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US 2019/0168788 A1Published application
Method & apparatus for a train control system
OwnerNabil N. Ghalyinventor
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A method and an apparatus for a train control system are disclosed, and are based on virtualization of train control logic and the use of cloud computing resources. A train control system is configured into two main parts. The first part includes physical elements of the train control system, and the second part includes a virtual train control system that provides the computing resources for the required train control application platforms. The disclosed architecture can be used with various train control technologies, including communications based train control, cab-signaling and fixed block, wayside signal technology. Further, the disclosure describes methodologies to convert cab-signaling and manual operations into distance to go operation.
A train control system comprising:
A train control system comprising:
A train control system comprising:
A method for a train control system, wherein the train control installation is configured into two main parts, wherein the first part includes physical wayside signal equipment, wherein the wayside signal equipment includes at least one of wayside signals, automatic train stops, cab-signaling blocks, train detection devices and switch machines, wherein the second part is implemented in a cloud computing environment, and includes processing resources, which implement signal application platform that provides signal control logic, and wherein a data communication structure provides two-way communications between said two main parts, comprising the following steps:
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