Title :
Survey of Wireless Communications Applications in the Railway Industry
Author :
Shafiullah, G.M. ; Gyasi-Agyei, A. ; Wolfs, P.
Author_Institution :
Queensland Univ., Brisbane
Abstract :
Advances in information and communications technology have enabled the adoption of wireless communication techniques in all sectors for the transmission of information in all forms between any two points. Wireless communications and distributed computing have promoted the development of vehicle- monitoring systems to reduce the maintenance and inspection requirements of railway systems while maintaining safety and reliability. This paper surveys existing wireless techniques used in the railway industry for both communications and signalling purposes. Finally we present our work in progress on low-cost, low-power wireless sensor networking architecture to monitor the health of railway wagons attached to a moving locomotive.
Keywords :
condition monitoring; maintenance engineering; railway communication; wireless sensor networks; distributed computing; information transmission; locomotive; low-power wireless sensor networking architecture; railway industry; signalling purposes; vehicle-monitoring systems; wireless communications applications; Communication industry; Communications technology; Distributed computing; Inspection; Maintenance; Monitoring; Rail transportation; Railway safety; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Railway communications; train health monitoring; wireless communications; wireless sensor network;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Broadband and Ultra Wideband Communications, 2007. AusWireless 2007. The 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2846-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2846-5
DOI :
10.1109/AUSWIRELESS.2007.74
