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 Civil-Comp Proceedings 
ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 104 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE Edited by: J. Pombo 
Paper 273 
An Innovative Method of Train Integrity Verifying through a Wireless Sensor Network B. Allotta1, G. Biffi Gentili2, P. D'Adamio1, D. Faralli2 , R. Giusti1, S. Papini1 and L. Pugi1 
1Department of Industrial Engineering, MDM Lab, University of Florence, Italy 
 Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper 
B. Allotta, G. Biffi Gentili, P. D'Adamio, D. Faralli , R. Giusti, S. Papini, L. Pugi, "An Innovative Method of Train Integrity Verifying through a Wireless Sensor Network", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 273, 2014. doi:10.4203/ccp.104.273 
Keywords: on-board train integrity, ERTMS/ETCS, automatic train protection, wireless sensor network, bus EtherCAT, ZigBee protocol. 
Summary 
This paper shows the study, project and realization of a wireless real time security
mechanism which is able to detect the train integrity. The definition of a logic board
is to represent the train integrity. This is an innovation with respect to the state of the
art technology. The reference scenario is that of the ERTMS / ETCS (European Rail
Traffic Management System / European Train Control System), which defines the
modalities for the exchange of signalling information between the trackside and
onboard rail vehicle sensor. In particular, reference is made to a ground subsystem
(SST) that implements only the ETCS Level 3.
 
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