The on-board maritime PNT Module – Concept and preliminary experimental results

Abstract

Improvement and Indication of Reliability have been identified as important user needs within the e-Navigation strategy of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). This paper address the question, how these user needs can be satisfied in future with respect to resilient provision of position navigation and timing (PNT) data onboard the vessel. The idea of an onboard PNT Module is proposed as front-end between an integrated PNT system and ship-side applications like INS, AIS and ECDIS. The paper focuses on the integrity monitoring within the PNT Module. The concept is introduced and first experimental results are presented.