Developing Fading-Resistant Antenna Arrays for Marine Broadband VPN and VoIP Services

Abstract

In today’s maritime operations, having reliable broadband access at sea is critical, especially for secure VPN and VoIP Services which sustain navigation, logistics, crew welfare, and real-time decision-making. Wireless communications face mariner’s unique challenges such as severe multipath fading, constant vessel motion, and weather changes which affect signal quality and reliability of services. This research is concentrated on the development of fading-resistant antenna arrays for maritime broadband applications. The mitigating factors at sea pose harsh conditions; therefore, increased link stability and reduced packet loss offshore needs higher spatial diversity with adaptive beam-forming and real-time signal correction techniques. Aboard an operating vessel, multiple antenna configurations were evaluated through simulations and subsequently tested in field trials at different sea states. Assessing the systems performance with SNR, BER, latency, and data throughput, proves the optimized array yields 40% of improved link stability. Moreover a reduction VPN disconnections and reduced VoIP jitter surpassed traditional marine antenna systems. It can be concluded from these findings that the application of advanced intelligent antenna systems elevates the reliability and operational effectiveness of marine broadband communications, enabling their use in high-density and mission focused maritime environments that require continuous premium grade service in highly turbulent sea states.