Application Service Providing (ASP) - Siemens Mobility

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Application Service Providing (ASP)
The innovative operator model for traffic control centers

Using modern control center
technology – without having to
invest in hardware, software
and operation? Welcome to ASP!
* In traffic engineering,
the ASP principle translates to:
The provision of the full range of
traffic control center applications
without the end user having to
build, own, operate and maintain
the necessary technical control
center systems. Instead, the end
user can access the applications
from a “regular” workstation,
for instance, via a highly secure
Internet connection.
You don’t need to own a fiber optic
cable network to profit from a fast
Internet connection. The operator owns
and operates the network – and the
Internet users use it. With our
Application Service Providing (ASP) we
have now carried this simple principle*
over to road traffic control, making
advanced Sitraffic® Scala center
technology available to the end user.
This provides municipal entities on
town, city and district level who do not
own a traffic center of their own with
the opportunity to use highly modern
control center technology without
having to invest in the associated
hardware and software. Especially in
time of tight budgets, this is the
ideal solution for ensuring the stable
operation of the existing traffic control
equipment without tying up municipal
resources or spending money on
extensive new infrastructure.
Renting control functions
instead of buying a control center –
a new type of operator model
Operator models have become an almost
indispensable tool in today’s traffic
management landscape. Our Siemens ASP
is also a kind of operator model because
the fully equipped traffic center is
located on Siemens premises, is owned
by Siemens and operated by Siemens. All
service and maintenance measures as
well as all updates of the center with new
software version and the latest technical
equipment are the sole responsibility
of Siemens as the operator. The customers
use – and need to pay for – only the
functions agreed in the contract. Hence
they need neither IT staff, nor special
premises, nor computer hard- and
software …
From a fault monitoring system
for traffic lights to full-scale traffic
management center functionality
The function range of the Siemens ASP
model is scalable. Various performance
packages, including traffic situation
overview, message sign control and
others, can be added to the basic “traffic
light monitoring” package. The solution
grows in step with the end customer’s
needs. The user interfaces are always
adapted to the currently contracted
scope of performances. This means that
a customer using the center as fault
monitoring center, for instance, works
with a user interface supporting exclusively
this function and showing only
the operating elements needed for this
function.
Highly secure access from any computer
Customers don’t need special hardware
to use our traffic centers in the scope
of an ASP contract. The center can
be accessed from any Internet-capable
Windows computer via the highly secure
CWP (Customer Web Portal) platform,
which is also used for power stations,
hospitals etc. CWP provides highly secure
remote access from the Internet to the
traffic center. For a safety- and securityrelevant
infrastructure system such as
traffic control, a simple Web login would
certainly not be secure enough.
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And that is how the
control center application
works in “ASP mode”
Siemens ASP center
Control center server
• Powerful hardware
• Redundant and secured systems
• Regularly updated software versions
Internet access
via secure
Siemens technology
OCIT profiles
GPRS/GSM/DSL/
Ethernet etc.
Existing
Internet access
Field devices
with OCIT-GSM
Siemens field devices
with Sitraffic Canto
How your field devices are linked up
Controllers are preferably linked up to the
Siemens ASP center via Sitraffic Canto-E
(Ethernet) or Sitraffic Canto-G (GPRS)
profiles. To do this, the devices need only
be equipped with a GPRS/UMTS router
or an ADSL router. Alternatively, OCIT-
GSM can be used for connecting the
devices to the center. This ensures that
also all OCIT-supporting devices from
other manufacturers than Siemens can
be linked up to the ASP center.
How you access the system
You as a user need only log-in in the
Customer Web Portal. Access rights
are generally assigned to a specific person
and associated with a mobile phone
number. For identification with the
system, the user needs a user name,
a password and a so-called “mobile PIN.”
The mobile PIN procedure has already
proven its usefulness in online banking
applications. It involves an access code,
which is sent directly to the customer’s
registered mobile phone number during
each log-in process. This provides a substantially
enhanced security level – an
important aspect, especially for access
to switching functions.
Choose your functions
The basic package for the use of the
traffic center in the scope of an ASP
model covers all functions of a fault
monitoring center. These are:
• GIS map (if requested)
• List view
• Intersection view for controllers
• System history function (graphical
overview of signal plan changes)
• Automatic maintenance alert via e-mail
or SMS
• Signal plan changeover
• Message archive
• Online visualization tools
VisuIntersection and VisuSipl
(if requested)
More functions can be added at any time.
For instance:
• Traffic situation
• Message sign control
• Parking guidance system
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Easy operation – guaranteed
The user interfaces of Sitraffic Scala and
Sitraffic Canto have set new standards
in user-friendliness. It goes without saying
that also in the scope of the ASP model,
the end user can enjoy the convenience of
these user interfaces. And, for an even
clearer layout, the interface shows only
those functions that are actually available.
Your traffic engineering equipment
is displayed in the form of objects on the
GIS map and in the list view. Even persons
who have not yet worked with a traffic
computer will quickly learn how to handle
the system, without lengthy training
periods.

The fault monitoring
center as ASP service
What you don’t need when relying on
this operator model …
No hardware of your own
• No server room
• No computing capacity
• No remote access system of your own
No operational risk for the center
• No responsibility for operation
and maintenance of hard- and software
• No updates of operating systems,
anti-virus tools and other security
software or the application
• No costs and efforts for ensuring data
security and data availability
... and what you can be certain to receive:
Assured professional operation
• Professional operation in line with
documented operating, security and
backup procedures
• 98.6% availability guaranteed
Highly secure access
• Access from any Internet-capable
Windows computer via highly secure
CWP technology
Modern user interface
Integrated graphical user interface that
can be started entirely via the browser,
providing
• GIS map
• List view
• Online visualization
• Maintenance alert
• Signal plan changeover
The high security level of the Siemens
data processing center
We operate all required servers exclusively
in our Siemens data processing center;
subcontracting is excluded
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Infrastructure & Cities Sector
Mobility and Logistics Division
Complete Transportation
and e-Vehicle Infrastructure
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Germany
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The information in this document
contains general descriptions of the
technical options available, which
do not always have to be present
in individual cases. The required
features should therefore be specified
in each individual case at
the time of closing the contract.