Challenges of Maritime Application

Marine network applications are devided into two categories — one is On-shore, the other is Off-shore. On-shore applications include Lighthouse surveillance, Wind Power controlling and monitoring systems, Tide Power controlling, monitoring systems and surveillance. Off-shore applications include IP networking for Oil platforms, Battleships, Yachts and Cruise Liners.

The challenges of marine network applications include coping with harsh environmental conditions. These conditions include extreme operating temperatures, heavy moisture, erosion, extensive shock and vibration. Also, extensive EMI can prevent some of the equipment used in the ship, especially the comapss and navigation systems, from operating properly.

Lantech DNV Ethernet Switch Solutions passed all these comprehensive test criterias.

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What extra benefits can Lantech deliver to marine ship applications ?

Besides the hardware elements to meet with strict ship / DNV certifications, Lantech brings a complete line of ethernet solutions from the control room to the edge of the network. All switches include our Pro-Ring protocol (self healing, recovery in less than 10ms). In a harsh network environment, the risk of network disconnection is much higher than in an office network. Lantech‘s marine solution is designed to reduce network downtime and provides a fast, automatic recovery in the event of a loss of connectivity.