A train equipped with an onboard system for determining its position and a track database for determining the positions of upcoming grade crossings sends activate after expiration messages to control wayside warning systems at the crossings to achieve a constant warning time while maintaining a safety margin that ensures the train can be stopped if the wayside systems do not respond correctly to the activate after expiration messages. The system may be used in place of existing track-based crossing warning system control circuits. Communications between the train may be radio-based, and may be direct between the train and wayside devices or may be routed through a central station, which may act as a relay or maintain a database. The train may control multiple crossings at onetime, thereby eliminating the need for downstream adjacent crossing control.


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    Title :

    Communications based crossing control for locomotive-centric systems


    Additional title:

    Kommunikation basierend auf der Kreuzungssteuerung für lokomotiv-zentrale Systeme
    Commande de croisement à base de communications pour systèmes axés sur des locomotives


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    Publication date :

    2019-11-27


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC



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