Navigation system for unmanned vessels using a navigation buoy

Abstract

Nowadays the floating aids to navigation are being actively developed for remote control of the buoy location. The modern technical level allows building a buoy with the functions of monitoring the environment and transmitting the received information to coastal services. This task is becoming more urgent in connection with the development of unmanned vessels. The paper considers the results of field tests of an operating navigation buoy with special navigation equipment. The buoy is designed for information support during field tests of unmanned vessels and water transport facilities in the test water area in the Volga-Baltic basin of the inland waterways of the Russia Federation. Full-scale tests of special navigation equipment were carried out in accordance with the developed program and test procedure. The tests included the validation of the receipt of data from special navigation equipment to an external server via LTE mobile networks, assessment of the accuracy of positioning by means of navigation equipment, assessment of the percentage of data loss during transmission and validation of data visualization on an interactive map displayed in an Internet browser.