Sensors 2014, 14(5), 8003-8025; doi:10.3390/s140508003
Ubiquitous Connected Train Based on Train-to-Ground and Intra-Wagon Communications Capable of Providing on Trip Customized Digital Services for Passengers
Itziar Salaberria 1, Asier Perallos 1,*
, Leire Azpilicueta 2, Francisco Falcone 2
, Roberto Carballedo 1, Ignacio Angulo 1, Pilar Elejoste 1, Alfonso Bahillo 1, José Javier Astrain 3 and Jesús Villadangos 3
, Roberto Carballedo 1, Ignacio Angulo 1, Pilar Elejoste 1, Alfonso Bahillo 1, José Javier Astrain 3 and Jesús Villadangos 31
Deusto Institute of Technology (DeustoTech), University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, Spain
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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
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Mathematics and Computer Engineering Department, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
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Received: 17 March 2014 / Revised: 21 April 2014 / Accepted: 24 April 2014 / Published: 5 May 2014
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Select Papers from UCAmI & IWAAL 2013 - the 7th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence & the 5th International Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living (UCAmI & IWAAL 2013: Pervasive Sensing Solutions)
Abstract
During the last years, the application of different wireless technologies has been explored in order to enable Internet connectivity from vehicles. In addition, the widespread adoption of smartphones by citizens represents a great opportunity to integrate such nomadic devices inside vehicles in order to provide new and personalized on trip services for passengers. In this paper, a proposal of communication architecture to provide the ubiquitous connectivity needed to enhance the smart train concept is presented and preliminarily tested. It combines an intra-wagon communication system based on nomadic devices connected through a Bluetooth Piconet Network with a highly innovative train-to-ground communication system. In order to validate this communication solution, several tests and simulations have been performed and their results are described in this paper. View Full-TextKeywords:
smart train; ubiquitous communications; Bluetooth piconet network; train-to-ground communication; context-aware services
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Salaberria, I.; Perallos, A.; Azpilicueta, L.; Falcone, F.; Carballedo, R.; Angulo, I.; Elejoste, P.; Bahillo, A.; Astrain, J.J.; Villadangos, J. Ubiquitous Connected Train Based on Train-to-Ground and Intra-Wagon Communications Capable of Providing on Trip Customized Digital Services for Passengers. Sensors 2014, 14, 8003-8025.