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Chapter 2. Concepts for Safe Railway Operation and Control<br />

Intermittent ATP: In intermittent ATP systems, the track-to-train communication is only<br />

<strong>es</strong>tablished on certain points. Possible safety-functions of an intermittent ATP [67, p. 95] are:<br />

automatic warning<br />

braking curve supervision<br />

train stop<br />

warning on approach to a stop-point or on approach to other<br />

active limits<br />

guarante<strong>es</strong> that a stop-point is not overpassed at all or only at a<br />

certain distance<br />

ensur<strong>es</strong> that the train stops after an overpassed stop signal<br />

An example for an intermittent ATP is the German punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung (PZB) [68,<br />

pp. 71-77], which is also used in several other countri<strong>es</strong>. The disadvantage of such system is<br />

that new limits can be only submitted to the train at certain points of the track. For example,<br />

a train-stop can not be triggered between two submission points. The benefits are the low<br />

inv<strong>es</strong>tment and maintenance costs on the infrastructure side.<br />

Continuous ATP: In continuous ATP systems, the train-to-track and track-to-train communication<br />

is permanently <strong>es</strong>tablished. This may invoke cable-loop-devic<strong>es</strong> on the track or radio.<br />

Discrete devic<strong>es</strong> may be additionally used for continuous systems. Of course, a continuous<br />

ATP system can provide the same safety-functions as an intermittent one. Additionally, speed<br />

profil<strong>es</strong> [67, p. 99ff] can be generated to automatically guide a train in r<strong>es</strong>pect to<br />

current speed limit<br />

target speed<br />

target distance<br />

active limit that may not be exceeded<br />

may not be exceeded at the target distance<br />

distance to new speed limit<br />

An example of a continuous ATP is the German linienförmige Zugbeeinflussung (LZB) [68,<br />

pp. 77-84], which is the succ<strong>es</strong>sor of PZB. Compared with intermittent ATP systems, continuous<br />

systems need more inv<strong>es</strong>tment costs for the infrastructure but can provide more efficient safetyfunctions.<br />

2.1. Requirements for a Train Control System as Open Source<br />

Software<br />

The implementation of a train control system as Open Source Software (OSS) [94] or even<br />

as Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) impli<strong>es</strong> that the software is published 3 and is<br />

acc<strong>es</strong>sible for a wide mass of software developers. Train control systems are normally defined<br />

by a set of documents called specification. A r<strong>es</strong>ult of implementing a train control system by<br />

following its specification is that the relevant 4 parts of it can be found in the source code as<br />

a set of statements in a certain programming language. In other words, the specification is<br />

3 typically over the Internet<br />

4 also called: normative<br />

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