Train-Ground Communication Infrastructure

TrainCom will develop a reliable train-ground communication system, offering ubiquitous remote access to on-board equipment and integrating available and new technologies:

 the on-board network (TCN or FIP or possibly another on-board bus solution)
the radio link (based on GSM, or GSM-R, when available) between train and ground
the higher level protocols and languages of Internet (TCP-IP, HTTP, XML, JAVA and
others), for message routing, formatting and delivery
the needed on-board interface (ROGATE) between TCN and the Internet world
the ground infrastructure (Communication Servers, Name Servers, Application
Servers), to support the needed communication and application services



The resulting infrastructure will become the standard platform on top of which a number of applications can be built, overcoming border line problems and equipment heterogeneity.