Ranging Mode Baltic Sea test bed evaluation

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Date of latest update: 2024-07-20

Description

Description (EN):

The Baltic Sea is one of the most frequented waters worldwide and plays an important role in connecting countries and people by motorways of the sea. The development of transnational solutions for safe and secure shipping is an essential prerequisite to ensure the prosperity of the Baltic Sea states, to encourage their growth and to protect the Baltic Sea as an ecologically very sensitive area. Although, nowadays a lot of the vessels are equipped with sensors and supporting systems for position and navigation purposes, collisions and groundings caused by navigational reasons still happen every year. To reduce the threat of such events the R-Mode Baltic project implemented a test bed for a terrestrial positioning system called Ranging Mode (R-Mode) in the Baltic Sea. This new system allows positioning even in times when the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) fail. This enhancement of reliable Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) information is a key for safe navigation and new maritime applications. The main goal of the R-Mode Baltic 2 project is the long-term evaluation of the R-Mode Baltic test bed and the testing of new R-Mode concepts. For this purpose the project consortium will increase the monitoring capabilities of the R-Mode Baltic test bed and equip ships with R-Mode ready receivers and maritime applications from the R-Mode Baltic project. This broadened network of static and dynamic monitoring stations will be used for extensive study of the R-Mode system performance over the project life-time of nine month. The results are essential to further develop the system into a reliable and world-wide accepted backup system for coastal navigation. Furthermore, the R-Mode system will be adapted to support new R-Mode concepts which address main challenges of the system. - With a two-way time transfer approach, using the R-Mode signals, the R-Mode system time shall distribute the time in a subset of the system, to ensure the robustness and decrease the dependence on external time sources that in most cases rely on GNSS. - The concept of R-Mode transmitter real-time calibration will be implemented to improve the stability and quality of broadcasted R-Mode signals. - Correction terms for the wave propagation known as additional secondary factors will be estimated in real-time and will be used by the on-board equipment for increased positioning performance. The project will lead to: - an improved solution for safer shipping in case of intended or unintended interferences of GNSS; - dissemination of results by workshop, conferences or other medias within the whole maritime community; - appropriate inputs to relevant standardisation organisations; - the usage of the R-Mode at European and world-wide level; - an enhanced recognition of the Baltic Sea Region for innovative solutions suitable for the entire world. The project strongly follows the EU Strategy of Baltic Sea Region in the Policy Area Safety and Security.

Achievements (EN):

The navigation in the Southern Baltic Sea is safer and more reliable thanks to the R-Mode (Ranging Mode) test bed and its extension in the R-Mode Baltic 2 project. During the 9-month project duration, the project team developed its R-Mode research receiver platforms further so that it meets the requirements of national maritime administrations for the monitoring of the R-Mode transmitters. It will enable real-time calibration of an R-Mode station and supports experiments for self-synchronisation. Furthermore, the first step from a contingency towards a backup system was put into practice, completely independent of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) operation. Static and dynamic measurements were used to evaluate the R-Mode system and service performance over several months by the project. With these results, a further evaluation of the R-Mode system performance can take place, which would allow for its increased accuracy and independence from GNSS. https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/r-mode-baltic-2/

Website: http://www.interreg-baltic.eu/home.html

Delivered Outputs (EN): Final workshop and final report Monitor stations for R-Mode transmitter

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Evaluation systems and results

Specific Objective: ‘Maritime safety’: To increase maritime safety and security based on advanced capacity of maritime actors

Thematic Objective: (07) promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures by:

Investment Priority: (07c) developing and improving environmentally-friendly (including low-noise) and low-carbon transport systems, including inland waterways and maritime transport, ports, multimodal links and airport infrastructure, in order to promote sustainable regional and local mobility

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) e.V.

Department: Institute of Communications and Navigation

Address: Kalkhorstweg 53, 17235 Neustrelitz, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.dlr.de/kn/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-2204/admin-1/

Total budget: EUR 190 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 142 500.00

navXperience GmbH

Name: navXperience GmbH

Department: GNSS

Address: Querweg 20, 13591 Berlin, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.navxperience.com

Total budget: EUR 57 250.00

ERDF budget: EUR 42 937.50

Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes

Name: Wasserstraßen und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes

Department: Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency

Address: Kiellinie 247 , 24106 Kiel , Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.wsv.de

Total budget: EUR 44 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 33 375.00

Sjöfartsverket

Name: Sjöfartsverket

Department: Business Area Construction and Engineering

Address: Östra Promenaden 7 , 601 78 Norrköping , Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.sjofartsverket.se

Total budget: EUR 49 100.00

ERDF budget: EUR 36 825.00

Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie

Name: Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie

Department: Shipping, Navigation & Communication section

Address: Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 78, 20359 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.bsh.de

Total budget: EUR 24 550.00

ERDF budget: EUR 18 412.50

Instytut Łączności - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

Name: Instytut Łączności - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

Department: Wireless Systems and Networks Department

Address: 1 Szachowa Str. , 04-894 Warsaw , Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.il-pib.pl/en/

Total budget: EUR 140 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 119 000.00

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Name: RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Department: Division Safety and Transport, Measurement Sience and Technology, Time and Optics

Address: Box 857 , SE-50115 Borås , Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ri.se

Total budget: EUR 24 550.00

ERDF budget: EUR 18 412.50

Gutec AB

Name: Gutec AB

Address: Industrigatan 21c, S-234 35 LOMMA, Sweden

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.gutec.se

Total budget: EUR 32 900.00

ERDF budget: EUR 24 675.00

Kongsberg Seatex AS

Name: Kongsberg Seatex AS

Address: Pirsenteret, 7462 Trondheim, Norway

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.Kongsberg.com

Total budget: EUR 100 000.00

NavSim Polska Sp. z o.o.

Name: NavSim Polska Sp. z o.o.

Department: Research and Development Department

Address: Rozana 95, 59700 Boleslawiec, Poland

Legal status: private

Website: https://www.navsim.pl

Total budget: EUR 36 550.00

ERDF budget: EUR 31 067.50

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navXperience GmbH

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German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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German Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration

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Swedish Maritime Administration

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Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency

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Instytut Łączności Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

Ranging Mode Baltic Sea test bed evaluation

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RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Ranging Mode Baltic Sea test bed evaluation

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Gutec AB

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Kongsberg Seatex AS

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NavSim Poland Ltd.

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Summary

Project name (EN): Ranging Mode Baltic Sea test bed evaluation

Project acronym: R-Mode Baltic 2

Project start date: 2021-04-01

Project end date: 2021-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 699 400.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 467 205.00

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 66.80%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 467 205.00.

Third-country contribution: 50 000.00

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Baseline and Priorities

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.r-mode-baltic.eu/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-11

Document date: 2019-03-11

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

MF/VDES R-Mode Coverage Prediction and Accuracy Estimation

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.r-mode-baltic.eu/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-11

Document date: 2020-12-14

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

AIS Ranging and Positioning - concept and signal design

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.r-mode-baltic.eu/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-11

Document date: 2019-10-24

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

AIS and VDES Ranging - measurements results

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.r-mode-baltic.eu/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-11

Document date: 2021-10-24

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Usage of Class D/S Amplifier

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.r-mode-baltic.eu/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-11

Document date: 2020-09-02

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

R-Mode implementation on VHF

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.r-mode-baltic.eu/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-11

Document date: 2021-10-22

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

VDES R-Mode positioning system demonstrator

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.r-mode-baltic.eu/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-11

Document date: 2021-10-24

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Time and Frequency Transfer by use of Fiber Optic Cable in R-Mode Baltic 2 Project

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.r-mode-baltic.eu/publications/

Publication date: 2022-11-11

Document date: 2022-01-10

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

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2023-06

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200 / 200 (100%)

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2 025 / 2 025 (100%)

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