Wireless Sensor Networks: Toward Smarter Railway Stations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Review of Related Survey Articles
1.2. The Contribution of the Reniew Article
2. Sensing Technology and Railway
3. Wireless Systems in Railway Stations
3.1. The Sensors Approach and DETECT System in Railway Stations
- Identifying the detected scenario
- Warning (alarm) level
- Probability of threat [44].
3.2. The Anti-Slipping Device at Railway Stations
3.3. Passenger Dynamic System
3.4. Railway Operator Communications
- Safety and control
- Operator
- Customer-oriented networks [7]
- A signalling system can remotely adjust the speed and whistle of the train, where wireless ground-to-train signalling is becoming habitual.
- Level crossing control will significantly influence safety where IIoT can help to decrease the number of accidents by deploying sensors and cameras.
- Interlocking IIoT enables the automation of the interlocking system and boosts it by incorporating the data received from the signalling system [7].
3.5. Fire Systems and Wireless
3.6. Ticket Wireless Card System
3.7. Ticket Wireless Card System
3.8. The Wireless Sensor Network for Heavy Haul Transportation (WHHT)
4. Smart Railway Stations
5. Machine Learning and the Railway Stations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Data Root | Obtained Data |
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Smart card | Passenger check-in and check-out times, validation and any security information |
GPS | Train locations |
Traffic control | Timetable and delays |
Incident registration | Data for investigations, breaching safety or security plans |
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Alawad, H.; Kaewunruen, S. Wireless Sensor Networks: Toward Smarter Railway Stations. Infrastructures 2018, 3, 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures3030024
Alawad H, Kaewunruen S. Wireless Sensor Networks: Toward Smarter Railway Stations. Infrastructures. 2018; 3(3):24. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures3030024
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlawad, Hamad, and Sakdirat Kaewunruen. 2018. "Wireless Sensor Networks: Toward Smarter Railway Stations" Infrastructures 3, no. 3: 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures3030024