A platform for wireless maritime networking experimentation

We present a software platform for performing wireless maritime networking experiments, with the aim of paving the way for the deployment of IoT applications that support the coast guard in its two main roles, i.e., border surveillance and search and rescue. The platform brings together, on one hand, a novel middleware application, called Dedalus, used for monitoring and controlling experiments, and, on the other hand, a number of implementations of popular protocols that perform ad hoc routing, delay-tolerant routing, information-centric networking, and encryption. The platform has been designed in a modular manner that enhances its scalability and adaptability by the wider research community. We also present preliminary experimental results that shed light on the properties of the wireless channel and the behavior of ad hoc routing protocols in uncluttered settings.