scope:

This document describes the requirements involved in ship to shore data communication between the shipboard data servers and the on-shore data servers. It provides information on: -    asynchronous communication; -    a method to measure end-to-end communication quality; -    transport integrity; -    transport security (e.g. encryption, authentication and authorization); -    management of data transmission (e.g. prioritization, logging, carrier awareness/management); -    communication optimization (e.g. 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 (e.g. identity management); -    communication equipment requirements; -    carrier performance requirements (e.g. bandwidth and latency).