Adaptable Communications for all Railways
• New adaptable communication system supports concurrent application usage, flexible routing capabilities, traffic flow prioritization, seamless inter-RAT and inter-network handover and ubiquitous redundancy will act as communication backbone for the digitalization of railways. This includes the integration of new radio technology innovation with advanced radio features combined with software defined networks.
Moving Block
• Moving Block operation, allowing to make best use of the track capacity, by operating trains with dynamically controlled movement authorities
• In Moving Block operation, the concept is to decouple the infrastructure from train parameters, leaving the train responsible for stopping within the Movement Authority granted. This permits greater flexibility in the case of mixed types of trains and a wide range of rail applications focusing specifically on the different market segments, as well as providing cost savings via the removal of trackside equipment.
Zero On-Site Testing
• New FFFIS specification allowing the connection of distributed labs as well as coordination of test cases from a central management point
• Human Machine interfaces in order to automate the test process and to perform the job of a saboteur automatically.
• Common Data Structure and formal verification of the data to ease the testing
Virtually Coupled Train Sets
• A new concept of “Virtual coupling” will be provided. This will allow trains to run much closer to one another (within their absolute or relative braking distance).
• The new approach will foresee that trains will be able to dynamically modify their own composition on the move (virtual coupling/uncoupling of train convoys).
• The system will maintain at least the same level of safety currently provided inside ETCS
Cyber Security
• Standardised cyber security system that could be applied in an uniform way to all railway sectors (signalling, rolling-stock and infrastructure).
• Protection provided through strong, sustained and standardised approaches for cyber security risk assessment, cyber risk prevention, detection and response as well as “security-by-design” implementation using generic “security-by-design” rules
ATO over ETCS pilot test for freight demonstrator
• First feedback from the field on the applicability and validity of the generic GoA2 specification also for the freight environment as well as interoperability and interchangeability of different suppliers.
