An RFID model for improving workers’ safety at the seaport in transitional environment
Abstract
The paper proposes a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) model for enhancing port workers’ safety with reference to the Port of Bar (Montenegro) as a developing seaport operating in a transitional environment. The paper also highlights the lack of appropriate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions in some developing seaports, including safety-related ones. It emphasizes the importance of safety measures through the prism of reducing the number of accidents, and gives a review of some RFID safety solutions in the harsh environments. The main part of the paper deals with the RFID worker’s safety model proposed according to the Port of Bar’s individual needs. The model has been presented at a logic level, while some of the physical and link layers performances between the set of an active and several passive RFID devices embedded to the port workers’ Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) RFID readers located at the port perimeter, are simulated in Matlab and OMNeT++. The obtained results followed by discussions can be used as landmarks to the ports’ management in adapting this or a similar model for enhancing safety measures in the port and its promoting as a safety one at the maritime market.
First published online 24 October 2016
Keyword : seaport, workers’ safety, RFID, PPE, model
How to Cite
Bauk, S., Schmeink, A., & Colomer, J. (2018). An RFID model for improving workers’ safety at the seaport in transitional environment. Transport, 33(2), 353–363. https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2016.1233512
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OpenSim Ltd. 2015. OMNeT++: Discrete Event Simulator. Available from Internet: https://omnetpp.org
Poole, I. 2015. IEEE 802.11af White-Fi Technology – an Overview of the IEEE 802.11af or White-Fi Proposal for Wi-Fi Using the TV White Spaces Using Cognitive Radio Technology. Available from Internet: http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/wireless/wi-fi/ieee-802-11af-white-fi-tv-space.php
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