LAPSE:2018.0359
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LAPSE:2018.0359
Design of a Shipboard Outside Communication Network and Its Testbed Using PLC: For Safety Management during the Ship Building Process
Jun-Ho Huh, Taehoon Koh, Kyungryong Seo
July 31, 2018
For the shipbuilding industry worldwide, work-related accidents at the construction site have been a major concern. Workers at the shipyards are consistently exposed to dangerous environments and their intensity of work is quite high. Considering the complexity of the shipbuilding process, efficient communications between workers are essential in the workplace, but current communication methods, which mostly use wireless technologies, are sometimes limited by the structural blocks, creating shadow areas where the radio bands cannot reach. As a countermeasure, SUNCOM Co., Ltd in the Republic of Korea has developed the PLC-based communication system followed by establishing a test-bed facility in cooperation with SK Telecom Co., Ltd and the Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. This system and applied technologies are expected to reduce accidents in the field and be applied for other industries having the same problem, providing an uninterrupted communication environment and safer working conditions. The solution adopted this time can provide mobile communication services inside the ship during shipbuilding, thereby enabling rapid processing of work reports and instructions and fast responses to disaster occurrence, contributing to improvements in work efficiency in shipbuilding yards and ensuring workers’ safety.
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industrial processes, Industry 4.0, job safety, PLC, safety management, shadow area, ship building process, shipboard outside communication network, testbed
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Huh JH, Koh T, Seo K. Design of a Shipboard Outside Communication Network and Its Testbed Using PLC: For Safety Management during the Ship Building Process. (2018). LAPSE:2018.0359
Author Affiliations
Huh JH: Department of Software, Catholic University of Pusan, Busan 46252, Korea
Koh T: Department of Computer Engineering, Pukyong National University at Daeyeon, Busan 48513, Korea; SUNCOM Co., Ltd., Busan 46508, Korea
Seo K: Department of Computer Engineering, Pukyong National University at Daeyeon, Busan 48513, Korea
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Processes
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6
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6
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E67
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2018
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2018-06-01
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2227-9717
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