committee IMO Economic Commission for Europe 11 Testbed. Synthetic AIS AtoN Iridium SBD AIS message 21 GSM Monitored Synthetic AIS AtoN “AtoNs physically exist, however is not equipped by real AIS AtoN units” IALA Guideline No.1062. The communication with AtoNs shall confirm the location and status of the AtoNs. In the testbed communication between AtoNs and VTS will be provided by: • GSM line; • Satellite line (Iridium) 12 Testbed. Virtual AIS AtoN AIS AtoN 24 AIS AtoN 29 AIS AtoN 9 (N) AIS AtoN 11 (S) AIS AtoN 25 AIS AtoN 24 AIS AtoN 9 (N) AIS AtoN 11 (S) AIS AtoN 9 (N) AIS AtoN 25 AIS AtoN 24 AIS AtoN 10 (E) AIS AtoN 29 AIS AtoN 12 (W) AIS AtoN 25 AIS AtoN 29 AIS AtoN 24 AIS AtoN 25 IALA buoyage system area IALA buoyage system area Virtual AIS AtoN AIS AtoN 25 AIS AtoN 25 AIS AtoN 24 AIS AtoN 25 AIS AtoN 24 Set in the testbed: AIS AtoN 25 AIS AtoN 24 demarcation line between different 11 cardinal in the maritime area AIS AtoN 25 AIS AtoN 24 AIS AtoN 25 buoyage systems AIS AtoN 25 AIS AtoN 24 7 lateral in the maritime area AIS AtoN 24 AIS AtoN 24 14 lateral in the river zone CEVNI buoyage system area 13 Buoyage Systems Difficulties (1) The maritime AIS message 21 is based on the IALA buoyage system which is different from the buoyage system used in inland navigation (CEVNI) River Neva Inland waters from Rec. ITU-R M.1371-5 Table 74 Buoyage System Code Definition Gulf of Finland Floating AtoN 24 Port hand Mark IALA Maritime Buoyage System 25 Starboard hand Mark Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga IALA Maritime IALA Maritime Buoyage System Buoyage System River Neva Inland waters Buoyage System River Svir Inland waters Buoyage System Buoyage Systems Difficulties (2) 14 right side of fairway left side of fairway Situation #1 AIS AtoN 25 (starboard) The river flows out of the lake Ladoga AIS AtoN 25 (starboard) Lake Ladoga IALA Maritime AIS AtoN 24 (port) (maritime buoyage system) Buoyage System (red left) AIS AtoN code is not changed. right side of fairway AIS AtoN 24 (port) left side of fairway River Neva Inland Waters Buoyage System (red right) right side of fairway left side of fairway AIS AtoN 24 (port) Situation #2 AIS AtoN 25 (starboard) Lake Ladoga The river flows into the maritime IALA Maritime buoyage system zone. Buoyage System AIS AtoN 25 (starboard) (red left) AIS AtoN code is changed. AIS AtoN 24 (port) River Svir left side of fairway right side of fairway Inland Waters Buoyage System (red right) VDES testing and implementation 15 WRC-19 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 AIS + VDE-TER VDES Terrestrial VDES Full Initial Initial operational operational operational Capability Capability Capability AIS 1 AIS 2 AIS AIS LR1 AIS LR2 150 VDE-TER VDE-TER VDE-TER VDE-TER 1A ASM VDE-TER VDE-TER 1B VDE-SAT ASM ASM 1 ASM ASM 2 VDE-SAT UL VDE-SAT VDE-SAT DL Testbed functioning The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia Thanks for your attention!.
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