exactEarth demonstrates new low-cost IoT platform

exactEarth Europe Limited, provider of Satellite AIS data services, said it has completed demonstration of a new global maritime machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet-of-Things (IoT) platform. The project was part-funded from the European Space Agency’s Business Applications.

As explained, the new global M2M/IoT data service, ‘Automatic Identification System (AIS) Sensor Network Service’ (A-SeNS), uses ’Application Specific Messaging’ (ASM) and exactEarth’s Satellite AIS constellation to upload sensor data from users’ remote maritime assets in real-time.

    Julian Longson, CEO of Pole Star Space Applications, said: “The A‐SeNS proof‐of‐concept has successfully demonstrated the combined utility of M2M, IoT, and satellite‐AIS technologies as an alternative low‐cost maritime communications channel capable of supporting the emergence of e‐Navigation and Maritime Cloud.”

In the demonstration, data retrieval from both navigational aid equipment installed at a UK port, and environmental sensors installed on two working boats were both successfully tested, with trial partners accessing the collected information in real-time using cloud services, for subsequent integration into their own information platforms.

    Peter Mabson, CEO of exactEarth, stated: “This is an exciting first step in bringing to market an effective maritime data collection service that provides data from remote assets to users in real-time. This innovative approach using recent extensions to the AIS standard, supports the maritime industry’s desire to adopt more automated processes and is an important milestone for exactEarth in the IoT space.”