scope:

This document describes the requirements involved in ship to shore data communication between the shipboard data servers to the on-shore data servers. It defines: - Asynchronous communication - A method to measure end-to-end communication quality - Transport integrity - Transport security (eg encryption, authentication and authorization) - Management of data transmission (eg prioritization, logging, carrier awareness/management) - Communication optimization (eg deduplication, compression, resume, multiplexing) - Compliance with the data communication protocols, including but not limited to ISO 19847 This document does not cover: - The security of the data producer/consumer (eg identity management) - Communication equipment requirements - Carrier performance requirements (eg bandwidth and latency)