Title :
Wireless advanced automatic train control
Author :
Nishinaga, Eugene ; Evans, John A. ; Mayhew, Gregory L.
Author_Institution :
Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Oakland, CA, USA
Abstract :
Communication devices and network techniques are combined in a radio system under development to satisfy safety critical, operational requirements for train location and control in railroad and transit applications. Spread spectrum radios, installed on-board trains, at wayside locations, and at control stations, participate in a synchronous, time slotted network enabling location determination in conjunction with reliable transfer of control information. Simulations have shown that the benefits of this radio based advanced automatic train control system are appreciable reductions in operational headway, in energy consumption, and in elapsed time for consists to traverse their routes
Keywords :
mobile radio systems; railways; spread spectrum communication; transport computer control; Bay Area Rapid Transit system; automatic train control; control information transfer; data bus architecture; data link performance; digital processing; energy consumption; message structures; operational requirements; railroad applications; safety critical requirements; spread spectrum radio; station based intelligence; synchronous time slotted network; tracking performance; tractive power simulation; train location; transit applications; Automatic control; Control systems; Energy consumption; Proposals; Radio control; Radio frequency; Railway safety; Relays; Spread spectrum communication; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Railroad Conference, 1994., Proceedings of the 1994 ASME/IEEE Joint (in Conjunction with Area 1994 Annual Technical Conference)
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1890-0
DOI :
10.1109/RRCON.1994.289024
