Telecommunication Systems for Modern Railways (Textbooks in Telecommunication Engineering)

Moreno García-Loygorri, Juan

Springer International Publishing AG（2025/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 178 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783031822469

Full Description

This textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of railway communications systems and their ever-evolving interconnectivity, smart systems, and complex grids. The author first provides an introduction to railways and goes on to detail wayside networks, onboard networks, safety systems, and services that rely on these networks. In particular, the book covers application aspects, including network and physical layer, maintenance, and technologies that will shape the railway of the future. The book also covers rolling stock networks and systems and details the railway ecosystem that will help people new to the topic understand the core material. The book is oriented to educational purposes in classes such as Intelligent Transportation Systems or Communication Systems Architectures and also for practicing railway engineers. The textbook features supplementary material including homework problems, exercises and more.

Contents

Introduction.- Introduction to railways.- Safety use cases and applications.- Non-safety use cases and applications.- Networks for railways.- Train-to-ground systems.- Physical layer in railway scenarios.- Future directions for railway communications.- Maintenance of communications systems in railways.- Conclusion.