Towards Safety Improvement of Measurement and Control Signals Transmission in Marine Environment

Romuald Masnicki1, Janusz Mindykowski1, Przemyslaw Grala2

  • 1Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Gdynia Maritime University, Morska 81-87, 81-225 Gdynia, Poland.

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