Hardware for rail traffic simulator

Author

Krivka, J. ; Elis, Ludek ; Vlasek, J. ; Zahour, J. ; Stetka, Petr ; Kosturik, K.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic

fYear

2013

fDate

26-28 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

590

Lastpage

593

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to describe the hardware for a rail traffic simulator. It has been designed as a teaching aid for the Department of Applied Electronics at the University of West Bohemia. The simulator was developed for verification of the reliability of railway safety algorithms for direct access of the human factor. The simulator consists of: rails, position balises, station units, rail vehicles, a train cabin and a safety application, which is verified. Communication between the elements of the system is based on wireless transmissions. The hardware withstood well during testing by randomly selected people. It fully meets the requirements of the system.

Keywords

rail traffic; railway safety; position balises; rail traffic simulator; rail vehicles; railway safety algorithm reliability; safety application; station units; train cabin; wireless transmissions; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Hardware; Rail transportation; Rails; Vehicles; Wireless communication; Freescale; Railway; Safety algorithms; Simulator; Wireless;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), 2013 21st

Conference_Location

Belgrade

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1419-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TELFOR.2013.6716299

Filename

6716299