DocumentCode
1977565
Title
Security of RCL wireless railway communications
Author
Craven, Paul Vincent
Author_Institution
Simpson Coll., Indianola, IA
fYear
2005
fDate
28-31 Aug. 2005
Firstpage
711
Lastpage
715
Abstract
Remote control locomotive (RCL) allows a train locomotive to be controlled remotely through radio signals rather than require an engineer to be present aboard the train. This paper evaluates the security of one vendor´s RCL technology, specifically what would be required for a malicious attacker to take control of such a locomotive. The paper then investigates possible mitigation strategies to prevent this from happening
Keywords
locomotives; radiocommunication; rail traffic; remotely operated vehicles; telecommunication security; telecontrol; RCL wireless railway communications; malicious attacker; radio signals; remote control locomotive; security; train locomotive control; Automatic control; Communication system control; Communication system security; Computer hacking; Control systems; Maintenance engineering; Radio control; Railway communication; Railway engineering; Wireless communication;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Control Applications, 2005. CCA 2005. Proceedings of 2005 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9354-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CCA.2005.1507211
Filename
1507211
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