Title :
The design concepts and operational results of fault-tolerant computer systems for the Shinkansen train control
Author :
Hachiga, Akira ; Akita, Katsuji ; Hasegawa, Yutaka
Author_Institution :
Railway Tech. Res. Inst., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The Shinkansen is a safe, reliable, mass, and rapid public transportation system in Japan. The authors discuss COMTRAC in the Shinkansen. First, they look into the concept and technology of fail-safe in railways. Second, they explain COMTRAC and its fault-tolerant computer systems. Finally, they give several kinds of field data accumulated during the past several years about COMTRAC, which show its improvement in the availability.
Keywords :
railways; COMTRAC; Shinkansen train control; availability; design concepts; fail-safe; fault-tolerant computer systems; operational results; rapid public transportation system; Automatic control; Control systems; Fault tolerant systems; Hardware; Rail transportation; Railway safety; Redundancy; Road accidents; Road safety; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Fault-Tolerant Computing, 1993. FTCS-23. Digest of Papers., The Twenty-Third International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toulouse, France
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3680-7
DOI :
10.1109/FTCS.1993.627310
