Name of participant: Mario Franke
Project’s name: Rail-to-Orbit Communication for Automated and Resilient Railway Operation (RAILsilient)
Project description:
Rail transport is a pillar for prospective sustainable mobility. To increase the capacity regarding passengers and freight, innovative applications will be used, such as the European Train Control System (ETCS), and use cases, such as, for instance, the Automatic Train Operation (ATO). It requires robust wireless communication with low latency to the control center. The current communication technology, GSM-R (Global System for Mobile Communications for Railways), can’t really fulfill the requirements to the full extent. Its successor, Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS), is being developed at this moment. In order to improve the resilience of FRMCS, 5G technologies as well as alternative technologies for wireless communication—that operate as a safeguard—are intended. One of these technologies could be including LEO satellites.
Therefore, the aim of the project RAILsilient is to achieve an insight into the practicability of such a rail-to-orbit system with simulative performance evaluation—that does especially consider realistic satellite topologies and 3D terrain information.
Software Campus Partner: Technische Universität Dresden and DB InfraGo
Implementation period: 01.03.2025 – 28.02.2027