Lithuania Railways Completes GSM-R Call Using Nortel Networks Tech
July 13, 2009 // Published as a news service by IHS
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Lithuania Railways made the country's first Global System for Mobile Communications - Railway (GSM-R) call with Nortel Networks GSM-R technology.
The first call was completed on the Vilnius and Kaunas route in June and marks the start of the field pilot phase of the LitRail GSM-R project scheduled for completion by the end of 2010, according to Nortel.
GSM-R is part of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) standard that combines GSM-R for voice communication and European Train Control System (ETCS) for signaling systems.
ERTMS carries the signaling information to the train conductor and operates traffic crossroad signals, enabling faster train speeds and higher traffic density while maintaining a level of safety, according to Nortel.
This is the first GSM-R project in the Baltic region and it will enable LitRail to comply with European Commission (EC) railway standards and provide communications to help make railways in Lithuania faster and safer, claims Nortel.
The GSM-R contract was signed December 2007 between LitRail and the Nortel/Belam Consortium. The deployment includes implementation of a GSM-R radio communication system along 1,560 kilometers (approximately 88% of the country's rail network) of Lithuania's rail routes.
The new network includes Nortel All-IP Voice Core solution for rail operators based on the Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) platform.
It is billed as providing a carrier-grade voice network using GSM-R infrastructure to deliver mobile communications, according to Nortel. The system also provides the switching, mobility and subscriber management functions needed to achieve operation of wireless voice service for railway operations.
Source: Nortel Networks.