GSM-R is the new wireless communication standard for railway networks. It has been developed under European Union sponsorship to assist railways in achieving their goals of network interoperability, reduced operational costs, improved safety at higher speeds, and delivery of new services for the benefit of passengers and employees.
GSM-R Terminals
Nortel has put important resources in place for interoperability testing and runs a multitude of testing campaigns in dedicated interoperability testing labs. These interoperability testing campaigns allow the faster integration, and more precise and cost-efficient testing than in the field.
Nortel works closely with leading GSM-R terminal equipment suppliers to ensure the timely and comprehensive end-to-end interoperability testing.
GSM-R Terminal Types:
•General Purposes Handheld (GPH)
•Operational Purposes Handheld (OPH)
•OPS (Operational Purposes Handheld Shunting)
•Cab radios
•Dispatcher Terminals
GSM-R Applications
GSM-R services standardized within ETSI are collectively called the Advanced Speech Call Items (ASCI). ASCI comprises of the following three services:
•eMLPP (enhanced Multi-Level Precedence and Preemption) allows resource preemption for priority/ emergency calls
•VBS (Voice Broadcast Services) allows groups of users to receive common information
•VGCS (Voice Group Call Service) allows groups of users to make calls within/among the groups
Examples for Railway features are:
•Functional Addressing and presentation of the functional numbers
•Location Dependent Addressing
•Access Matrix
•Emergency Calls
•Group Calls
Brochure
Lithuania Railways completes first GSM-R call powered by Nortel
Lithuania Railways has made Lithuania’s first GSM-R call made possible with Nortel GSM-R technology. The historic first call was completed on the Vilnius and Kaunas route which is one of Lithuania’s busiest rail lines. The GSM-R call took place on June 11, 2009 and marks the official start of the field pilot phase of the LitRail GSM-R project that is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2010.
The multi-million euros countrywide GSM-R contract was signed December 2007 between LitRail and the Nortel/BELAM Consortium. The deployment includes implementation of a GSM-R radio communication system along 1,563 kilometers (approximately 88% of the country’s rail network) of Lithuania’s rail routes. This is the first GSM-R project in the Baltic region and it will enable LitRail to comply with European Commission (EC) railway standards and provide high-speed, dependable communications to help make railways in Lithuania faster and safer.
Nortel's GSM-R Customers
- RFF France (National Network)
- Kapsch CarrierCom / Slovak Railways Slovakia
- Deutsche Bahn Germany (Dispatcher Network)
- Marconi / West Coast Main Line United Kingdom
- Deutsche Bahn Germany (National Network)
- Eastern Railway India
- Kapsch CarrierCom / Správa železniční dopravní cesty (SZDC)
- Renfe Spain (Bilbao – Santander CL)
- Network Rail United Kingdom (National Network)
- China Ministry of Railways China (Tibet line)
- DB Germany (BSS extension)
- SNCF France (NOC Extension)
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link United Kingdom
- ZSR Slovakia (Extension of GSM-R pilot)
- Network Rail UK (SIM Card Supply)
- Network Rail UK (Cabradio integration)
- Ministry of Railways China (Extension Tibet line)
- SNCF France (Network Operation Center)
- MoR China (National Core Network)
- RFI Italy (BSS GPRS upgrade)
- CAF Spain (Cabradios)
- SNTF Algeria (GSM-R Network)
- TP Ferro (Figueras – Perpignan HSL)
- Indian Railways (Uttar Pradesh)
- RFF France (PPP)
- OBB Austria (national)
- CD Czech Republic (extension)
- MoR China (HSL)
- SNEF/Anesrif Algeria (CL)
- NRIC Bulgaria (CL)
- Alstom/Anesrif Algeria(CL)
- LitRail Lithuania (national)
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