Data transmission system, and method of transmitting data from a central station to a track-bound vehicle
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorGert Ruckser
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Abstract
A data transmission system for transmitting data from a central station to a track-bound vehicle traveling on a track includes plural track-side transmitting and receiving devices communicating with an on-vehicle transmitting and receiving device. Each of the track-side transmitting and receiving devices is operatively connected to at least two control computers for communication with the central station. In this way, if the cases arises that the control computer of a pertaining track-side transmitting and receiving device crashes, the communication of this track-side transmitting and receiving device with the central station is maintained through intervention of the other one of the control computers.
Claims12
A data transmission system for transmitting data from a central station to a track-bound vehicle traveling on a track, comprising plural track-side transmitting and receiving devices communicating with an on-vehicle transmitting and receiving equipment, each of the track-side transmitting and receiving devices operatively connected to at least two control computers for communication with the central station, wherein the control computers are so configured that at a crash of one of the control computers communication of the pertaining track-side transmitting and receiving devices with the central station is maintained through intervention of the other one of the control computers.
A method for transmitting data from a central station to a track-bound vehicle traveling on a track, comprising the steps of:
- disposing along the track of the track-bound vehicle a plurality of track-side transmitting and receiving devices for communication with an on-vehicle transmitting and receiving device;
- operatively connecting at least two control computers to a central station;
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- connecting each of the track-side transmitting and receiving devices to the at least two control computers so that at a breakdown of one of the control computers communication of the pertaining track-side transmitting and receiving devices with the central station is maintained through intervention of the other one of the control computers.
A data transmission system for transmitting data from a central station to a track-bound vehicle traveling on a track, comprising a track-side control equipment communicating with an on-vehicle control equipment and operatively connected to at least two control computers for communication with the central station, wherein the control computers are so configured that at a crash of one of the control computers communication of the track-side control equipment with the central station is maintained through intervention of the other one of the control computers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.