ISO/TC 8/SC 6/WG 16 - Ship Communication Network Systems

This document provides requirements and guidance on the capture and processing of data from sensors monitoring: ¾ the structure of the ship; ¾ shipboard machinery and equipment on board the ship; ¾ ship operational information. It is intended for implementers of software used to capture and process such data. This document describes how to name the sensor and required data item, as well as how to describe the data for shipboard machinery and equipment.

This document specifies requirements for shipboard data servers that are used to collect data from other shipboard machinery and systems, and to further share the collected data in a safe and efficient manner. This document specifies communication protocols with reference to the data structure of ISO 19848. This document is intended for users and developers of shipboard data servers, as well as users and developers of systems that record data on, or retrieve data from, shipboard data servers.

This document provides installation specifications for ship communication networks, so as to improve communication between shipboard equipment and within shipboard systems that are independent from navigational equipment networks and engine-control networks. This document can also be applied to operational technology (OT) networks that use software and hardware to control and monitor devices and infrastructure such as navigational equipment networks and machinery control networks in ship. The ship communication networks covered in this document are intended for information sharing and are not directly related to safety of navigation. This document utilizes existing standards relating to protocols, and provides new specifications for aspects such as communication network-system architecture, administration, operation and installation. The new specifications in this document include: redundancy, if necessary, for a shipboard communication network system; a network administration that does not require experts; physical as well as logical security; and network installation. This document uses the standard communication network Internet protocol. This document applies to shipboard wired networks for IP communication, using Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet as specified in IEEE 802.3 and to shipboard wireless networks for IP communication, using the unlicensed 2,4 GHz and 5 GHz bands as specified in IEEE 802.11. NOTE Other wireless technologies based on non-IP communication such as IEEE 802.15.1, IEEE 802.15.4 or wireless communication methods using 920 MHz band are not covered in this document.

This document applies to the structure of the ship and to shipboard machinery and equipment, and is intended for implementers of software used for the capture and processing of sensor data from the objects mentioned above. For those purposes, this document describes the way to name the sensor, required data item, and the way to describe the data above.

This document specifies requirements for the shipboard data server that is used to collect data from other shipboard machinery and systems and to further share the collected data in a safe and efficient manner. This document specifies communication protocols with reference to the data structure of ISO 19848.

ISO 16425:2013 specifies installation guidelines for ship communication networks for improving communication for shipboard equipment and systems that are independent from navigational equipment networks and engine-control networks. ISO 16425:2013 utilizes existing standards relating to protocols, and provides new guidelines for such aspects as communication network-system architecture, administration, operation, and installation. The new guidelines specifically include: redundancy if necessary for a shipboard communication network system; network administration that does not require experts; physical as well as logical security; and network installation.