Automation of a robotic marine monitoring network using an unmanned surface vessel
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33216/1998-7927-2024-286-6-166-173Keywords:
monitoring of the marine environment, unmanned surface vessel, sonar station, control system, control algorithmAbstract
Monitoring of the surface and underwater situation is one of the important aspects of ensuring the protection of each maritime country. Currently, the most popular means of covering the underwater situation are static hydroacoustic stations and unmanned surface vessels. The main problems of their use are that hydroacoustic stations located far out to sea can be detected by intruders due to the presence of radio signals transmitted from radio buoys, and unmanned surface vessels do not provide continuous monitoring of a certain sea area. The purpose of the article is to develop a concept for building a system for automatic monitoring of the surface and underwater situation in the territorial waters of the state on the basis of an operationally deployed marine network, which is built on the basis of the use of unmanned surface vessels and stationary hydroacoustic stations with radio buoys. The structure of an operationally deployed network of passive sonar stations for detecting underwater and surface potentially dangerous objects and intruders in the territorial waters of the state is proposed. The main difficulty in operating the proposed network is the spatial location of the sonar station when installing it in a specific place on the bottom surface. To be able to control this process and maintain sonar stations, the use of an uninhabited moored underwater vehicle is envisaged. A description of the concept of the functioning of an operationally deployed network of passive sonar stations is provided, which is based on the alternate receipt by an unmanned surface vessel of information from sonar stations about the state of the underwater situation. As an integral component of the network, the vessel's communication channel with the coastal control post of the marine environment monitoring system is considered. An algorithm for the regular operation of an operationally deployed network is proposed, in which, before data exchange between an unmanned surface vessel and a passive sonar station, a procedure for initializing the sonar communication channel is provided. To increase the reliability of identification of the detected offending object, it is provided for the involvement of shore-based vessel traffic control systems.
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