[IEE EC3 News] Lecture reminder - Next Generation Train Positioning System - 25 January 2018

[Bill Pechey]

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Bill Pechey
IET Thames Valley Specialised Section

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Next Generation Train Positioning System

Doug Watson and Ben Pritchard, Thales UK

Thursday 25 Jan 2018 19.00 for 19.30

The next generation of train positioning systems will remove
the need for trackside infrastructure to train-centric solutions that
will use sensors such as cameras, radars, GPS (when available) and
LIDARS along with new algorithms and processors to provide a train
with the ability to sense obstacles and determine its speed and
location without the need for trackside balises. New platforms will
use similar technology to that deployed in autonomous vehicles for
both positioning and obstacle detection.

The goal is to improve the operational capability of both driver and
driverless systems and at the same time to reduce the quantity of
equipment required on the track for a rail system.

The rail domain uses different standards than the automobile industry
and any new solution must be safe and have the same or better
reliability than the current generation of positioning technology
(based on speed sensors, wayside balises and single axis
accelerometers). Crucially, the existing positioning systems are SIL4,
and the next generation must achieve the same level of safety
integrity.

This event is free of charge and open to all, with refreshments at
19.00, lecture at 19:30.

Palmer Building, University of Reading RG6 6UR

For directions please visit http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/find/about-findindex.aspx

Contact: Prof Richard Mitchell rjmitchell at theiet.org
http://www.theiet.org/ec3