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GNSS for Rail Transportation : Challenges and Opportunities, Hardback Book

GNSS for Rail Transportation : Challenges and Opportunities Hardback

Edited by Letizia Lo Presti, Salvatore Sabina

Part of the PoliTO Springer Series series

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This book proposes a general methodology to introduce Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) integrity, starting from a rigorous mathematical description of the problem.

It highlights the major issues that designers need to resolve during the development of GNSS-based systems requiring a certain level of confidence on the position estimates.

Although it follows a general approach, the final chapters focus on the application of GNSS integrity to rail transportation, as an example.

By describing the main requirements in the context of train position function, one of which is the safe function of any train control system, it shows the critical issues associated with the concept of safe position integrity.

In particular, one case study clarifies the key differences between the avionic domain and the railway domain related to the application of GNSS technologies, and identifies a number of railway-signaling hazards linked with the use of such technology.

Furthermore, it describes various railway-signaling techniques to mitigate such hazards to prepare readers for the future evolution of train control systems, also based on the GNSS technology.

This unique book offers a valuable reference guide for engineers and researchers in the fields of satellite navigation and rail transportation.

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