The marine information network and the involved information acquisition,transmission and integration were studied.Firstly,the developments,the research works and shortages of the marine information network were summarized.Then a new network architecture was proposed,which could achieve all-time,all-weather and all-sea area information coverage.The composition,system structure and technical architecture were stated in detail.Moreover,the key scientific issues,key technologies and application prospects of the information network were pointed out.The aim was to provide new research strategies for the development of marine information networks in China
