NIS RAIL the communication platform for added safety

NIS RAIL the communication platform for
added safety

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Today, railway and subway organizations are facing very
challenging times in terms of operational telephony (r)evolution.
A lot of factors are contributing to the complexity of voice
communications in the railway industry like: COTS components, IP,
user friendly GUI, call recording, interoperability with GSM-R, legacy
analogue radio, PBXs and other third-party systems. To answer
such sensitive requirements, Ascom has developed the amazing
NIS Rail platform dedicated to railway customers. Additional
features like: stand-alone and full redundant architectures,
centralised configuration and monitoring tools are all contributing
to your investment protection and cost control. Many Ascom and
3rd party end-devices using various communication technologies
can be connected to the intelligent NIS VoIP switch.
NIS Rail grants you with smooth migration scenarios, providing
highly reliable operational telephony networks based on IP-ready
components.

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Product highlights at a glance
NIS Rail integrates GSM-R, analogue radio, digital trunked radio and
public networks. The system allows the operator to communicate beyond
the system limits, converging the different networks into one.
NIS Rail supports most telecommunication interfaces (e.g. ISDN S0,
ISDN Uk0, GSM, GSM-R, analogue a/b and VoIP), allowing simple migration
with an existing infrastructure.
The ComNode is the core of NIS Rail. Several nodes can be networked
via IP, allowing scaling from medium-sized to large systems. NIS Rail also
supports Ascom system operating terminals as well as commercially
available terminals.
“With NIS Rail you know what you’ve got, particularly in
hectic situations. A reliable system not only supports our
employees, it also benefits passengers.”

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Integrated: GSM-R
NIS-Rail integrates the GSM-R system specially developed for railway
operators into the company telecommunication system. The system
supports all the requirements defined in EIRENE/Morane and offers all the
advantages of GSM-R. The NIS Rail workstation is therefore the ideal GSM-R
dispatcher, efficiently assisting the railway operator with his daily
processes.
By radio
Need a fully fledged radio dispatcher workstation? No problem – with
its radio module NIS Rail can be expanded for digital trunk or analogue radio.
The terminals are then connected with the radio subscribers via an extended
radio room on the fixed-line network side.
Integrated: announcements
Manual or automatic announcements can be output on loudspeakers,
loudspeaker groups or entire PA systems. For the operator the system is
not only easy to handle; it also allows him to output recorded gong melodies
and other audio files. Text to Speech can also be integrated.

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Recording
NIS supports recording of all calls on an external voice recorder. The
integrated central voice recording supports post-incident analysis of critical
operational situations.
Monitored and controlled
NIS Rail is configured in such a way that alarms are triggered whenever
a change in status occurs. On this way the operator can simplify the
station management so that he can control lights, escalators, doors, etc.,
from his workstation. With the telecontroll module, operation can be
effected using the graphical user interface; alternatively it is signaled
directly to a higher-order control system.
Well managed
NIS Rail is run via a central management system. Commissioning and
maintenance are made all the more efficient by the remote configuration
and software distribution.
ComNodes, transmission paths and terminals are continuously
monitored, allowing rapid intervention if and when a fault occurs. Integrated
test modules check the audio path from the operating terminal to the
loudspeaker and the microphone of the call stations. NIS Rail generates
automatic messages to a control system or maintenance centre.

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Detailed view at a glance

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NIS RAIL functions
NIS RAIL is modular in structure. The various
functional components can be compiled as
required and adapted precisely to suit customer
requirements.
NIS functions
Roaming profiles
Authentication and location autonomy
Net wide role management (Local operation, remote operation, parallel operation)
Logical destination dialling
Full meshed communication
Functional addressing
Multi-Level Precedence and Pre-emption service (MLPP)
Group and broadcast calls
Call priority handling
Net wide subscriber indication (online, busy, failure)
Call queue on the dispatcher (number of entry, sort sequence and position configurable)
Private and central phone book
Conference calls (up to 50 subscribers)
Call history (last incoming/outgoing calls)
Intelligent call management (load balancing)
Analogue radio integration
Listen in (allows to put active calls on the dispatcher speakers)
Digital radio integration (TETRA, Tetrapol)
Telecontrol (monitoring and controlling data points)
End-to-end system monitoring (Fekon)
SCADA, control system / third-party system link-up via OPC
CTI (enables to integrate telephony functionality into 3-party systems)
CCTV connection / control (allows to integrate 3-party video system)
Central call recording
Call playback (last 100 calls per user)
SMS – short message service
Voice mail
Integration and gateway function, private or public networks (primary or basic rate accesses),
ISDN or analogue telephony, VoIP (SIP based)
System can be implemented with a redundant configuration
Management / maintenance components

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