USACE AIS Transmit Technical Support Summary Report

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Abstract:

The United States Army Corps of Engineers USACE operate the Lock Operations Management Application LOMA to provide navigation and safety information to lock operators and other users of the U.S. inland waterways. The system uses the Automatic Identification System AIS to collect and transmit information. The USACE plans to transmit additional information such as current velocity and direction, weather, river stages, hazards, notices to mariners and gate setting using the AIS Application Specific Messages ASMs. The United States Coast Guard Research and Development Center RDC has developed processes to manage the ASMs. RDC has been working with the USACE to provide AIS transmit technical support, specifically, to implement the creation, management, and transmission of the ASMs in the USACE AIS network. As part of the technical support, the RDC has tested the components of the USACE AIS network. A transmit architecture has been implemented and tested in test beds at Louisville, KY and Pittsburgh, PA. This report describes the results of the tests, makes recommendations for ways to improve the USACE AIS network, and recommends future work to continue improving the system.

Author(s):
Gonin, Irene ; Johnson, Gregory
Author Organization(s):
COAST GUARD NEW LONDON CT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Supplementary Note:
Prepared in cooperation with SAIC, Mystic, CT and Alion Science and Technology, New London, CT. The original document contains color images.
Pagination:
0036

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
CG-D-09-15, USCG/RDC-1430
Contract/Grant Number(s):
HSCG32-10-D-R00021
Project Number(s):
2431
Monitor Series:
ERDC/CHL
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_6.1.2_Wireless Transmission; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_5.2.3_Share Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_1.4.2_Health Service Delivery; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_JCA_4.1.2_Sustain the Force; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_4_Logistics
Modernization Areas:
Autonomy
Communities of Interest:
Ground and Sea Platforms
Descriptor(s):
*COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS, INLAND WATERWAYS, LOCKS(WATERWAYS), SAFETY, SECURITY, TEST BEDS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology, Computer Systems, Telemetry, Radio Communications
Keyword(s):
AIS(AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM), ASM(APPLICATION SPECIFIC MESSAGES), AIS TRANSMIT, ASM MANAGER, LOMA(LOCK OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT APPLICATION)
Report Date:
2014 Sep 01
Creation Date:
2015 Nov 30