A Survey of GNSS-Based Research and Developments for the European Railway Signaling

Marais, Juliette; Beugin, Julie; Berbineau, Marion

doi:10.1109/tits.2017.2658179

Cited by 111 publications

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“…Distinct types are available (i.e., Geostationary Orbit (GEO), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), Low Earth Orbit (LEO)) with different frequency bands and that may provide unidirectional or bidirectional communications. Satellites are used for both locating trains (aided by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) systems [21], like GPS, the European GALILEO, the Russian GLONASS or the Chinese BEIDOU) and communicating with the wayside equipment.Terrestrial solutions. They can be grouped into two main categories: (a) technologies that rely on existing networks (i.e., public cellular networks), and (b) technologies that require ground infrastructure to be deployed: leaky coaxial cable, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, radio-over-Fiber, and optical solutions.…”

Section: Communication Systems In Railway Scenariosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards the Internet of Smart Trains: A Review on Industrial IoT-Connected Railways

Fraga‐Lamas

Fernández‐Caramés

Castedo

2017

Sensors

194

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Nowadays, the railway industry is in a position where it is able to exploit the opportunities created by the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and enabling communication technologies under the paradigm of Internet of Trains. This review details the evolution of communication technologies since the deployment of GSM-R, describing the main alternatives and how railway requirements, specifications and recommendations have evolved over time. The advantages of the latest generation of broadband communication systems (e.g., LTE, 5G, IEEE 802.11ad) and the emergence of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) for the railway environment are also explained together with the strategic roadmap to ensure a smooth migration from GSM-R. Furthermore, this survey focuses on providing a holistic approach, identifying scenarios and architectures where railways could leverage better commercial IIoT capabilities. After reviewing the main industrial developments, short and medium-term IIoT-enabled services for smart railways are evaluated. Then, it is analyzed the latest research on predictive maintenance, smart infrastructure, advanced monitoring of assets, video surveillance systems, railway operations, Passenger and Freight Information Systems (PIS/FIS), train control systems, safety assurance, signaling systems, cyber security and energy efficiency. Overall, it can be stated that the aim of this article is to provide a detailed examination of the state-of-the-art of different technologies and services that will revolutionize the railway industry and will allow for confronting today challenges.

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Section: Communication Systems In Railway Scenariosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards the Internet of Smart Trains: A Review on Industrial IoT-Connected Railways

Fraga‐Lamas

Fernández‐Caramés

Castedo

2017

Sensors

194

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“…These local causes of hazards, that indeed represents the major risk for rail and automotive applications, cannot be mitigated by any augmentation network. Therefore, the adoption of an integrity monitoring network is mandatory and for this reason it has been studied both in terms of Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) algorithms and Networks [12]- [17]. Based on the results of the RHINOS project, in addition to the IMN we suggest the adoption of a two levels multipath detector.…”

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Synergies for Trains and Cars Automation in the Era of Virtual Networking

Rispoli¹,

Neri²,

Stallo³

et al. 2018

JTTs

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The ERTMS (European Train Management System) has been developed by the European Union (EU) to enhance safety, increase efficiency and to cross-border interoperability creating a unique solution fulfilling a standardized certification process. The ERTMS being able to automatically stop the train to overcome human errors has achieved the highest track record in terms of safety over several billion km travelled each years. GNSS positioning, bearer-independent telecoms and ATO (Automatic Train Operation) are the new features for enhancing the ERTMS in the path to fully autonomous operations. In the same period, the automotive industry has launched ambitious plans for the connected cars and autonomous driving applications are emerging as the next wave of innovation. This paper evaluates the challenges to sharing intelligent infrastructure means, by combining the strengths of the safety benchmark achieved on the rail transport with the mass production capability of the automotive industry to lower the costs. In this scenario, rail and automotive becoming tightly intertwined can get a grip in the race towards a fully automation affordable and safe, giving birth to autonomous vehicles able to travel within virtual rails as "trains" on the road. To this aim we will introduce the two test bed in Italy respectively for validating the ERTMS with GNSS positioning and public telecoms networks and for testing FCA Ducato vans to operate at SAE level 3 automation exploiting the new GALILEO and 5 G services.

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“…applications (e.g. autonomous cars), the success of ETCS Level 3 is subject to the development of new algorithms that are able to precisely and reliably estimate both the position and velocity of all rail vehicles [4], [5].…”

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Experimental Comparison of Visual-Aided Odometry Methods for Rail Vehicles

Tschopp

Schneider

Palmer

et al. 2019

IEEE Robot. Autom. Lett.

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Today, rail vehicle localization is based on infrastructure-side Balises (beacons) together with on-board odometry to determine whether a rail segment is occupied. Such a coarse locking leads to a sub-optimal usage of the rail networks. New railway standards propose the use of moving blocks centered around the rail vehicles to increase the capacity of the network. However, this approach requires accurate and robust position and velocity estimation of all vehicles. In this work, we investigate the applicability, challenges and limitations of current visual and visual-inertial motion estimation frameworks for rail applications. An evaluation against RTK-GPS ground truth is performed on multiple datasets recorded in industrial, sub-urban, and forest environments. Our results show that stereo visual-inertial odometry has a great potential to provide a precise motion estimation because of its complementing sensor modalities and shows superior performance in challenging situations compared to other frameworks.

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A Survey of GNSS-Based Research and Developments for the European Railway Signaling

Cited by 111 publications

References 53 publications

Towards the Internet of Smart Trains: A Review on Industrial IoT-Connected Railways

Towards the Internet of Smart Trains: A Review on Industrial IoT-Connected Railways

Synergies for Trains and Cars Automation in the Era of Virtual Networking

Experimental Comparison of Visual-Aided Odometry Methods for Rail Vehicles

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