<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper proposes two Wireless Body Area Network Sensors (WBANSs) scenarios at the logical and simulation levels for improving occupational safety and health conditions at the developing seaport environment. The Port of Bar (Montenegro) is taken as an exemplar. The logical model is based on the actual position of the Port of Bar at the seaport market, its needs and capacities for the information systems innovation through technology transfer and diffusion. The simulation model analyses the channel between the body central unit (BCU) of the worker’s on port wireless body sub-network and the port access point. The quality of the signal transmission at the physical layer has been tested through a source code generated in the Matlab. The code includes the BCU composite signal modulation, transmission, and demodulation, along with a noise and fading effects analysis. The results of the simulation experiments for the different transmission frequencies and distances between transmitter (worker’s BCU) and receiver (port’s access point) by using binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) and quadratic phase-shift keying (QPSK) modulation schemes are presented. Some directions for further investigations in this field are given, as well.</p></abstract>

The paper proposes two Wireless Body Area Network Sensors (WBANSs) scenarios at the logical and simulation levels for improving occupational safety and health conditions at the developing seaport environment. The Port of Bar (Montenegro) is taken as an exemplar. The logical model is based on the actual position of the Port of Bar at the seaport market, its needs and capacities for the information systems innovation through technology transfer and diffusion. The simulation model analyses the channel between the body central unit (BCU) of the worker’s on port wireless body sub-network and the port access point. The quality of the signal transmission at the physical layer has been tested through a source code generated in the Matlab. The code includes the BCU composite signal modulation, transmission, and demodulation, along with a noise and fading effects analysis. The results of the simulation experiments for the different transmission frequencies and distances between transmitter (worker’s BCU) and receiver (port’s access point) by using binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) and quadratic phase-shift keying (QPSK) modulation schemes are presented. Some directions for further investigations in this field are given, as well.

Employing Wireless Networks in Enhancing Occupational Safety at the Developing Seaport – Two Proposals

University of Montenegro, Faculty of Maritime Studies, Montenegro

RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Theoretical Information Technology,

Polytechnic University of Catalonia, School of Telecommunications Engineering,

Polish Maritime Research

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The paper proposes two Wireless Body Area Network Sensors (WBANSs) scenarios at the logical and simulation levels for improving occupational safety and health...

Employing Wireless Networks in Enhancing Occupational Safety at the Developing Seaport – Two Proposals

Published Online: Apr 12, 2017

Page range: 115 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2017-0013

Keywords
occupational safety, developing seaport, Wireless Body Area Network Sensors (WBANSs), channel simulations, physical layer

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Employing Wireless Networks in Enhancing Occupational Safety at the Developing Seaport – Two Proposals

Published Online: Apr 12, 2017

Page range: 115 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2017-0013

Keywordsoccupational safety, developing seaport, Wireless Body Area Network Sensors (WBANSs), channel simulations, physical layer

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
occupational safety, developing seaport, Wireless Body Area Network Sensors (WBANSs), channel simulations, physical layer