Ship with a data network

• US 7,945,157 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2005
• Issued: 05/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Jestel, Dieter, Prüfer, Jens
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan; Hanh
• Application Number:
  US11/661,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20090269062A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,101 Days
• Field of Search: 398/3, 398/5, 398/7, 398/8, 398/58, 398/59, 398/60, 398/66, 398/67, 398/68, 398/70, 398/71, 398/72, 398/79, 398/83, 398/45, 398/1, 398/2, 398/4, 398/46, 398/47, 398/48, 398/49, 398/50, 398/55, 398/56, 398/57, 398/82, 398/10, 398/17, 398/13, 398/11, 398/19, 398/20, 398/33, 370/221, 370/222, 370/223, 370/224, 370/225, 370/227, 370/228, 370/242, 370/248, 370/401, 370/395.42, 370/403, 370/216, 370/217, 370/218
• US Class Current: 398/3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/437 Ring fault isolation or reconfiguration for SDH/SONET ring networks H04J3/085
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4641 Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40286 the transportation system being a waterborne vessel
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/24 Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS

Abstract

A ship includes a network, integrating services for security and control services and/or for multimedia and infotainment services on board the ship. The service-integrating network includes services for security-related systems as well as services for non-security-related systems. The conventional situation for network solutions on board cruise ships is characterized by a number of service functions and individual networks distributed over the entire ship. In at least one embodiment, the service-integrating network is embodied as a redundant ring both for services for security-relevant systems as well as for services for non-security-related systems. As such, the number of security functions and service functions and the number of individual networks can be advantageously reduced to a common high-security network.

Claims

1. A ship comprising:

an integrated services network including both services for at least one of security and safety-relevant systems and services for at least one of non-security and non-safety-relevant systems, the integrated services network being in the form of a redundant logic ring including an optical waveguide, a line routing of the ring being duplicated, with the two optical waveguides being routed on different paths, wherein one of the two optical waveguides is routed on a different deck of the ship than the other one of the two optical waveguides.

2. The ship as claimed in claim 1, wherein the services for security or safety-relevant systems comprise at least one of the following services:

a service for the monitoring and control installations,

a service for a security or safety management system and optionally for its subsystems, and

a service for a loudspeaker system including a public announcement system.

3. The ship as claimed in claim 2, wherein the services for at least one of non-security and safety-relevant systems comprise at least one of the following services:

a service for infotainment,

a telephone service,

a service for an image monitoring system,

a service for a sales system,

a service for a PC network,

a service for air-conditioning controllers,

a service for lighting, and

a service for door monitoring.

4. The ship as claimed in claim 1, wherein the services for the at least one of non-security and the non-safety-relevant systems comprise at least one of the following services:

a service for infotainment,

a telephone service,

a service for an image monitoring system,

a service for a sales system,

a service for a PC network,

a service for air-conditioning controllers,

a service for lighting, and

a service for door monitoring.

5. The ship as claimed in claim 1, wherein the integrated services network further includes additional services for particularly critical systems.

6. The ship as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a cabin interface multiplexer, connected to the ring, for at least one of data distribution and data linking.

7. The ship as claimed in claim 6, wherein terminals for at least two different services are connectable to the cabin interface multiplexer.

8. The ship as claimed in claim 7, wherein one of the services is an infotainment service.

9. The ship as claimed in claim 6, wherein the cabin interface multiplexer is arranged in an area of a partition wall between two cabins.

10. The ship as claimed in claim 6, wherein the cabin interface multiplexer is designed to supply a plurality of cabins arranged physically close to one another.

11. The ship as claimed in claim 6, wherein the cabin interface multiplexer includes the function of a switch.

12. The ship as claimed in claim 6, wherein the cabin interface multiplexer is designed to convert analog telephone data to voice-over-IP data.

13. The ship as claimed in claim 1, wherein the integrated services network is subdivided into virtual LAN (Local Area Network) groups, with the data traffic of at least one service, and preferably one and only one service, being associated with the virtual LAN groups.

14. The ship as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of decks, each deck including at least one interface multiplexer connected to the ring.

15. The ship as claimed in claim 14, wherein at least one of the at least one interface multiplexer is connected in a series circuit, starting from a switch for a first network segment to the switch for a second network segment.

16. The ship as claimed in claim 15, wherein at least one of the at least one interface multiplexer is included for a terminal with low power consumption and includes an integrated power supply.

17. The ship as claimed in claim 14, wherein at least one of the at least one interface multiplexer is included for a terminal with low power consumption and includes an integrated power supply.

18. The ship as claimed in claim 1, wherein the integrated services network transports the data for the services for security or safety-relevant systems and, optionally, data for the services for particularly critical systems with relatively highest priority.

19. The ship as claimed in claim 1, wherein the integrated services network is designed at least for two services.

20. The ship as claimed in claim 19, wherein the integrated services network is designed at least for the services for at least one of the security and safety-relevant systems.

21. The ship as claimed in claim 19, wherein for the services for particularly critical systems, the integrated services network is designed with at least one of standard interfaces and a standard protocol.

22. The ship as claimed in claim 1, wherein the integrated services network includes at least two autonomous network segments which are physically separate from one another and are connected to one another via the ring.

23. The ship as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of fire zones, wherein each of the fire zones includes a network area.

24. The ship as claimed in claim 23, wherein each network area includes a server and a telephone installation and is arranged in at least one of a security and a safety zone whose security or safety requirement goes beyond the security or safety level of the other fire zones in the ship.

25. The ship as claimed in claim 1, wherein the integrated services network is designed on the basis of Ethernet technology.

26. The ship as claimed in claim 1, wherein the integrated services network uses at least one of the following protocols:

TCP/IP protocol,

UDP/IP protocol,

RTP/IP protocol,

RSVP protocol,

SMTP protocol,

NTP protocol,

SIP protocol,

H.323 protocol,

DHCP protocol,

IGMP protocol,

EAPS protocol.

27. The ship of claim 1, wherein the integrated services network is at least one of for security, safety and monitoring services and for multimedia and infotainment services on the ship.

28. The ship as claimed in claim 1, wherein the service for the monitoring and control installations includes at least one of a service for an emergency disconnection system and a service for controlling watertight doors.