DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING THE POTENTIAL FOR DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS IN MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS

The U.S. Maritime Administration has sponsored several programs to improve the operating efficiency of the U.S. Merchant Fleet. One of these programs, Digital Selective Calling, has the objective of improvement of communications by reducing the delay in contacting a ship at sea. Digital selective calling equipment has been developed and tests conducted which prove the feasibility of using this technique. This paper outlines the problems to which the SELCALL development is addressed and reflects the revolutionary impact SELCALL implementation could create on merchant ship communications.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 2nd International Ship Operation Automation Symposium, Washington, D.C., August 30-September 2, 1976. Proceedings expected to be available about December 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  North-Holland Publishing Company

  52 Vanderbilt Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10017

  Inter Fed of Auto Control/Inter Fed of Info Proc

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• Authors:
  • Feigleson, H A
  • Turner, E L
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the 2nd International Ship Operation Automation Symposium, Washington, D.C., August 30-September 2, 1976. Proceedings expected to be available about December 1976.
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 533-536
• Serial:
  • Volume: 5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Communications traffic; Radio; Radio equipment; Selective calling systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Radio traffic loads
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139910
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: North-Holland Publishing Company
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 6 1976 12:00AM