Title :
Development of wireless communication-based safety equipment for protection of trackside maintenance workers
Author :
Hwang, Jong-Gyu ; Jo, Hyun-Jeong ; Yoon, Yong-Ki ; Kim, Yong-Gyu
Author_Institution :
Train Control & Telecommun. Res. Team, Korea Railroad Res. Inst., Uiwang, South Korea
Abstract :
Personnel maintaining or repairing the railway tracks or signaling equipment around tracks may experience the sensory disorder when they do routine works for many hours and they may not recognize the approaching train, leading to train accidents. In order to prevent such train accidents that may occur because railway track workers are unable to recognize the approaching train, a safety-equipment is developed to make the approaching train send radio signals.
Keywords :
maintenance engineering; personnel; radio networks; railway safety; railway tracks; safety equipment; signaling equipment; trackside maintenance workers protection; train accidents; wireless communication; Accidents; Light emitting diodes; Personnel; Protection; Rail transportation; Railway safety; Safety devices; Signal processing; Vehicle safety; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications Energy Conference, 2009. INTELEC 2009. 31st International
Conference_Location :
Incheon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2490-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2491-7
DOI :
10.1109/INTLEC.2009.5351869