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Article: Navy ship-to-shore via wireless connection: SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic and Commander, Navy Installations Command collaborate with Joint Interoperability Test Command.(on the development of the Wireless Pier Connection System)
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- October 1, 2008
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For many years, Navy ships pulling into port had to drape fiber optic "umbilical" cables over the side from the ship deck box to a pier riser for access to the shore infrastructure. Secure transport of shipboard voice and data communications from Navy ships to the Network Operations Center occurs through these cables.
But corrosion and mishandling of the cables and damage to pier risers have caused communication outages and recurring maintenance costs, and during bad weather, ship communications could be delayed for hours if not days.
But a solution to this problem is underway--the Wireless Pier Connection System. WPCS was developed by the Space and ...