Wireless and mobile computing in train maintenance and diagnosis

Author

Smailagic, Asim ; Bennington, Bernard J.

Author_Institution

Eng. Design Res. Center, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

4-7 May 1997

Firstpage

1932

Abstract

In 1995 Daimler-Benz Research and Technology (Germany), its US subsidiary Adtranz, and Carnegie Mellon University entered into a research agreement to develop system prototypes of a next-generation train maintenance and diagnostic system. Adtranz is a manufacturer of People Movers such as are seen at airports throughout the world and also a major manufacturer of rail car systems for mass transit systems like the New York City subway. The paper focuses on the mobile information and communication aspects, discusses the working prototype features, research results, performance, obstacles overcome, and future work

Keywords

cellular radio; computer networks; data communication; land mobile radio; maintenance engineering; packet radio networks; performance evaluation; radio networks; railways; Adtranz; Carnegie Mellon University; Cellular Digital Packet Data wireless service; Daimler-Benz Research and Technology; Germany; New York City subway; People Movers; mass transit systems; mobile communication; mobile computing; mobile information; performance; rail car systems; research results; system prototypes; train diagnosis; train maintenance; wireless computing; Airports; Design engineering; Manufacturing; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Preventive maintenance; Propulsion; Prototypes; Rails; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1997, IEEE 47th

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3659-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1997.605895

Filename

605895