Transcript Mr. Alexandre Girardi

ICT for
Railways
ERTMS Application
on Tests and
Maintenance
10/04/2014
ICT on Railway ERTMS Testing
ICT Applied for ERTMS Testing
Summary
- ICT importance on Railway ERTMS Testing:
Aim:
Assuring Interoperability
Adding Value (making verification cost effective)
- ICT Technologies:
Real-time data acquisition and processing:
Image processing (event detection and recognition),
Robot control (24h operation – remote site operation),
Distributed Processing (synchronisation, automated analysis)
- Fields:
Laboratory test of ERTMS implementations (Track, Onboard)
Track validation of implementations (Real-time standard check)
- European Railway Network:
Distributed ERTMS laboratory network for validation of corridors across
Europe.
ICT on Railway ERTMS Testing
ICT on ERTMS Testing
- Assuring Interoperability:
Problem: Legacy systems compatibility
Market protection
Solution: Assure independent assessment of deployments
- Adding Value:
Making validation cost effective:
Fast and cheap enough to:
- Shortcuts on systems validation
Comprehensive enough to provide support for its development
ICT on Railway ERTMS Testing
ICT Technologies: Image Processing
3D Acquisition of DMI
• Image stabilisation (1)
• 3D video acquisition (2)
• Hand removal. (3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
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ICT Technologies: Robot Control
- Robot Control allows:
- 24hs x 24hs operation
- Black box testing
- Track equipment connected with onboard equipment in different sites
- Requirements:
- Real-time operation (including image recognition)
ICT on Railway ERTMS Testing
ICT Technologies: Distributed Processing
- Validation of Corridors Implementations:
Onboard equipment in 1 country
Track from countries where the corridor passes through
Country:
A
Test
Bench
EVC
____________________________
B
RBC
IXL
____________________________
C
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RBC
IXL
ICT Technologies: Results Analysis
- Semi-Automatic Analysis of ERTMS results (From Interface to SRS):
Integrated and synchronized, including DMI, JRU, TIU, ODO, BTM, RTM.
ICT on Railway ERTMS Testing
Laboratory ERTMS Equipment Tests
- Onboard:
EVC (Onboard):
- Subset-076 (Functionality),
- Subset-041 (Performance),
- Reliability
- Track Implementations and transitions:
- RBC (Radio Block Center)
- IXL (Interlocking)
- Standards:
- ERTMS
- National Systems (compatibility)
- Operational Tests
ICT on Railway ERTMS Testing
ICT on Track Validation/Maintenance Tests
- Maintenance solutions for:
- Preventive Balise Failures (RF and Signal Processing), which comprises:
-A receiving antenna called the “SENSING LOOP” attached below the BTM
antenna on the train.
-A Main Control Unit (MCU) and
-A GPS receiving antenna:
EBTM
SNIFFER
MCU
BTM
BTM ANTENNA
SENSING LOOP
EUROBALISE
-The EUROBALISE ANALYZER gives an onboard automatic EUROBALISE
tests tool for maintenance of on-track deployed Eurobalises.
- Radio Interference Detection (Radio Technology)
- Pantograph Fault Detection (Image Processing)
ICT on Railway ERTMS Testing
European Railway Network Alliance
Aligned with ERDF 2014-2020 Priorities
+ 40 European universities have been contacted
+ 17 have confirmed their interest
+ 11 have confirmed their participation
ICT on Railway ERTMS Testing
An ICT/ rail / transport European Alliance
Rolling stock Interoperability
Track & board railway
interoperability
(mechanical test solutions,
maintenance, noise)
TTK University of Applied Sciences
Silesian University of Technology
Cardiff University
Poznan University of Technology
Kaunas University of Technology
Technical University of Sofia
European Railway R&D
Network
University Politehnica of Timisoara
coordinated by Multitel
Széchenyi Istvan University
University of Mons
University of Ljubljana
Riga Technical University
Certh - HIT
University of Zilina
Catholic University of Louvain
University of Bari
University of Pardubice
University of Miskolc
Training center
(driver,simulator)
Multimodality
(automotive,
ship, optimization, urbain rail
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Conclusion
- ICT applied to testing has resulted in:
Reduction of Onboard testing from 9 months to 1 month:
- Due to the use of:
- Image recognition
- Robot Control
- Support to Data Analysis up to SRS requirements
- Practical results:
- Full tests now assure full standard compliance,
- Without slowing down deployment and
- Moreover, full tests improve ERTMS interoperability
ICT on Railway ERTMS Testing
Thank you
Thanks for your attention
ICT on Railway ERTMS Testing