Maritime Link Emulator
Comparison of Legacy AIS (VHF/SAT) vs. VDES (AIS 2.0)
Project Lead:
João Horta
VHF
Terrestrial AIS
Ships in Range
Reports/min/ship
SAT
Satellite AIS
Footprint Ships
Revisit Time (min)
90 min
VDES
AIS 2.0 (ASM/VDE)
Data Volume (kB/ship)
Modulation (VDE-TER)
QPSK (307.2 kbps)
pi/4-QPSK (153.6 kbps)
BPSK (76.8 kbps)
Probability of Successful Reception (%)
Relative Link Capacity (kbps)
Technical Analysis Summary