Periodic Reporting for period 1 - S5LECT (SatCom and 5G Link - Edge, Cyber telecommunication)
Periodo di rendicontazione: 2024-03-01 al 2025-08-31
The S5LECT – SatCom and 5G Link, Edge and CybersecuriTy – project will experiment a solution for seamless handover between 5G terrestrial network, Satellite link and GSM-R communication systems.
In the automotive and rail domains, vehicles are entering the era of full automation thanks to wireless sensors and communication systems shifting control functions from the human driver to computers.
Railways need to increase functionalities of the existing signalling and automation systems and related design and validation processes therefore providing a more competitive, flexible, real-time, intelligent traffic management and decision support system. Those technological innovation will help Railway to answer his ambition to increase rail traffic with the future ATO and FRMCS.
S5LECT consortium will study the hybridization of terrestrial and satellite communications networks for railway critical applications. The project will define and develop an innovative solution for seamless handover between terrestrial and satellite communication networks, to assess cyber-security risks and propose solutions, to propose innovative architecture for Edge computing and finally to provide a proof of concept of all the bricks developed in the project thanks to an original laboratory testing platform.
The S5LECT project will directly contribute to the development of solutions for the use of GOVSATCOM satellite communications in the railway domain. It will also contribute to the development and testing activities to deliver more reliable and robust wireless communication prototypes. This should help to enhance the testing activities and minimize time and efforts to deliver the next generation of adaptable wireless communications for all railway segments.
In the automotive and rail domains, vehicles are entering the era of full automation thanks to wireless sensors and communication systems shifting control functions from the human driver to computers.
Railways need to increase functionalities of the existing signalling and automation systems and related design and validation processes therefore providing a more competitive, flexible, real-time, intelligent traffic management and decision support system. Those technological innovation will help Railway to answer his ambition to increase rail traffic with the future ATO and FRMCS.
S5LECT consortium will study the hybridization of terrestrial and satellite communications networks for railway critical applications. The project will define and develop an innovative solution for seamless handover between terrestrial and satellite communication networks, to assess cyber-security risks and propose solutions, to propose innovative architecture for Edge computing and finally to provide a proof of concept of all the bricks developed in the project thanks to an original laboratory testing platform.
The S5LECT project will directly contribute to the development of solutions for the use of GOVSATCOM satellite communications in the railway domain. It will also contribute to the development and testing activities to deliver more reliable and robust wireless communication prototypes. This should help to enhance the testing activities and minimize time and efforts to deliver the next generation of adaptable wireless communications for all railway segments.
S5LECT project objectives are set in line with the EU's strategy over SatCom technologies. As such, operational objectives were defined as:
1. Definition of the applications requirements and specific railway scenarios for the use of a combination
of satellite and terrestrial radio access technologies
2. Design, implementation, and validation of innovative solution for seamless handover between 5G terrestrial network, Satellite link and GSM-R
3. Analysis of the cybersecurity risks associated to the use of satellite communications for critical and noncritical railway applications.
4. Design, implementation, and evaluation of Edge Computing technology for critical railway applications in the context of satellite communications
5. Development and integration of the different bricks for the S5LECT Testing Lab
6. Proof of concept of the technical solution in the S5LECT laboratory
1. Definition of the applications requirements and specific railway scenarios for the use of a combination
of satellite and terrestrial radio access technologies
2. Design, implementation, and validation of innovative solution for seamless handover between 5G terrestrial network, Satellite link and GSM-R
3. Analysis of the cybersecurity risks associated to the use of satellite communications for critical and noncritical railway applications.
4. Design, implementation, and evaluation of Edge Computing technology for critical railway applications in the context of satellite communications
5. Development and integration of the different bricks for the S5LECT Testing Lab
6. Proof of concept of the technical solution in the S5LECT laboratory
The S5LECT project will study the hybridization of terrestrial and satellite communications networks for railway critical applications. Applications requirements and scenarios will be identified. Preliminary measurements will be performed to develop original Link Characterization Tool (LCT) and satellite emulator, both at IP level. A seamless handover procedure will be proposed and evaluated. An optimized Edge computing solution for railway scenarios will be studied and evaluated. The cybersecurity related to the proposed solutions will be analyzed. Finally, a proof of concept will be proposed based on “zero on site testing” concept thanks to the development of an original testing platform in the S5LECT Testing Lab.
The S5LECT testing platform will support multiple emulation instances of LTE, LTE-Advanced, GSM-R, Wi-Fi/802.11 5G and SatCom networks. Some of the outputs of the S5LECT project could be transferable in other transport domains such as roads or waterway.
In addition, the project will directly contribute to the development of solutions for the use of the future GOVSATCOM satellite communications in the railway domain for MCx. The project will also contribute to the development and testing methodologies and activities to deliver more reliable and robust wireless communication prototypes. This should help to enhance the testing activities and then to minimize time and efforts to deliver the next generation of adaptable wireless communications for all railway segments (high speed, main lines, fret and urban lines).
The S5LECT testing platform will support multiple emulation instances of LTE, LTE-Advanced, GSM-R, Wi-Fi/802.11 5G and SatCom networks. Some of the outputs of the S5LECT project could be transferable in other transport domains such as roads or waterway.
In addition, the project will directly contribute to the development of solutions for the use of the future GOVSATCOM satellite communications in the railway domain for MCx. The project will also contribute to the development and testing methodologies and activities to deliver more reliable and robust wireless communication prototypes. This should help to enhance the testing activities and then to minimize time and efforts to deliver the next generation of adaptable wireless communications for all railway segments (high speed, main lines, fret and urban lines).