Huawei partners with Prasa for better rail communication
Huawei and Passenger Railway Agency of South Africa (Prasa) have jointly announced the first rail operational Global System for Mobile Communications-Railway (GSM-R) network.
The GSM-R system is a digital train to ground communication system following the international wireless GSM standard and EIRENE specifications for railway communication and applications.
The GSM-R system is used for operational voice and mission critical data communication between train and control centres.
It is considered as the standard in railway communication and is widely used across the world.
Huawei was awarded the contract to supply Prasa with a digital wireless communication system for its commuter railways in 2013.
Huawei has since deployed the first GSM-R network in South Africa, which spans over 800km and 152 stations across the country.
The Huawei-Alcom Consortium (HAC)’s end-to-end GSM-R solution offers mission critical rail operational voice and data functions which enable train drivers, controllers, signalling engineers and crew members to perform day-to-day railway operations more efficiently and reliably.
It will also provide communication services to automatic train protection systems and introduce the ability for semi-automatic train driving capacity in the network, thereby further improving reliability and safety of the rail operation.
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