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LinkAV MANET Radio 40NM (74KM) Distance Test Report

September 20, 2024

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Weihai Maritime Safety Administration

40NM (74KM) Distance Test Report

 

Test Date: June 30, 2024

 

1. Test Purpose

Currently, the Weihai Maritime Safety Administration has a Ro-Ro ship (Ship Name: ZHAOSHANG301) operating within a 40 nautical mile route. The ship is relatively far from the shore, and it is necessary to transmit the ship's surveillance video to the shore. Additionally, the ship requires network coverage to support internet access for computers and mobile phones on board. For this test, MANET radios are selected to extend the shore-based 4G network to the ship via the MANET radio link, and to transmit the ship's surveillance video to the shore. The test aims to verify whether the MANET bandwidth and speed can meet the crew's internet needs and to test the shore's ability to view the ship's camera footage.

 

2. Test Equipment and Personnel

2.1 Test Devices

MANET Radio: 2x MANET9201, 20W

FRP Antenna: 4x 6dBi

 

  1. Settings

Frequency: 1.4GHz

Bandwidth: 10MHz

 

  1. Test Organization

Weihai Maritime Safety Administration (Short as Weihai MSA)

LinkAV Technology Co., Ltd (Short as LinkAV)

 

  1. Test Personnel

Weihai MSA Shore Side:

Mr. Hu Guoan, Test Engineer of LinkAV

Mr. Huang, Director of Weihai MSA

 

ZHAOSHANG301 Ship Side:

Mr. Yang Zhiyu, Test Engineer of LinkAV

Mr. Du, Chief Engineer of Weihai MSA

 

3. Test Method

Network Diagram is as follows:

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One laptop connected to the MANET9201 device is placed on the rooftop of the Chengshantou Maritime Base, and another laptop connected to the MANET9201 is placed on the deck of the ZHAOSHANG301 ship at sea.

 

1) Using iperf3, connect the laptop on the shore as the server, and the laptop on the ZHAOSHANG301 ship as the client to stream to the shore, testing the throughput.

2) Use data rate testing software on the ZHAOSHANG301 ship to test the internet speed of this link.

3) Use the shore side laptop to view the IPCam video of the ZHAOSHANG301 ship.

 

4. Test Scenario

Two locations:

1) Rooftop of Chengshantou Maritime Base Building, Weihai MSA (Shore Side)

Approximately 60 meters above sea level.

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2) On the deck of ZHAOSHANG301 ship (Ship Side)

Approximately 35 meters above sea level.

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5. Test Process

5.1 The ZHAOSHANG301 ship is 20 nautical miles (37km) away from the Chengshantou shore, and the antenna height on the ship is approximately 35 meters.

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5.1.1 The equipment on ZHAOSHANG301 ship is streaming to the shore using band of 1400MHz with a bandwidth of 10MHz.

Test bandwidth: 15.1Mbits/s

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5.1.2 Using the Petal Speed Test software for network speed testing (mobile phone connected to the radio's WiFi hotspot):

 

Network test on ZHAOSHANG301 ship:

Download speed: 6.13Mbps,

Upload speed: 5.34Mbps

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5.1.3 The shore-side laptop used VLC to access the IPcam video on ZHAOSHANG301 ship through the mesh radio for network video testing. The video quality is as follows:

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Video quality test results: Clear and smooth

 

5.2 ZHAOSHANG301 ship is 30 nautical miles (55km) away from Chengshantou shore; the antenna height on the ship is approximately 35 meters.

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5.2.1 The equipment on ZHAOSHANG301 ship is streaming to the shore using band of 1400MHz with a bandwidth of 10MHz.

Test bandwidth: 9.23Mbits/s

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5.2.2 Using the Petal Speed Test software for network speed testing (mobile phone connected to the radio's WiFi hotspot):

 

Network test on ZHAOSHANG301 ship:

Download speed: 8.76Mbps,

Upload speed: 15.35Mbps

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5.2.3 The shore-side laptop used VLC to access the IPcam video on ZHAOSHANG301 ship through the mesh radio for network video testing. The video quality is as follows:

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Video quality test results: Clear and smooth

 

5.3 ZHAOSHANG301 ship is 38-40 nautical miles (74km) away from Chengshantou shore; the antenna height on the ship is approximately 35 meters.

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5.3.1 The equipment on ZHAOSHANG301 ship is streaming to the shore using band of 1400MHz with a bandwidth of 10MHz.

Test bandwidth: 10Mbits/s

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5.3.2 Using the Petal Speed Test software for network speed testing (mobile phone connected to the radio's WiFi hotspot):

 

Network test on ZHAOSHANG301 ship:

Download speed: 6.97Mbps,

Upload speed: 4.07Mbps

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5.3.3 The shore-side laptop used VLC to access the IPcam video on ZHAOSHANG301 ship through the mesh radio for network video testing. The video quality is as follows:

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Video quality test results: Clear and smooth

 

6. Test Summary

According to the on-site tests, the MANET Radios can establish a mesh network within a 40 nautical mile channel, meeting the internet access needs of the crew on board and enabling the transmission of onboard surveillance video back to the shore.

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