This document discusses Teltronic's radio communications solutions for safe and efficient rail operations. It provides an overview of Teltronic as a company with 40 years of experience in public safety communications. It then discusses key aspects of Teltronic's TETRA-based rail communication solutions, including infrastructure, terminals, applications, and total project management. Examples are given of various rail projects where Teltronic has provided integrated voice, data, and signaling solutions using a combination of TETRA and broadband networks. The document emphasizes that Teltronic can deliver a cost-effective single network approach using TETRA for mission critical voice and data with broadband for additional applications like CCTV.

1. Radio communications for safe and
efficient
Rail Operation
Ignacio Callén – V.P.International Sales

2. Who we are
TELTRONIC is ....
Innovating,
developing and
marketing the highest
quality secure
communications
solutions.

3. 40 years of experience designing, manufacturing,
implementing and supporting digital and analog systems
and subscribers.
Deep expertise in PMR for public safety,
transportation, oil/gas, utilities and other
professional segments worldwide.
Offers a complete PMR suite: infrastructure,
mobiles, hand portables, control centers and
applications.
More than 500 systems installed in 60
countries.
A Worldwide Reputation in
PMR

4. Key success factors
ur stellar reputation is based on:
Technological independence from third
parties – own 100% of the technology:
- Reliability of our end-to-end native IP
products.
- Added value subscribers.
Manufacturing capabilities: On-site
production
Customer oriented
- Readiness to customize to meet
customer’s needs.
- Delivery of turnkey systems – Project
engineering
- Maintenance and after-sales services
+

5. Broadband PMR
Vehicular consoles
Standard TETRA
terminals
(mobile,
handheld,
dispatcher)
Computer Aided Dispatch
911-122 Call Centres
Transportation Control Centres Public Transport on-
board equipments
TETRA Radio
modems
P25 & TETRA
infrastructure
Delivering a complete PMR solution
Solutions &
Applications
VIDEO
FULL INTEGRATED
SOLUTIONS

6. Cost-effective
solutions
 Low maintenance cost
 Energy savings
 Low life cycle cost
Rail challenges
User satisfaction
 Decrease journey times
 Increase service
frequency
 Service quality and user
comfort
Safety assurance
 No accidents
 Continuous
monitoring
 Maximum reliability
Efficient train operation
 Increase line capacity
 To move more people more
quickly
 Flexibility
 Dynamic optimization of the
operation
 No service disruption

7. Communication based
solutions
Voice &
Data

8. Telecoms networks: Where to
set the focus
 Better spectrum efficiency
 Better coverage
 Lower cost (CAPEX and
OPEX)
 Mission-critical features
 Multivendor manufacturer
support
Private mobile radio systems are designed specifically
to address the needs of professionals in need of fast
communications and the ability to communicate
within a work group simultaneously, with mission
critical features

9. Communication requirements (I)
• Voice calls to drivers, stations,
depots, control centres, public
address to passengers
• Maintenance personnel
• Security personnel
• Integration with other agencies
in mission critical operations (police,
fire brigades, etc…)
Voice
&
Securi
ty
Critica
l
Data
• Management of alarms and
events
• Monitoring and diagnosis
functions
• Location applications
• Circulation number assignment
• Emergency messages
TETRA has emerged by itself as the most used
radio standard for metro systems. Hundred of
references worldwide.

10. Communication requirements (II)
Vital
Data
• Railway signaling applications (safety
and protection systems):
 Communication of protection systems:
On-board  wayside
 Communication Interlockings 
Control Centre ATS
 Communication between interlockings
TETRA is a suitable
alternative to
support the
wireless data
requirements
demanded by the
signaling
applications
(as ETCS, CBTC or

11. Non-
vital
data
• Video applications:
 Video surveillance of cars from
the driver and the control center
 Images of the station in the
driving desk when approaching.
Multimedia entertainment for
passengers
• Remote maintenance (file
downloading in depots, etc…)
Communication requirements (III)
Fixed cameras in
stations, tunnels,
etc..
On-board
cameras
Control
CenterBroadband radio
non-vital solution
to complement the
TETRA mission
critical network
Video display,
management and
recording

12. TETRA Added value for railways
Comparing with other technologies, like
commercial WiFi or GSM-R, TETRA has an excellent
and better performance in aspects as:
 Reliability
 Proven technology. Very robust and
resilient air interface
 Best immunity against interferences
 Standard layers for Quality of
Service (QoS)
 Availability
 Ready for redundant design  no
single point of failure
 Maintainability
 Network Management System with
continuous monitoring
 Licensed Frequency bands
(UHF)
 Control on radio
resources
 Single network – multiple
separated user fleets with
management of traffic.
 Mobility
 Scalability
 IP native architecture
 Security
 Encryption services
 Open and multivendor
standard
 Easy interfaces for end
applications

13. TETRA Voice
Services
 Individual calls
 Group calls
 PABX/PSTN calls (with
external gateway)
 Group call to/from PABX/PSTN
 Broadcast call
 Ambience listening
TETRA Data
Services
 Transmission in Circuit Mode
Data with/without selectable
degree of protection
 Packet Data Service
 Multi-Slot Packet Data
 Short Data Messages (SDS)
types 1, 2, 3, and 4
 Concatenated SDS
 Status Messages
 Up to 3 Secondary Control
Channels
TETRA Standard
Services

14. BACKBONE NETWORK
SBS 1 SBS 2 SBS n-1 SBS n
…
N2A
IP Network
Control
Node
Third applications
ISDN
Mobile,
portable
and
desktop
terminals
Control Center
Elements of the TELTRONIC TETRA
solution
Project M
anagem
ent
On-board
equipment
Infrastructure
(TETRA & broadband)
EN-
50155

15. Transportation projects
management
 Teltronic capability for integration of all elements
 Turnkey projects
 Product and solution customisation
 Project Management

16. Transport scenarios

17. Rapid Transit scenarios
Buses
Tramways

18. - Voice & Data communications
- Alarms / emergencies management
- Public Adress and Intercomm calls
- Location information: GPS/beacons
- Monitoring of vehicles state
Rapid Transit: TETRA
communications
Central Station
Zone A
Zone H
Control Center
Maintenance
and security
staff
Drivers
Stations

19. - Vehicles monitoring
- Traffic regulation
- Passenger Information
Systems
Traffic management: TETRA – ITS
system
- GPS location
- Last beacon passed
- Information about doors
enabling/disabling
- Alarms of the sub-systems in the
bus/tramway (ITS system,
ticketing system, passenger
counting, etc…)
- Alarms of the on-board radio
- Number of passengers
- Text messages from driver
- Call request messages from the
driver
- Etc…
- Text messaging to the driver
- Text messaging to PIS panels
- Activation of pre-recorded audio in PIS
- Message to indicate ‘Start service’
- Temporary info about previous and
next bus/tramway
TRAMWAY CONTROL
CENTER
CONTROL CENTER
TRAMWAY
Real time information of the
whole fleet of vehicles
(*) Data transmission from ITS application through TETRA radio system . tramway project

20. Integration of ALL sub-
systems
TETRA
radio
access
On-board
ITS
applicatio
n
Location equipment
PIS
Ticketing and
passenger counters
Public address and
Intercomms
Audio accesories
On-board CCTV
Broadband
radio access
RTP-300
DMI (Driver
Machine
Interface)

21. Typical metro scenario
Metros

22. Remote Control
of Integrated
Communications
Remote Control
of Rolling stock
(on-board
connection to TCMS)
Interaction
with Passenger
Information
System
Interaction with
Public Address
System
Interaction with the
Intercomm System
Metro sub-systems covered by TETRA

23. - Fixed video (stations, track) / Mobile
video (trains)
- Recording (local/remote/by events)
- Selection of cameras to monitoring
- Video analysis
Video surveillance – Security:
Broadband FIXED CCTV
MOBILE CCTV

24. IPBACKBONE
NETWORK
Global radio access for all the
requirements
TETRA
ACCESS
SBS
s
Control
Node
- Non-vital Data
Transmission
- Un-licensed frequency
band
(i.e. 5.8 GHz)
- Coverage area ~2-3 km.
TETRA coverage:
- Voice and Critical Data
communications
- Signaling Data
- UHF licensed frequency
bands
- Coverage area ~15 km
ON-BOARD EQUIPMENT
Antenn
ae
Communication rack, TETRA
and Broadband
Base
Statio
ns
BROADBAND
ACCESS
LTE Coverage:
- Critical Data
- Signaling Data
- Licensed frequency bands
(UHF)
- Coverage area ~10 km
- High availability
- QoS and Railway functions
Broadband
coverage

25. Communication Based signalling
cenarios

26. ETCS Signaling solution: General
verview
 Allows for continuous control of train movements
 Reduction in wayside equipment: In-cab signaling
eliminates wayside equipment such as signals and track
circuits between stations (decreasing maintenance costs).
 Moving blocks: it will result in more efficient traffic (shorter
headways), adaptability and improved safety.
Radio based train control system – RBTC
(ETCS)
Source: Bombardier Inc,. CITYFLO and EBI

27. RA data solution for railway signalling
VITAL
DATA
Railway signalling systems (ETCS, CBTC, PTC…):
 Train-to-ground communication
 Communication Interlockings  ATS Control
Center
 Communication between interlockings
Environment description
- Signalling systems needed to guarantee safety for passengers and freight (ETCS,
CBTC, PTC)
- Long distances and complicated areas. This leads to look for solutions based on
communications
- Terminals “only data”
- Low traffic density (few trains per hour) / TETRA narrow band data rate is enough
for the data requirements
- Railways normative is generally required

28. ETCS over TETRA: Kazakhstan
railways
First ever TETRA network to support a rail
signaling solution based on the European
Traffic Control System (ETCS)

29. Kazakhstan railway
• Uzen-Bolashak line
(Turkmenistan border): 130 Km
and 8 stations. Beginning of a
long railway line linking
Kazakhstan, Iran and
Turkmenistan.
• Zhetygen-Khorgos line (China
border): 300 Km. Establishes a
new route between China and
Europe.
 TETRA NEBULA infrastructure
and special on-board
terminals
Scope of
projects

30. Functionality covered by
TETRA
Voice calls: group, individual, emergency, ambience listening
Localization (GPS)
Monitoring, alarms, train sub-systems diagnosis
ETCS Rail Signaling: Management of speed restrictions,
Movement Authority
Positioning report, Other informations as : speed restrictions,
emergency breaks, train integrity, etc…
Voice
Critical
Data
Signalin
g Data
Continuous and real time
communication (vital data
applications – safety and
security)A TETRA
single
Infrastructur
e for Voice,
Operational
Data and

31. TETRA integration and
validation in KTZ
 Integration activities
 Lab test (simulation
environment)
 Field test (real test
scenario)
Commission June 2012

32. Northern Railways of
Colombia
A TETRA single
Infrastructure for
Voice, Operational
Data and Signaling
Data

33. Northern Railways of
Colombia
• Chiriguaná – Santa Marta
line:
246 Km and 17 stations.
• Maintenance and traffic
regulation of 3 freight
companies, which transport
coal from the mine (La
Loma) to the ports in the
north coast
Scope of project
 TETRA NEBULA infrastructure
On-board terminals
Dispatching units
 Next phase (very short term):
New CTC application and on-board signalling
application
 Integration with signalling company by Teltronic’s US

34. Functionality covered by
ETRA
Voice calls: group, individual, emergency
Localization (GPS), Monitoring, alarms
Rail Signaling application: Management of speed
restrictions, Movement Authority, Positioning report
Voice
Critical
Data
Signalin
g Data
Continuous and real time
communication (vital data applications
– safety and security)
A TETRA
single
Infrastructur
e for Voice,
Operational
Data and

35.  912 Km from Moatize to the
port of Nacala in Mozambique,
crossing through Malawi.
 End customer: Brasilian
mining company.
 Signalling and
communication project
awarded by Siemens
Mozambique: Moatize –
Nacala line
Scope of project

36. Mozambique: Moatize - Nacala
 TETRA coverage along all the line
 Voice on-board terminals
 Data on-board terminals – Integration with rail signalling
solution
 Data terminals for ground applications (derailment sensors)
Project in deployment
phase

37. Overview of
Transport
references

38. ETRA – Generalitat Valenciana Railways FGV, Spain
SAMPOL – Mallorca Metro, Spain
ALSTOM, CAF, ABERTIS – L9 Barcelona Metro, Spain
MADRID METRO, CAF, ANSALDOBREDA –Madrid Metro,
Spain
ALSTOM – L12 Mexico D.F. Metro, Mexico
CYS GROUP – L2 and LB Mexico D.F. Metro, Mexico
SUPERVIA – Rio Railways, Brazil
EFACEC – Oran and Constantine tramways, Algeria
EFACEC-IKUSI – Tenerife tramway, Spain
RUSSIAN RAILWAY –Moscu - St.Petersburg Line,
Russia
SIEMENS –Santiago Metro , L4 and L4A, Chile
SIEMENS – Alger Metro, Algeria
THALES - Buenavista-Cuautitlán, Mexico D.F.,
Mexico
T-SYSTEMS –Nuremberg Metro , Germany
FCC –Zaragoza tramway, Spain
ODEBRECHT – Lima Electric Train, Peru
DAXA – Northern Railways of Colombia FENOCO,
Colombia
NEWAG-Siemens – L2 Warsaw Metro, Poland
KAZAKH RAILWAYS – RBTC signaling, Kazakhstan
WITHUS –Seoul and Daegu Metros, Korea
EUSKOTREN – Basque Country Railways, Spain
EFACEC – Nottingham tramway, UK
NEW JERSEY TRANSIT – USA
FGC – Generalitat Catalana Railways FGC, Spain
Examples of Transport
Cases

39. Mallorca Metro Barcelona Metro Line 9
Mexico, Buenavista-Cuatitlán railway Madrid Metro
Examples of Teltronic TETRA Rail Cases

40. Zaragoza tramway, Spain Lima Light Train, Peru
Supervia railways, Rio de Janeiro Mexico Metro, Line B
Examples of Teltronic TETRA Rail Cases

41. 1. Cost effective design: maximizing ROI
2. Flexible and scalable design
3. Integrated systems: Easy maintenance and better
performance
Conclusions
Unique TETRA infrastructure for Voice, Critical
Operational Data and Signalling Data
Broadband systems for mobile and fixed CCTV
integrated applications

42. Thank you
for your
attention!
Riyadh, 6 May 2014
licallen@teltronic.es