5G Technologies for Long Range Wireless Backhauling in Maritime
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5G technologies for long range wireless backhauling in maritime environment Anne Despoulains, delegate CIO, Brittany Ferries Benoit Miscopein, lab manager, CEA-Leti Outline 1- Brief introduction to Brittany Ferries 2- Digital development of the company 3- Long range wireless backhaul system design 4- Promise and open issues BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brittany Ferries in 1 slide Brittany Ferries is a French maritime company created in 1973, operating ferries for freight and passengers. Over the past 45 years, 12 routes have been opened to cover England, Ireland and Spain, from 5 harbors in France. Those routes are operated all year long. 12 Navires/ Ships 9 RoPax 2 RoRo 1 HSS Trafic/ Traffic (per year) Pax: 2 593000persons Fret: 211 469 lories Chiffre d’affaire/ Turnover 440 M€ BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RENOUVELLEMENT DE FLOTTE / RENEWING THE FLEET HONFLEUR to replace NORMANDY The largest LNG ferry in (delivery: Q4 2019) Europe - 11 decks - 1680 passagers - 261 cabins - 2600m linear capacity - 550 cars et 64 lorries - L 187,4m - W 31m - 42 200 gross tonnes - Speed 22 knots https://www.destinationhonf leur.com/fr Brittany Ferries has ordered 2 high capacity RoPax (E-Flexer category) to renew the ships on the Atlantic routes • « GALICIA » delivered in 2021 • « SALAMANCA » delivered in 2022 BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACTIVITES / ACTIVITIES ~40 % of the company activity on Channel BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACTIVITES / ACTIVITIES ~40 % of the company activity on Channel BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACTIVITES / ACTIVITIES ~60 % of the company activity on Channel BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Outline 1- Brief introduction to Brittany Ferries 2- Digital development of the company 3- Long range wireless backhaul system design 4- Promise and open issues BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSFORMATION @ BRITTANY FERRIES The transformation journey of Brittany Ferries began in 2016 and was originally referred to as SMART (Strategy & Management to Adapt to the Revolution in Technology). Nowadays, we simply refer to all of the projects which are helping to transform Brittany Ferries as the Transformation Programme. This aims at improving passenger experience and enhancing the ships operation through the introduction of new technologies BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSFORMATION @ BRITTANY FERRIES Current problems of ship-to-shore connections: • At sea: reduced bandwidth and very expensive access via satellite • In harbour: Wifi-based solution are limited by interference Objectives: use a terrestrial architecture to cover the ships’ routes and provide high speed connectivity BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WIFI DEVELOPMENT - planning In June 2017, Brittany Ferries and CEA have signed a collaboration for the development of a high speed backhauling system. In June 2019, we are at the middle of the prototype development phase Following the plan, mid 2020 will see a scale-1 demo on the Caen-Portsmouth route and a 3rd phase of industrial transfert would start by that date BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Outline 1- Brief introduction to Brittany Ferries 2- Digital development of the company 3- Long range wireless backhaul system design 4- Promise and open questions BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ON-GOING PROJECT: objectives • Project started in 2017 focusing on « Caen-Portsmouth » route • Up to 80 Mbps to reach 90 km • Bidirectionnal system • Terrestrial architecture • No preference on the spectrum license regime • Deployment of a pilot architecture by mid 2020 BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ON-GOING PROJECT: lessons learnt – so far • Earth curvature requires HIGH points BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ON-GOING PROJECT: lessons learnt – so far • Earth curvature requires HIGH points • Unlicensed spectrum is irrelevant BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ON-GOING PROJECT: lessons learnt – so far • Earth curvature requires HIGH points • Unlicensed spectrum is irrelevant • Propagation in NLOS is quite severe BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ON-GOING PROJECT: lessons learnt – so far • Earth curvature requires HIGH points • Unlicensed spectrum is irrelevant • Propagation in NLOS is quite severe • Terrestrial system shall be composed of multiple points BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ON-GOING PROJECT: lessons learnt – so far • Earth curvature requires HIGH points • Unlicensed spectrum is irrelevant • Propagation in NLOS is quite severe • Terrestrial system shall be composed of multiple points • 5G-NR like waveform with 20 MHz channellisation can meet the objectives BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ON-GOING PROJECT: lessons learnt – so far • Earth curvature requires HIGH points • Unlicensed spectrum is irrelevant • Propagation in NLOS is quite severe • Terrestrial system shall be composed of multiple points • 5G-NR like waveform with 20 MHz channellisation can meet the objectives • Multiple reception with high antenna gain is required on boats BRITTANY FERRIES 27/06/2019 24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ON-GOING PROJECT: specifications Based on CEA’s background on 5G-NR, specifications have been established Parameter Value Comment Waveform BF-OFDM 5G-NR compatible waveform Supportedmodulations QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM Adaptive modulation Codingrates 1/3, 1/2,3/4 System bandwidth 2 channelsof 20 MHz Dualcarrier isOK Duplex mode TDD Flexible 10ms-frame structure Frequency band 3.5 GHz Max outputpower 46 dBm (RF power) Powercontrol Antennagain Terrestrial:17 dBi H60° / V6° aperture Boat : 19 dBi H8° / V8° aperture # terrestrialstations 4 3 in France,1 in UK On-boardsystem Azimutal beam-steering 2 RF front-ends Possible macro-diversity