EP2167364A1 - Dispositif de communication et son procédé de fonctionnement - Google Patents

Dispositif de communication et son procédé de fonctionnement

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EP2167364A1
EP2167364A1 EP08786139A EP08786139A EP2167364A1 EP 2167364 A1 EP2167364 A1 EP 2167364A1 EP 08786139 A EP08786139 A EP 08786139A EP 08786139 A EP08786139 A EP 08786139A EP 2167364 A1 EP2167364 A1 EP 2167364A1
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Prior art keywords
transmitting
receiving
transmission
communication
communication device
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Andreas Kister
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Siemens AG
Siemens Corp
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Siemens AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L3/00—Devices along the route for controlling devices on the vehicle or train, e.g. to release brake or to operate a warning signal
    • B61L3/02—Devices along the route for controlling devices on the vehicle or train, e.g. to release brake or to operate a warning signal at selected places along the route, e.g. intermittent control simultaneous mechanical and electrical control
    • B61L3/08—Devices along the route for controlling devices on the vehicle or train, e.g. to release brake or to operate a warning signal at selected places along the route, e.g. intermittent control simultaneous mechanical and electrical control controlling electrically
    • B61L3/12—Devices along the route for controlling devices on the vehicle or train, e.g. to release brake or to operate a warning signal at selected places along the route, e.g. intermittent control simultaneous mechanical and electrical control controlling electrically using magnetic or electrostatic induction; using radio waves
    • B61L3/125—Devices along the route for controlling devices on the vehicle or train, e.g. to release brake or to operate a warning signal at selected places along the route, e.g. intermittent control simultaneous mechanical and electrical control controlling electrically using magnetic or electrostatic induction; using radio waves using short-range radio transmission
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L15/00—Indicators provided on the vehicle or train for signalling purposes
    • B61L15/0018—Communication with or on the vehicle or train
    • B61L15/0027—Radio-based, e.g. using GSM-R
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L25/00—Recording or indicating positions or identities of vehicles or trains or setting of track apparatus
    • B61L25/02—Indicating or recording positions or identities of vehicles or trains
    • B61L25/025—Absolute localisation, e.g. providing geodetic coordinates
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L3/00—Devices along the route for controlling devices on the vehicle or train, e.g. to release brake or to operate a warning signal
    • B61L3/02—Devices along the route for controlling devices on the vehicle or train, e.g. to release brake or to operate a warning signal at selected places along the route, e.g. intermittent control simultaneous mechanical and electrical control
    • B61L3/08—Devices along the route for controlling devices on the vehicle or train, e.g. to release brake or to operate a warning signal at selected places along the route, e.g. intermittent control simultaneous mechanical and electrical control controlling electrically
    • B61L3/12—Devices along the route for controlling devices on the vehicle or train, e.g. to release brake or to operate a warning signal at selected places along the route, e.g. intermittent control simultaneous mechanical and electrical control controlling electrically using magnetic or electrostatic induction; using radio waves
    • B61L3/121—Devices along the route for controlling devices on the vehicle or train, e.g. to release brake or to operate a warning signal at selected places along the route, e.g. intermittent control simultaneous mechanical and electrical control controlling electrically using magnetic or electrostatic induction; using radio waves using magnetic induction
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L1/00—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
    • H04L1/22—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received using redundant apparatus to increase reliability
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/02—Services making use of location information
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61L—GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC
    • B61L15/00—Indicators provided on the vehicle or train for signalling purposes
    • B61L15/0081—On-board diagnosis or maintenance
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/50—Network services
    • H04L67/52—Network services specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a communication device for establishing a communication connection between a rail vehicle and a track-side central device.
  • Such communication devices are known, for example, in connection with train control systems, which enable the train to be controlled by track-side control or control centers.
  • the invention is based on the object direzuent ⁇ wrap this, that during operation of the rail vehicle Da ⁇ th better than before can be transmitted, in particular with a higher signal-to-noise ratio and / or with a lower bit error rate ,
  • the invention provides that the Kommunikati ⁇ ons worn a transmitting and / or receiving device with an adjustable transmission and / or reception characteristics, as well as an associated control device having the situation, depending on the respective transmitting and / or receiving ⁇ the transmitting and / or receiving characteristic of their transmitting and / or receiving device sets.
  • An essential advantage of the communication device according to the invention is the fact that, due to the adjustability of the transmission and / or reception characteristic, it makes it possible to adapt to the respective local or temporal transmission or reception conditions.
  • Adjustment in the sense of this invention includes in particular a regulation, a readjustment, an adaptive placement, an adaptive adjustment or even a simple placement.
  • it may be provided to convert the transmission and / or reception characteristic at a large distance between a rail vehicle-side communication device and a related link-side communication device such that a larger directivity is achieved, so that even with a large distance a relatively large Receiving power and thus a rela ⁇ tively large signal-to-noise ratio can be guaranteed.
  • any existing Störquel ⁇ len which act from certain angles on the respective transmitting and / or receiving devices, hide when sending and / or receiving, so that this in the signal-to-noise ratio less than before, preferably not at all, knock down.
  • the transmission and / or reception characteristic can be changed in this way in that preferably or exclusively the transmission or reception angles still possible for a communication are used.
  • the transmitting and / or receiving characteristic can be modified by changing the transmission power, reception sensitivity, data coding, the Signalmodulati ⁇ on, the data rate, the repetition rate, the transmission frequency, the transmission time slot, of the transmission channel, etc..
  • the control device is connected to a location determining device intended for determining the position of the rail vehicle on the route and, moreover, is also suitable, depending on the respective position of the rail vehicle, the transmission and / or reception characteristic of Set transmitting and / or receiving device.
  • a location determining device intended for determining the position of the rail vehicle on the route and, moreover, is also suitable, depending on the respective position of the rail vehicle, the transmission and / or reception characteristic of Set transmitting and / or receiving device.
  • the location determining device for determining the respective position of the rail vehicle can, for example, be designed in such a way that the location of the location of the track-side balises and / or the GPS system known for locating is used.
  • the control device communicates with a topology database is in the topology data, for example, the route, mountains or tunnels are registered; such a topology database makes it particularly easy to determine, depending on the jewei ⁇ time position of the rail vehicle, to be in the nature acting on the transmission and / or reception characteristics of the transmitting and / or receiving means for optimum signal transmission to enable .
  • Control device is adapted to quantitatively measure the respective transmission and / or reception situation and to set the transmission and / or reception characteristic of the transmitting and / or receiving device in such a way, in particular adaptively to adjust or readjust, that at any time an optimal transmission and / or receiving situation is reached.
  • Such a setting of the transmission and / or reception characteristic can be effected, for example, by the control device quantitatively measuring the bit error rate and / or the signal-to-noise ratio of the data transmission and adjusting the transmission and / or reception characteristic of the transmitting and / or receiving device in such a way that At any time a minimum bit error rate and / or an optimal signal-to-noise ratio is achieved.
  • the control device preferably changes the transmission and / or reception characteristic in that it alters the spatial orientation of the transmitting and / or receiving device.
  • Such a change in the spatial orientation for example, two-dimensional or three-dimensional follow it ⁇ .
  • the spatial alignment is preferably carried out in such a way that the transmitting and receiving lobes of two communication devices communicating with each other optimally overlap each other in two or three dimensions and the transmitting and / or receiving facilities look spatially considered.
  • optimum Studentstra ⁇ Cleaning quality is namely achieved.
  • the transmitting and / or receiving devices can in different ways SUC ⁇ gene.
  • the transmitting and / or receiving device may be mechanically movable, for example, mounted on a driven by the control device pivoting means, be so that the control means controls the transmission - Can adjust and / or receive direction mechanically.
  • the transmitting and / or receiving device may be an antenna arrangement having a plurality of antennas which are switched on or off by the control device as a function of the desired transmission and / or reception characteristic.
  • the transmitting and / or recom- catching device to a phased array antenna that includes fully a multi ⁇ number of two-dimensionally arrayed antenna elements and a corresponding phase control bezüg ⁇ Lich its transmission or reception direction, and / or its antenna directivity is adjustable; such adjustability allows namely, both the antenna gain and the transmission and reception direction with respect to a minimal error rate and / or an optimal signal-to-noise ratio per ⁇ currently set optimally.
  • a rail vehicle is ⁇ seen, which is equipped with a rail vehicle-side communication device, as described above.
  • a track-side communication device is also regarded as an invention, with which a communication connection can be established with a rail-vehicle-side communication device, as long as the track-side communication device is configured as described above.
  • a communication system with a rail vehicle-side communication device and a track-side communication device communicating therewith is also regarded as an invention.
  • the transmission and / or reception characteristic of at least one transmitting and / or receiving device is set as a function of the respective transmission and / or reception situation.
  • Adjustment in the sense of this invention includes in particular a regulation, a readjustment, an adaptive placement, an adaptive adjustment or even a simple placement.
  • FIG. 1 shows a rail vehicle 10 traveling on a track 20.
  • the track 20 is equipped with ⁇ balises 30 is to allow a rail-vehicle-side and a route-side location determination of the rail vehicle 10.
  • the communication system 40 comprises two rail vehicle-side communication devices 60 and 70 and a plurality of track-side communication devices, of which three are shown by way of example in FIG.
  • the track-side communication devices are identified by reference numerals 80, 90 and 100.
  • the rail vehicle-side communication device 60 communicates with the track-side communication device 90 and the rail- vehicle-side communication device 70 with the trackside communication device 100.
  • the two rail vehicle-side communication devices 60 and 70 can, for example be identical; for the sake of clarity is in the
  • the rail-vehicle-side communication device 60 includes fully a transmitting and / or receiving device 110 in the form of an antenna, which is, for example, may be an antenna to mecha nically ⁇ adjustable directional antenna or a phased array.
  • a control ⁇ device 120 in connection forming a Antennenkontrollein- uniform and ensures that the antenna 110 is always set opti ⁇ times in order to allow an optimal transmission quality for communication with the associated trackside communication device 90th
  • a signal processing device 130 which receives the signals received by the antenna 110, is connected to the antenna 110
  • the topology database 140 may indicate at ⁇ play, as the geographical environment to the rail vehicle 10 around, and indeed, adapted to its respective local position: For example, the topology database 140 may indicate that the rail vehicle 10 in a tunnel in front of or behind a tunnel or in a curve.
  • the control device 120 is connected directly or indirectly to a location determination device 150, which carries out a location determination, for example based on the balises 30 in the track 20.
  • the location determination device 150 is connected, for example, to a balise recognition device 160.
  • the location determination device 150 may form a component of the communication device 60 or a separate component which is connected to the communication device 60.
  • the track-side communication devices 80, 90 and 100 as well as the further rail- vehicle-side communication device 70 can be constructed in a similar or identical manner to the previously described communication device 60. This means that these communication devices can likewise each have an antenna 110 as transmitting and / or receiving device , a control device 120, a signal processing device 130 and a topology database 140.
  • the track-side central device 50 may, for example, a network switch 210 (network node), a radio server 220 (radio central unit), a topology database 140 and a control module 230 include.
  • the communication system 40 according to FIG. 1 is now operated as follows, for example:
  • the two rail vehicle-side communication devices 60 and 70 as well as the two track-side communication devices 90 and 100 are based on the respective location of the
  • Rail vehicle 10 and their respective information stored in their topology databases determine in which solid angle, be it two-dimensional or dreidi ⁇ dimensional, the transmitting and receiving lobe F of their respective antenna 110 must be aligned so that an optimal Kom ⁇ communication between rail vehicle 10th and track-side central device 50 is made possible. Likewise, the two trackside communication devices 90 and 100 will align their respective antennas 110 to allow optimum transmission quality.
  • the alignment of the antennas 110 can be carried out, for example, based on the respective position of the rail vehicle 10 and on the basis of the topology data stored in the topology databases 140. Alternatively or additionally, the alignment of the transmitting and receiving lobes of the antennas 110 may also be different, depending on the particular ge ⁇ measured transmission quality. For example, if a controller 120 determines that the transmission quality is deteriorating, it can re-adjust the transmit and receive lobes of its associated antenna 110 to undo the degraded transmission quality and / or if an improvement Transmission quality is no longer possible, such deterioration is slowed down as much as possible.
  • the control device is particularly preferably 120 to exploit both present in the topology database 140 topology data to set an optimum transmission quality, than perform a corresponding Nachrege ⁇ lung also based on the respective measurement results of the bit error rate and signal-to-noise ratio.
  • the antenna 110 of the rail vehicle-side communication ⁇ devices 60 and 70 and the track-side communication devices 90 and 100 may be formed for example by a mechanically adjustable directional antenna or an electronically adjustable or adjustable phased array antenna.
  • a phased array will be generally preferable, as these be ⁇ compels no mechanical adjustment of the antenna but the directivity can be done only by a electronic see control or signal processing.
  • the described control device 120 and the signal processing device 130 may be formed, for example, by program modules that are implemented in a single data processing system or also in a plurality of parallel processing data processing systems.
  • the topology database 140 can be stored, for example, in memory modules such as flash modules or the like.

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  • Train Traffic Observation, Control, And Security (AREA)
  • Mobile Radio Communication Systems (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne entre autres un dispositif de communication (60, 70, 80, 90, 100) permettant l'établissement d'une communication entre un véhicule sur rails (10) et un dispositif central côté ligne (50). Selon l'invention, il est prévu que le dispositif de communication (60, 70, 80, 90, 100) présente un dispositif d'émission et/ou de réception (110) avec une caractéristique d'émission et/ou de réception réglable ainsi qu'un dispositif de commande associé (120) qui règle la caractéristique d'émission et/ou de réception de son dispositif d'émission et/ou de réception (110) en fonction de la situation d'émission et/ou de réception respective.
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