Fishermen Rescue System With LoRa Module
Fishermen Rescue System With LoRa Module
ISSN No:-2456-2165
Abstract:- Many lives are in danger at sea in the events II. RELATED WORKS
of an unforeseen storm, cyclones, and other natural
disasters. One of the major difficulties faced by the A. Existing Systems
rescue team in such an event is the difficulty to locate the Existing systems for locating stranded fishermen in sea
personnel in danger. Our project aims at solving this and include distress signals sent from boats when they sink.
issue by incorporating a chip that helps fishermen in However, these systems are inefficient because they are
sending distress signals to the shore while in danger. The costly, and can only be installed on bigger boats due to its
signal will contain the location of the person. Repeaters high power consumption. Also these systems only allow
are meant to be placed at buoys that helps in identification of location of the sunken boat, and not the
transmitting the signal from the source to the fishermen. So there are virtually no efficient systems to
destination. Our project includes the study and locate fishermen who get stranded while going out on sea
selection of hardware devices and network specifications. on smaller boats and canoes.
The specifications of potential hardware, network
topology and routing protocols are collected and studied. B. Vessel Tracking Systems
This is compared with each other and the most optimum Automatic Identification System is a vessel tracking
hardware components and network specifications are system that uses Global Positioning System and serves as
selected. The selection of these components were made transmission and receiving points using VHF radio
based on their power consumption, range, data rates etc. channels. It acts as a transmitting and receiving interface
Selection of network properties were made based on between ships and coast guards.
their efficiency, reliability and economic factors.
Ship Loc is another vessel tracking system that can be
Keywords:- LoRaWAN, Lora Module, Marine Disaster Man- set up in vessels which gives readings regarding location and
agement. position of the ship. It can also monitor air and wave
pressure of the oceanic area through which the ship is
I. INTRODUCTION coursing through.
Fishing and other related activities are one of the major Emergency position-indicating radio beacon
source of income and livelihood for a large section of (EPIRB) is a satellite based system that uses 406 MHz
society in a coastal state like Kerala. Currently, there are no position indicating radio beacons as part of Global Maritime
affordable mechanisms that can help track the location of Distress and Safety System.
these people when at risk. We propose a system that can help
address this situation. A module is included in the life NAVTEX is an automated satellite based system for in-
jackets of these fishermen that can transmit their real-time stantly distributing maritime safety information which
location coordinates. includes weather forecasts, navigational warnings and
weather warn- ings, search and rescue notices and similar
The system that we are proposing is a low cost, high information to ships. The frequency of transmission of these
energy efficient system that can be used and accessed by all. system is 518 KHz. This can be used to inform the location
A button is provided, which when pressed, sends the distress of a sinking boat to other nearby boats for search and
signal. The location is tracked using a GPS Module present rescue.
in the life jackets, which is transmitted to the shore by a
Radio Transmitting module. The data packets are routed Long-range identification and tracking is an
to the destination using a routing mechanism, and once international system in which ships report their position to
received, these data packets can be used to retrieve the administration at least four times a day. These reports can
location of the people at danger. be automated. Long-range identification and tracking uses
communication service providers, application service
These components were chosen based on their power providers, Long-range identification and tracking data
consumption, range, and data rates, among other factors. distribution plan and Long- range identification and
The properties of networks were chosen based on their tracking data exchange.
efficiency, dependability, and cost.
C. Disadvantages of existing systems
There are many disadvantages for vessel tracking
systems. These systems can only identify the location of
ships in which the apparatus is installed in, and not the
stranded fishermen. So this is not convenient for smaller
boats due to size and cost constraints. Smaller boats like
canoes do not have the necessary space and prerequisites for
B. ESP32 Microcontroller
The ESP32 is a highly adaptable System On a Chip
(SoC) that may be used as a general-purpose microcontroller
with a wide range of peripherals, including WiFi and
Bluetooth wireless capabilities. Espressif has already pre-
loaded the low- level device drivers, wireless protocol stacks
for WiFi b, g, n, Bluetooth, and BLE, as well as FreeRTOS Fig. 2: ESP32 Microcontroller
as the basic OS, so adopting this module rather than creating
from scratch has a number of advantages.
H. Comparative Study
A comparative study of different components required
was done due to the availability of components of different
makes and properties. The study was based on different
parameters like efficiency, range and cost.
B. Network Routing
A flooding approach is used to send packets between
nodes. In this approach, whenever a node receives a data
packet, it sends the packet to all other nodes other than
itself.
V. RESULT
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A major disadvantage of using flooding approach for
routing is that it can decrease the efficiency of the network
with more number of nodes. Optimization of the network
routing process should be done to avoid compromise on
efficiency and speed of packet transmission. Also, a
graphical user interface that enables users to easily view the
location of the stranded fishermen could be developed for a
better user experience and faster response time.
VII. CONCLUSION