Modern communications technologies on railway signalling systems

From cloud analytics to keep assets in working order to predictive maintenance with the reassurance of universal encryption to keep hackers out. The railways of the coming generation rely heavily on the communications infrastructure to provide a safe and reliable basis for the signalling of the future.

Initially, the talk considers a safe and secure network for rail operation and the Use Case(s) for communications.  The legislative safety functions and then two major developments in signalling, the benefits to passengers, and constraints are placed on the communications network for capacity and resilience.

With an understanding of these system requirements, we consider the infrastructure required to allow us to realise these benefits. Then, consider how the system can be engineered to deliver signalling systems from the contractor's and the railway operator's perspective.

Speaker

Chris Waters PhD MIET CEng, Networks Technical Authority, at Siemens Mobility Ltd. He is based in Chippenham and has extensive experience in the rail industry.

Chris is a Principal Engineer developing a Digital First and cyber-ready Network Architecture to support secure signalling in the modern rail environment. The breadth of work includes Signalling, Operational Telecoms, SISS, and SCADA methodologies and ensures standards are adhered to.