[Eureka or Eurostars3] A Korea SME is looking for for R&D partners to develop Marine Digital Twin or Marine Smart Service System based on long coverage maritime broadband communication technology

Short summary [Eureka or Eurostars] A Korean SME has developed the maritime broadband wireless telecommunication solution which is more accessible regarding cost and quality compared to satellite internet near harbour. The company wants to utilize its technology for safety control and maintenance of ships and other remote assets such as off-shore plants. To apply for Eureka or Eurostars, the company is looking for R&D partners with technologies related to the 5G communication or marine IT services.

Full description The statistics is showing that more than 90% of maritime businesses is being performed within 100KM from the shore, yet more than 70% of the business is located within 30KM from the shore. It’s inevitable for most of maritime businesses, because of that particularity, to be exposed to the extremely harsh condition of the sea, where the only way for their Internet is to rely on the satellites that is very expensive, but has very low quality, that cannot be used for the remote universal safety control or calamity prevention service, or other industrial bigdata services. To overcome and support the disadvantages and limitations of the satellite communication system, a Korean SME has been developing the maritime broadband wireless telecommunication solution by transferring core technologies from ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute), representative ICT R&D center in Korea. Using this new maritime integrated telecommunication system, this company has been providing many demo tests to prove the fluent control of multi-channel and cross-band platform at the local ports. The company expects to employ this system for remote monitoring and AI-based preventive maintenance system of the ships and marine assets such as wind power generators. This communication system can be contributed to establish the smart harbour platform. This Korean SME is planning to apply for international joint R&D programmes to fully commercialise the marine long distance broadband communication system. As the company has expertise in telecommunication control and equipment development, it is looking for R&D partners with the marine IT contents technologies based on AI / Machine-learning / Big data. The outcomes of this prospective R&D project will be used for various maritime sections like the remote services for wind-power generator or off-shore plant, or the smart service platform of the ports, where there are crowded facilities needed to be monitored remotely without satellite internet. Transportation vehicles also can be monitored by cloud service. The sought partners should have expertise in IT solutions for maritime sector preferably, and their R&D roles will be mainly development of global service system of the ocean going ships. The Korean company is planning to apply for Eureka / Eurostars programme in 2023.

Advantages and innovations - Monitoring ships and marine assets within 100 km from harbors - Smart information service platform of the harbors - Using long coverage maritime WiFi, LTE, 5G system integration that is cheaper and better quality communication technology than VSAT(Very Small Aperture Terminal) technology
Contact / source: NEXT EEN Widgets (europa.eu)