Short headway communications based train control system

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B61L 23/08 (2006.01) H04W 12/06 (2009.01) H04B 7/24 (2006.01)

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CA 2761014

A train control system, including: a communication device associated with at least one control unit located on a first train; and a communication device associated with at least one control unit located on a second train; wherein at least one of the control units of the first train and the second train is configured to: (i) receive, at the associated communication device, an au-thority signal including data sufficient to identify one of the first train and the second train as a lead train and the other of the first train and the second train as a follower train; (ii) establish at least one peer-to-peer communication link between the communica-tion devices of the lead train and the follower train; and (iii) exchange train data between the lead train and the follower train via the at least one peer-to-peer communication link. An on-board control unit is also disclosed.

La présente invention se rapporte à un système de contrôle des trains qui comprend : un dispositif de communication associé à au moins une unité de commande placée sur un premier train; et un dispositif de communication associé à au moins une unité de commande placée sur un second train, une ou plusieurs unités de commande du premier train et du second train étant configurées pour : (i) recevoir, au niveau du dispositif de communication associé, un signal d'autorité comprenant des données suffisantes pour identifier le premier train et/ou le second train comme étant le train de tête et l'autre train parmi le premier train et le second train comme étant le train suiveur; (ii) établir au moins une liaison de communication de poste à poste entre les dispositifs de communication du train de tête et du train suiveur; et (iii) échanger des données de train entre le train de tête et le train suiveur par l'intermédiaire d'au moins une liaison de communication de poste à poste. La présente invention se rapporte également à une unité de commande embarquée.

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