the future of railway communications

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The Future of Railway communicationsDetlef Hoffmann

Regional Sales Director

St. Petersburg, 28th October 2010

InfoTrans 2010


Railway operators require absolutely safe and reliable communication infrastructure

Passengers demand

• Fast & secure train connections

• Punctuality

• Reliable & transparent information

– and all this at reasonable costs

Our railway customers settle for nothing less than 99.999% carrier-grade reliability

• Improve traveling experience - increase passenger numbers and revenues

• Increase freight capacity and revenues

• Ensure safety of passengers and staff

• Reduce operational costs to be profitable

• Build a mission-critical communication platform

• Manage the transformation from circuit-switched to all-IP packet environment

Railway challenges


How Nokia Siemens Networks can help

More bandwidth with Broadband on trains

• Enable a wide range of broadband applications in trains

• Provide real-time services for train personal and passengers

• Complement GSM-R as basis for a comprehensive railway communications solution

• Improve interoperability, enhance safety, and reduce costs with a single, streamlined and future oriented digital radio system

• Support greater signaling, safety and security demands of high-speed travel (ERTMS*)

• Transmit Railway applications via GPRS

GSM-Railway ensures safe and reliable operations for trains

Variety of Railway applications

• Increase attractiveness of train travel to generate more revenues

• Improve security through remote security monitoring

• Offer an unlimited range of Internet-based information, news, and entertainment services

*) ERTMS: European Rail Traffic Management System


Paging Shuntingradio

Operation & maintenance radio

Vehicle mountedradio

Trackto train radio

Automatictrain control

Old communication systems: Expensive to maintain, not interoperable

Tunnel radio


GSM-R

GSM-Railway: One integrated and standardized solution


Interoperable railway functionality on one standard platform: GSM-Rfrom Railway Industry Group

ETSI GSM functionality

GSM enhancementsfor railways (by ETSI)

EIRENE functionality

Value-added

services

• All functionalities can be used with GSM-R

• Voice Group Call Service

• Voice Broadcast Service

• Enhanced Multi-Level Precedence & Pre-emption

• Functional & location-dependent addressing

• High-priority call confirmations

• High-speed: 500 km/h

• Dynamic group communication

• SMS to functional numbers

• Advanced dispatcher solutions

GSM-R

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GSM-R Industry Group, founded in 2001 and has currently 9 Industry members

• GSM-R Infrastructure

• GSM-R Mobile Stations

• GSM-R Dispatcher Systems

...dedicated to support GSM-R: 4 all hands meetings per year plus numerous specialist & authority meetings, workshops, feasibility studies etc etc

Who is the GSM-R Industry Group ?


The GSM-R market leader: 27 contracts in 19 countries

Nokia Siemens Networks:Outstanding competence as a railway supplier

Australia DoT VictoriaBelgium Infrabel/SNCBChina Ministry of Railways

China Railway SCC high speed linesDenmark BanedanmarkFinland Finnish Transport AgencyGermany Deutsche Bahn Greece ERGA OSEIndia NR (Northern Railway)

ECR (East Central Railway)NCR (North Central Railway)NFR (North Frontier Railways)

Italy Rete Ferroviaria ItalianaSIRTI Highspeed

Libya Libyan RailwaysThe Netherlands Pro Rail

HSL ZuidNorway JernbaneverketPortugal REFERSaudi Arabia Saudi Railways Organisation

North-south mineral lineSpain ADIF (GIF/RENFE)

Ministry of TransportationSweden TrafikverketSwitzerland SBBTunisia SNCFT Turkey TCDD


11 Nokia Siemens Networks GSM-R references countries in Europe

Sweden 7.500 kmEnd-to-end network supplier incl. infrastructure (MSC, radio NW, terminals)

Norway 3.000 kmEnd-to-end supplier incl. infrastructure (MSC, radio NW, terminals, disp. system)

Belgium 3.000 kmEnd-to-end network supplier incl. infrastructure (MSC, radio NW, terminals)

Spain HSL+ ext linesEnd-to-end supplier incl. infrastructure (MSC, radio NW, terminals)

Finland 5.000 kmEnd-to-end supplier incl. infrastructure (MSC, radio NW, terminals, disp. system)

Netherlands 3.000 kmEnd-to-end supplier via KPN-joint venture incl. infrastructure (MSC, radio NW, terminals)

Switzerland 3.200 kmEnd-to-end supplier incl. infrastructure (MSC, radio NW, terminals), full managed services

Italy 7.500 kmEnd-to-end network MV integration on Roma Napoli HSL incl. infrastructure (MSC, radio NW, terminals)

Norway

Italy

Finland

Switzerland

Belgium

Sweden

Spain

Netherlands

Germany

GreecePortugal

Denmark


8 Nokia Siemens Networks GSM-R countries outside Central Europe

China• 5 projects & 2 high speed lines

Russia• GSM-R pilot

India• 4 commercial projects

Saudi Arabia• SRO & North-south mineral line

Australia• DoT Victoria Melbourne

Turkey• 1 commercial project

Tunisia• Phase 1 GSM-R project

Libya• 1 commercial project


European major Rail lines overview


Train control systems - ETCS level 2 configuration on GSM-R

Inter-locking

GSM-R

GSM-R phones& cab radio

ETCS antenna

European vital computer

GSM-Rantenna

EurobaliseEurobalise

RBC


Reduce average delays per train: GSM-R with ETCS level 2

Source: Bombardier, results of pilot study in Switzerland

• No safety failures or incidents

• Massive learning effect: SBB-internal processes and procedures

• Widespread acceptance by drivers and dispatchers

• Important knowledge and insights gained for continued ETCS processes

Seconds

25

13 1411

96 4

58

44

3229

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar

Average delay per train


163

152

116

103100

90

100

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Data 4 Data 5

Benefit from the capacity improvements of GSM-R with ETCS

Source: UIC Report, ERTMS Annual Conference, 2007

Level 1 Level 2 withoptimized

block sections

Level 1 withsecond

infill balise

Level 2 Level 3

[%] Increase of capacity (ETCS level 1 = 100%)

Calculated capacities for high-speed lines


Solve your business challenges and achieve environmental benefits

Broad band on Trains


Bandwidth-hungry applicationsgo mobile

New services, new devices & data flat rates multiply capacity needs

Source: analyst reports and internal researchSource: analyst reports and internal research

• Many devices

• Mobile usage

• Always-on

Smartphones

50TB

• Semi-permanent usage

• Highest data volume

• Shared connection

Wireless routers

HSPAWiFi

• Portable usage

• High data volume

• High processing capacity

Laptops &netbooks

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Handhelddata traffic

Laptopdata traffic

Voicetraffic

Worldwide mobile traffic [ExaByte/month]


Turnkey solution for Broadband on trains with seamless connectivity

Network Operations Center

Multi-link endpoint router

Main coach Secondary coaches

WLAN 802.11b/g

Secondary rack19”

user

Internet onboard server/ main rack

Internet

SatelliteFlash-OFDM

WiMAX

WLAN/ WiFi

LTE

Dynamic wireless distribution system (WDS)

UMTS/HSDPA

GSM/GPRS


Railway applications help you to master these challenges

CCTV videosurveillance***

Cargo & objecttracking***

Train diagnostics & monitoring***

Fleet networkmanagement***

Passenger counting***

WLAN/VPN to passengers** Real-time passengerinformation**

Online ticket sales& seat reservations**

Entertainment**

(video, audio, gaming)

Advertising**

Energy metering***

Improve efficiency

Ensuresecurity

Increaserevenue

RailwayApplications

Train control systemsETCS level 2*

Application based on *) GSM-R; **) Broadband on trains; ***) both


Thalys high speed train passengers enjoy broadband Internet

Specific challenges• High speed lines 320km/h => connectivity

• Content/marketing for 4 countries

• Regulations in 4 countries

“The vast experience of the consortium providing the internet solution was a major asset for the project and Thalys international. The consortium offered the best of both worlds – a great technical solution and a sound financial proposal.”

Thalys


Velaro RUS project customized according customer needs and Russian certification standards

St. Petersburg – Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod• Basic order: 8 trains equipped with GSM backhaul

• Optional: System integration with satellite backhaul

• On-site delivery in only 3 months – commercial since Dec. 2009

St. Petersburg

Nizhny Novgorod

Moscow



The future Evolution of GSM-R


Main drivers for LTE in public markets

Exploding traffic

Stagnating voice revenues

Significant Cost pressure• Network complexity

• Service provisioning

• Subscriber churn

• Spectrum cost

Mobile Internet dominating application

LTE as new broadband technology with strong demand by public operators.


Main drivers for a Next Generation Railway Communication System

• Leveraging the 3GPP eco systemFollowing the 3GPP path to continuously benefit from most successful communication system, guaranteeing interworking and global roaming. Railways should use LTE successor technology for their GSM networks (skipping UMTS).

• Increasing use of data applications and new operational services requires efficient networks

• Surveillance, passenger services.

• LTE offers more than changing the radio i/f.

Broadband applications

Technologic evolution

Operational improvements

• Simplified network structure, advanced configuration and supervision technology (e.g. SON - Self Organizing Networks)

• Automation reduces human faults,

• Self healing networks, speed-up maintenance.


Simplified network structure, advanced configuration & supervision, e.g. SON (Self Organizing Networks)

Self-configuration

• Automated BTS/eNB deployments• Faster roll-out

Self-optimization

• Optimal use of capacity• Maximized availability

Self-healing

• Automated preventive corrections• Minimized network outages

Quality

OPEX


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LTE

3G – UMTS, HSPA (skipped for railways)

GSM-R based on mature GSM products & technology

LTE for railways

2G – GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Standardization& Verification Pilot, IOT

EIRENE , UNISIG, 3GPP

Development


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GSM-R from Nokia Siemens Networks: The fast track to efficient railway communications

Active participation in European andinternational railway standardization

Strong commitment to GSM-R with long-term evolution and environmental vision

Strategic cooperation with local partners for necessary services and products

Experience obtained from 27 GSM-R projects,including turnkey and network operations

Best-in-class products, R&D, and production facilities

“One-stop-shopping” with e2e ability



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