Data to Ships
Digital shortwave via DRM can be an efficient and cost effective solution for the digital ship infrastructure. The transmission capabilities of digital point-to-multipoint broadcasting can provide data services to single ships as well as naval units worldwide.
Nautical data
- ECDIS maps
- Weather data GRIB
- Differential GNSS via RTCM
- Whale concentrations
- Speed Restrictions
- Notice to Mariners
- Virtual Aids
- ASM information
Maritime Safety Information
- NAVTEX / NAVDAT
- SAFTEY-Net
- Indigenous Fishing fleet monitoring
- Hazardous Sea Ice
General data
- Document management
- Training material
Communication
- E-Mail (one-way)
Infotainment
- Audio broadcasting
- Live sports
- “Homeland” broadcast
- News / news ticker
Provision
- Loudspeaker, screens
- Intranet / Wifi
DRM datacasting on mission
Various different applications have already been on mission.
- Crew infotainment on several frigates of the German Navy
- Infotainment on HLAG cruise ship passing the Northwest Passage
- Infotainment on HLAG cargo vessel from Hamburg to Shanghai
- Differential GPS on DRM long/shortwave on land
- German Navy and NATO for data transmission
- United States Coast Guard for warning and map information in the Northwest Passage