An AI Powered Software Tool for Planning, Implementing and Monitoring Collaborative and Interoperable maritime Telecommunication Networks

**海洋/海事环境中的技术格局正在迅速变化，关键驱动因素包括海洋自主和智能港口、环境监测、天气监测、海上资产监测和水下环境中海事物联网的更普遍部署。支撑海事部门现代化的智能/超连接基础设施非常需要数据。可信数据是良好决策/安全/可靠性的基础。这些数据通过私有和公共网络的组合进行管理和传输，这些网络本身也在迅速发展。技术变革包括新的传输方式（自由空间光学，MIMO），通信平台（无人机，高空平台，浮标，helikites，卫星）以及新的集成标准和虚拟化方法。然而，海上物联网、自主、海上资产和智能港口的连接网络正在以零碎和孤立的方式建设。为每个项目和应用程序构建不可集成和不可扩展的专用网络确实存在危险。已经感受到的影响是，连接基础设施和技术的部署效率极低、成本高、不理想，随之而来的是技术集成和互操作性问题。在这种情况下，电信网络运营商、供应商、物联网项目开发商、智能港口开发商和运营商、海事自治规划者正在努力解决与哪些技术混合、如何以可互操作的方式部署它们以及如何推动促进协作而不是零散解决方案的业务主张相关的关键问题**响应需求/机会**我们建议开发首个此类软件工具来帮助规划。实施和监控协作、可互操作和可扩展的海事电信网络，以帮助实现海上物联网/自主应用的成本效益和高性能部署。该工具将使用户能够理解：*基于其用例/位置，最能满足其通信需求（数据吞吐量/延迟/弹性/覆盖/一致性/安全性）的通信技术组合/平台。*与现有通讯网络(例如：*商业案例，额外的收入流/成本节约为开发协作，互操作和可扩展的网络和对技术组合/网络特性的影响。*如何妥善管理频谱，以避免干扰及符合连接要求。**帮助发展西南/美国。K**我们很自豪能在西南地区帮助发展和合作。

**Project Motivation/Need**The technological landscape in the marine/maritime environment is rapidly changing with key drivers such as marine autonomy and more general deployment of maritime IOT across smart ports, environmental monitoring, weather monitoring, offshore asset monitoring and under water environments.The smart/ultra-connected infrastructure underpinning the modernisation of the maritime sector is extremely data hungry. Trusted data is the basis for good decisions/safety/reliability. This data is managed and transferred by a combination of private and public networks, which are themselves rapidly advancing. Technological changes include new transmission methods(Free-Space-Optics, MIMO), communication platforms(Drones, High Altitude Platforms, Buoys, helikites, Satellites) as well as new integration standards and virtualization methods.However, connectivity networks for Maritime IoT, autonomy, off-shore assets and smart ports are being built out in a piecemeal and isolated manner. There is a real danger of non-integrable and non-extensible private networks being built out for each project and application. The impact, already being felt, is the highly inefficient, costly and suboptimal deployment of connectivity infrastructure and technologies, with follow on problems in technology integration and interoperability.In this context telecommunication network operators, vendors, IoT project developers, smart port developers & operators, maritime autonomy planners are grappling with key questions related to which technologies to mix, how to deploy them in an interoperable way, and how to drive business propositions which promote collaboration rather than piecemeal solutions**Responding to the Need/Opportunity**We propose developing a first of its kind software tool to aid planning, implementing and monitoring collaborative, interoperable and extensible maritime telecommunication networks to help enable the cost effective and high-performance deployment of maritime IoT/autonomy applications. The tool will enable users to understand:* The communications technologies mix/platforms that will best satisfy their communication requirements (data throughput/latency/resiliency/coverage/consistency/security) based on their use-cases/location.* Sensible integration/interface options (or not) with existing communication networks(i.e. based on security/cost/performance requirements)* The business cases, additional revenue streams/cost savings for developing collaborative, interoperable and extensible networks and the impact on technology mix/network characteristics.* How spectrum should best be managed to avoid interference and meets connection requirements.**Helping growing the South West/U.K**We are proud to be based, helping to grow and collaborating in the South West.