Paper Info
Title
On the suitability of public mobile networks for supporting train control/management systems.
Abstract
Telecommunications are strategic for train control system operations. The European ERTMS/ETCS system for high speed trains control utilizes dedicated GSM-R mobile network(s). The costs for deployment and maintenance of GSM-R network are not sustainable for the extension of train control to low/medium traffic lines. This paper investigates on the possibility of replacing dedicated mobile radio infrastructures with the radio network integrating one (or more) existing PLMNs and satellite as backup. A methodology for performance assessment is presented and applied to the study of network availability and operational costs. Availability can be improved by allowing train to intelligently select the public network(s) time by time. Operational costs are dictated by the satellite component which may become essential in rural areas. Looking at the European scenario, a discussion on the extension of the Euroradio protocol to operate over multi-bearer mobile network is also presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/WCNC.2014.6953080
WCNC
Keywords
Field
DocType
gsm,satellites,plmn,protocols,handover
Mobile computing,Network information system,Telecommunications,Computer science,Public land mobile network,Computer network,Network operations center,Cellular network,Train,Radio access network,UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1525-3511
2
0.82
References 
Authors
3
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Emiliano Del Signore120.82
Romeo Giuliano226345.48
Franco Mazzenga315335.12
Marco Petracca4619.54
Marco Vari5325.09
Francesco Vatalaro64813.53
A Neri767972.31
Francesco Rispoli8124.97