Moxa: Deploying Advanced IP Cameras in the Challenging Light Conditions of Rolling Stock Environments

Whenever a person or surveillance system is trying to capture clear photographs or smooth video, light plays a very important role. Most people have taken a video and seen that the resulting footage is over or under exposed because the camera is unable to adapt to the challenging light environment. Trains are noted for being a particularly difficult environment to film in and several …

Paris metro LTE trial: the SYSTUF project and its results

As metro networks become busier, more capacity is required — not only for passengers, but also for operational applications and services. Conventional siloed radio networks, with their limited capacity, are not able to answer this need. A promising solution lies with a unified ground-to-train radio network based on 4G LTE technology. Nokia, within a consortium called SYSTUF, conducted a trial …

Sweden’s transport operator Trafikverket builds a nationwide GSM-R & IP/ MPLS communications network to enhance safety and efficiency

Sweden’s national transportation agency, Trafikverket, is responsible for long-term infrastructure planning for road, rail, shipping and aviation. It owns, constructs, operates and maintains all state-owned railways and roads, as well as a large number of ferry services. Since 1990, Trafikverket has utilized a national transmission network for all communications critical to the safe operation of transportation traffic in Sweden. In recent years, train …

The new landscape for railway operator communications

Transforming mission-critical communications for safe and efficient mainline, urban and freight operations The resurgence of rail in recent years continues to accelerate as authorities target railways as the backbone of national, regional and local transport. The  European Union, for example, aims for inter-city journeys of 1,000 km or less to be made by train by the mid-2020s. Substantial growth in …