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CBTC Standardization
Can it be Achieved ?

Railway Age Status Report
May, 1997



T. J. Sullivan
Senior Engineering Manager
PB Transit & Rail Systems
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Presentation Overview
Background of TCRP/IEEE Standards Process

On Board Communications Standards

IEEE CBTC standards process and progress

Whats Over the Horizon
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TCRP 1992 Origins
ISTEA
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Transit Cooperative Research
Program
Funds Innovative Research

Problem Statements

Maximum Benefits /return
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TCRP Project G4
Developing Standards for System and Subsystem
Interfaces in Electric Rail Passenger Vehicles
Founding Group
Thomas J. McGean, PE
LTK Engineering
IEEE VTS & Linda Sue Boehmer
TSD Tom Sullivan
Initial Brainstorming Meeting
Identified 26 potential areas
Costs and benefits estimated
Eight Working Groups Formed
Open to any interested party - IEEE Standards
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Eight Working Groups
1 - Communications
2 - CB Train Control
3 - Health Monitoring
4 - Safety Standards for Software
5 - VOBC / Propulsion / Brake
6 - Auxiliary Power Systems
7 - Vehicle Passenger Information
8 - Environmental Standards for Electrical
Equipment
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Eight Working Groups
1 - Communications
2 - CB Train Control
3 - Health Monitoring
4 - Safety Standards for Software
5 - VOBC/Propulsion/Brake
6 - Auxiliary Power Systems
7 - Vehicle Passenger Information
8 - Environmental Standards
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Communications Network
CB Train Control

Health Monitoring

VOBC/Propulsion/Brake

Auxiliary Power Systems

Vehicle Passenger Information

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Communications Network
CB Train Control

Health Monitoring

VOBC/Propulsion/Brake

Auxiliary Power Systems

Vehicle Passenger Information

RADIO
MODEM
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WG 1 Communcations Protocols
Chair: Bob Anderson, Harmon I ndustries
Exhaustive search for candidate systems
Initial list reduced to two viable alternatives
Both were selected as a standard
Both can potentially interoperate
Either will do the job
Most successful working group and
potentially could be as significant as WG2

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Draft Communications Standards
IEEE P 1473.1
LONWORKS Communications Protocol
NYC Transit new subway cars (200 subway cars/year)
AARs ECP Brake Program (1,000,000 box cars?)
2 million nodes sold worldwide, >1500 OEMs
Cost effective, general purpose real-time network

IEEE P 1473.2
IEC Train Communications Network
Special purpose real time network for rail systems
ADTranz, Siemens, Ansaldo, UITP, etc.
High performance, more expensive than P 1473.2
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Train Communication Network
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IEEE P 1473.1 Node
Two sources for silicon
Motorola and Toshiba
OPEN Protocol
Extensive PC-based
Development Tools
Modules available from
Echelon and many others
C Like Language
enhanced with when
statement
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P1473.1 Programming Example #1

when (doors = (open)) { brakes = ON } ;

equivalent function

DOOR SENSOR
BRAKE
SYSTEM
B+
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P1473.1 Programming Example #2
when (loadweigh=AW3)
{ Display (Pelham 123 = (Full))} ;

PELHAM 148
20 MPH
POSSIBLE CONTROL CENTER GRAPHIC
SHOWING HEAVILY LOADED PELHAM 123
PELHAM 123
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LONWORKS and Vehicle CBTC
Propulsion / Brake
Tractive Effort P-Signal
Tachometers
Train Door
Systems
EMERGENCY
BRAKE
PWM, ANALOG
OR SERIAL
IEEE P1473.1
P W M
P W M
ACTIVE TOGGLE
ONE $5
LONWORKS
NEURON
I.C.
(THREE 8-BIT
MICROPROCESSORS)
SPARE
I/O
WAYSIDE TAG
READER
SERIAL
UPLOADABLE
APPLICATION
PROGRAM
( EEPROM )
FREQUENCY
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WG-2 Participants
(Chairs: David Rutherford & Tom Sullivan)

Good Participation
Major signal suppliers
senior technical experts
AAR, FRA, FTA
Consultants
Some Communications
and Radio Suppliers


Weak Participation
Transit Properties
(Except NYC Transit)
Industry Deal Makers


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WG 2
Activities and Objectives
Definition
Continuous bi-directional communications
Does not require track circuits

Two Basic Philosophies
Vehicle Centric
Wayside Centric

Interoperability Objectives

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Signal Suppliers CBTC Products
Signal
Company
Product Technical Contact
Announced Radio
Supplier
Alcatel Seltrac John Brohm
(In-service products use an
inductive loop)
ADtranz Signaling Flexiblock Chuck Gibson Andrew
Ansaldo/US&S Microblock John Paljug
GEC Alsthom SACEM II Guillaume Delmas
Harmon Industries UltraBlock Mark Fanara
Safetran Systems Utilicom
SASIB Railway
GRS
Team Atlas Bill Petit Watkins Johnson
Siemens /Matra
Transport
Uwe Berg (1+916.688.5014)
Westinghouse UK
Please send revisions and additions to Tom Sullivan
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Radio and Signal Supplier Alliances
Radio Supplier Product
Modulation -
Interface
Status Contact
Signal Supplier
Affiliation
Utilicom/Safetran
Long
Ranger
2.4 GHz DSSS -
IEEE P1473.1
Production Safetran
Andrew
Model
2400
2.4 GHz DSSS -
RS-530
Prototypes Don Johnston ADtranz
Raytheon/Hughes EPLRS
2.4 GHz DSSS -
IEEE P1473.1
Production Marv Swenson
Telephonics Paulian Moscovici
Watkins Johnson
WJ-
8850
2.4 GHz DSFH -
RS-422
Prototypes Brad Wynne
SASIB Railway
GRS

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Spread Spectrum Spectrum

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How much bandwidth is Needed?
Information updates: 1-4 times/sec (transit)
SELTRAC - Wayside Centric System
sub 60 second capability (worst case poll 1/sec)
1200 bits/sec from wayside to train (70 data bits)
600 bits/sec from train to wayside (31 data bits)
You can never
be too rich
be too thin
or have too much
communications bandwidth
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Issues working against Standardization
Corporate Greed and Egos
Tradition
Non-technical concessions required
Many technical details
IEEE Standards require 75% to agree
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Issues working for Standardization
NYCTs
Canarsie
Line
TCRP- G4
The Only Forum
to discuss
Standards
Separate Radio
from
Train Control
Corporate
Committment
to Standards
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Summary
Communications is, and will, drive everything
The PCC meeting for CBTC has yet to occur
Synergy
NYCT Drives Standardization
TCRP -G4 facilitate this process
Transit Property participation is strongly
encouraged in TCRP G4 Program
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Standardized Communication Networks
TCP/IP, LONWORKS, JAVA
Internets --> Intranets --> Infranets
New York will drive CBTC standardization in US
TCRP -G4 & IEEE will facilitate standardization
End users will demand safe, non-stop systems
Over the Horizon
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For More Information
CBTC Web Page
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CBTC Projects worldwide

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