Title :
ICOM: A Communication Framework for Interoperable European Railways
Author :
Billion, Jérôme ; Van Den Abeele, Didier
Author_Institution :
ALSTOM Transp., St. Ouen
Abstract :
The future European railway system will have to exhibit dramatically improved overall efficiency and performance. In order to achieve this high level goal, the InteGRail project aims to create a holistic, coherent information system, integrating the major railway sub-systems. In this paper we present ICOM, a framework for intelligent communication in InteGRail. This framework follows an application driven approach to integrate the heterogeneous railway networks and to deliver advanced end to end communication services combining QoS, mobility and security via business oriented interfaces. It defines a reference model for further interoperability standardisation in railway communication.
Keywords :
quality of service; railway communication; railway engineering; ICOM; InteGRail project; QoS; business oriented interfaces; coherent information system; communication services; intelligent communication; interoperability standardisation; interoperable European railways; railway communication; railway networks; reference model; Business communication; Communication system security; Context; Costs; Information security; Information systems; Rail transportation; Railway communication; Telecommunication network management; Telecommunication traffic; Communication Framework; Heterogeneous Networks Integration; InteGRail; Railway Interoperability;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications, 2007. ITST '07. 7th International Conference on ITS
Conference_Location :
Sophia Antipolis
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1178-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1178-5
DOI :
10.1109/ITST.2007.4295923
