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IRTN International Railway Telecommunication Network Current telecom infrastructure in Europe Technical Report 2008

Source: UIC Telecommunication Panel of Experts (PETER) Distribution: ERTMS Platform Members PETER Members ERIG Group

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Contents

Foreword ......................................................................................................1 Railway xed Telecom Network in Austria ................................................3

1 - The Transmission Network .................................................................................................3 2 - The IP Network ...................................................................................................................4 3 - The administrative Voice Network ......................................................................................5

Railway xed Telecom Network in Belgium ..............................................7

1 - Introduction. ........................................................................................................................7 2 - The Fiber Optic Network. ....................................................................................................7 3 - The transmission systems. .................................................................................................8 4 - The IP-network ...................................................................................................................9 5 - The Fixed Telephony Network. ......................................................................................... 11 6 - The GSM-R network .........................................................................................................13

International Connections of Railway Telecommunication Network in Czech Republic......................................................................................17

1 - Cable network ...................................................................................................................17 2 - Transmission Equipment Network ....................................................................................17 3 - Voice network ...................................................................................................................18 4 - Fixed RTN ........................................................................................................................19 5 - GSM-R (Mobile RTN) .......................................................................................................19 6 - Fixed and Mobile RTN Numbering Plan ...........................................................................19 7 - Data network.....................................................................................................................20

Transmission network in France - High Level description ....................21

1 - Object ...............................................................................................................................21 2 - Generalities - Introduction to the Transmission Network ..................................................21

Railway xed network for ofce communication in Germany ..............27

1 - Abstract .............................................................................................................................27

RFI Fixed Telephone Network .................................................................31

1 - Starting .............................................................................................................................31 2 - The RFI xed voice network .............................................................................................31 3 - Fixed voice architecture ....................................................................................................31 4 - Inter-departemental network .............................................................................................32 5 - Departemental network.....................................................................................................34 6 - Metropolitan network ........................................................................................................35 7 - Conclusion ........................................................................................................................36

Railway xed network for ofce communication in Poland ..................39

1 - About us ............................................................................................................................39 2 - History...............................................................................................................................40 3 - Offer ..................................................................................................................................41 4 - Infrastructure.....................................................................................................................41 5 - DWDM network.................................................................................................................42 6 - Telephone network ...........................................................................................................48 7 - Development plan of telecommunication network ............................................................49 8 - Network safety ..................................................................................................................49 9 - Network safety ..................................................................................................................50

Railway xed network for ofce communication in United Kingdom.....................................................................................51

1 - Introduction ...................................................................................................................51 ....................................................................................................51 2 - Current Systems

3 - Beyond Network Rail ........................................................................................................54

PETER Member List ..................................................................................57

List of gures
Figure 1: map of the network in Belgium ...............................................................................10 Figure 2: Quick overview of the xed telephony network in Belgium .....................................12 Figure 3: SNCB map ..............................................................................................................15 Figure 4: International Connectivity of voice RTN in Czech Republic....................................18 Figure 5: RFF transmission network .....................................................................................25 Figure 6: Architecture of Railway xed network in Germany .................................................28 Figure 7: International routing tables of the railway xed network in Germany .....................29 Figure 8: Inter - Departmental Meshing ................................................................................33 Figure 9: Regional Codes Voice Fixed Network (2007) .........................................................37 Figure 10: Divisions seats and operation areas .....................................................................40 Figure 11: Fibre optic cables network ....................................................................................42 Figure 12: DWDM, SDH STM16 ............................................................................................43 Figure 13: International connection........................................................................................44 Figure 14: Transmission network ...........................................................................................45 Figure 15: ATM, FR and IP network .......................................................................................46 Figure 16: X.25 network .........................................................................................................47 Figure 17: Telephone network................................................................................................48 Figure 18: Nokia Dynanet ......................................................................................................52 Figure 19: Existing xed voice switched network...................................................................53 Figure 20: ETD Network DPNSS Connectivity ......................................................................54 Figure 21: UK Rail Telecommunications Link to Europe ........................................................55

Foreword

The UIC Telecommunication Panel of Experts group (PETER) is formed by about 25 active members mainly responsible for implementation and maintenance of the national telecommunication network (xed, mobile and data networks digital and analog technologies). The group has been working, since the beginning of 2006, at an integrated telecom vision with the objective of designing and realising a unique railway telecom infrastructure where xed and mobile telecom networks are fully integrated and signalling railway applications can run with the requested QoS. First step was represented by the signature of the ERNST/EIRENE Memorandum of Understanding on the Integration of Fixed & Mobile railway telecom network numbering schemes and its rst pilot implementation. The MoU has been accepted and signed by 17 railway administrations. The rst consideration was that there was benet to aligning the numbering schemes of the railway xed telephone networks with those used on the GSM-R systems. From an interoperability point of view, the area of synergy considered was the numbering range of the xed telephone networks in the countries. The ERNST project, developed at UIC, dened a single European railway telephone numbering area compliant with the European standards. The ERNST data base (European Railway Numbering Scheme for Telecommunications) currently contains the numbering schemes of the railway telecommunications networks, xed and mobile, namely GSM-R. The data base, hosted at the UIC Web server in Paris, contains values from 27 Infrastructure Managers, Railway Operators and Railway Organisations in 24 countries. With the new features recently implemented, it has become an efcient tool to manage the IRTN network. A restricted area, recently set, contains a complete inventory of national circuits which form part of international telecommunication lines, and routing tables of telephone switches. These pieces of information help telecommunication staff to operate and maintain the network (visit the ERNST database at the URL address http://www.irtn.net or http://ernst.uic.asso.fr).

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Information on current telecom infrastructure has been collected in UIC, as part of the PETER group activity and stored at Infrastructure Department. This document reports information on railway telecom infrastructure from the following networks: DB, Network Rail, BB, PKP, RFF, RFI, SNCB and SZDC.

I take this opportunity to thank all the railways and PETER members that are participating in this work, without their contributions this report would never have been produced.

Paolo de Cicco Chairman of the UIC Telecom Panel of Experts

Austria

Railway xed Telecom Network in Austria

1 - The Transmission Network
BB owns a digital transmission network covering all Austria with extensions to neighbouring countries, which is based on the BB bre optic network, but partly on copper cables. BB have installed in sum 6.500 km of bre optic cables and 11.000 km of copper cables. Specialists of BB are responsible for planning, installation and operation of the telecom transmission network, which is permanently modied and adapted to meet all necessities of the users concerning locations, capacity and quality. The structure of the network is in accordance with the railway lines and comprises three hierarchy levels: backbone, regional and local level. The backbone network is a photonic network which connects with STM16 (2,5 Gbit/s) SDH links the major cities and railway nodes of Austria. The lower levels are the structures of the STM16 and STM4 regional network to connect the railway stations in between and the STM1 local network for all other operational sites along the tracks. The users of the network are all entities of the BB for railway internal applications, but also BBTel, which is a 100 % daughter company of BB offering services to customers on the telecom market. Concerning railway operation the transmission network is used for:

the BB IP network, the BB administrative voice network (part of IRTN), connections for the BB operative voice equipment, connections for the BB digital radio equipment, connections for the BB electronic signalling equipment, connections for the control of the BB electric power system.

The operation of the transmission network is performed by the central Network Management System in Vienna. The service and maintenance activities are also provided by experts of the BB staff.

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2 - The IP Network
BB owns a data network based on IP. The IP network is set on top of the SDH transmission network through all areas of Austria. In metropolitan areas the IP network is directly attached to dark bres. Copper lines with modems are mainly being used in regional areas. Planning, installation and operation of this network is performed by specialists of the BB staff. The network hierarchy consists of a backbone layer, regional layer and local area networks (LAN):

The backbone layer is based on 155 Mbit links connecting the major cities and railway nodes of Austria and 1 Gbit links in the metropolitan area of Vienna. The regional layer is being interconnected with links between 128 kbit and 100 Mbit. All LANs are exclusively based on Ethernet technology.

The network is for universal use as well for railway operation as for administration and connects railway stations of all sizes, control centres, service centres, ofce buildings, workshops, power plants and so on. It is also used for other external partners on contractual basis. Using MPLS technology the different applications can be served by different VPNs (Virtual Private Networks), critical applications can be prioritised on demand by the option QoS (Quality of Service). The IP network consists of approximately 1.100 routers and 3.000 switches and hubs. More than 30.000 end nodes are attached to this network. The operation is performed by four Network Management Centres in Vienna, Linz, Innsbruck and Villach. The service and maintenance activities are also provided by experts which belong to the of the BB staff. Additional to the IP Network BB runs an X.25 network. POS (Point of Sale), ticket machines and railway control centres are attached to this network.

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3 - The administrative Voice Network

The BB own a digital voice network for administrative purpose (so called Basa), which is installed along the railway lines and by which railway internal as well as railway external communication can be achieved. This network is connected to the public telephone network and to the networks of neighbouring railways. The principles of ERNST (European Railway Numbering Scheme for Telecommunication) are applied, which means, that the BB Voice Network can be considered as as part of the IRTN (International Railway Telephone Network). In Austria there are 184 telephone switches, which in sum represent the voice network. The size of the switches can be divided in three categories:

small: up to 200 subscribers, ca. 75% of the switches. medium: up to 500 subscribers, ca. 15% of the switches. big: more than 500 subscribers, ca. 10% of the switches.

The communication among the switches is achieved by ISDN-QSIG and IP - connections, which guarantees high availability of the services. For the connections to the public voice network according to the number and demand of the subscribers ISDN basic connections (2 voice channels) or ISDN multi connections (30 voice channels) are applied. At present there exist ca. 26.000 subscribers, which can be divided in four categories:

analogue telephone sets for operational applications, emergency calls, fax and modem equipment, system telephone sets for ofce working places, ISDN telephone sets in special cases and for digital data transmission, IP telephone sets.

The complete spectrum of telephone applications and the appropriate equipment of all BB entities are designed, customised, operated and maintained by experts of the BB staff. The variety of applications extends from simple voice mail boxes to individual designed contact centre solutions. Some hundred contact centre working places are operated with a capacity of approximately four million calls per year.

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All maintenance and trouble shooting services for the voice network are managed by helpdesks which are operated by 24 hours by BB specialists. This guarantees optimal availability of equipment and services.

Belgium

Railway xed Telecom Network in Belgium

1 - Introduction.
Since January 1st 2005 the former SNCB/NMBS (Belgian State Railways) has been transformed into the SCNB/NMBS-group, which consists of three members:

Infrabel, responsible for the xed railway equipment; the (new) SNCB / NMBS as a railway operator; the SNCB/NMBS Holding dealing with issues of common interest as HR-management and ICT-activities.

Fixed assets related to the network belong to Infrabel and ICT is responsible for operating them. Below, a brief summary of the ICT infrastructure and in particular the Fibre Optic, the transmission, the IP, the xed telephony and GSM-r Networks.

2 - The Fiber Optic Network.

The SNCB/NMBS started the deployment of his bre optic network in the second half of the nineties. For the moment only a few secondary lines have to be equipped, so the network is in place from border to border. Interconnection has been realized to the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg. The major part of the trackside being electricated, the Belgian Railways have chosen for an airline construction on their 3 kV tracksides. In the beginning 32 or 36 ber cable was used, afterwards some tracks were equipped with 72 or even 144 ber cable. The cable consists of modules with 6 bres and there is always a module reserved for (Infrabel) signaling needs. The project has been nanced by the SNCB/NMBS company themselves. Thats why the company is allowed to commercialize over-capacity of the network.

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Syntigo, a commercial subsidiary, is in charge of the related commercial activities. To join their clients outside the railway territory they need to look for appropriate last mile solutions. The map in attachment illustrates the network available at the moment (end 2007). The map only shows the railway network. Last mile extensions for commercial projects are out of scope.

3 - The transmission systems.

In relation to the installation of the ber optic cable network an appropriated transmission system was needed. Since the construction of the rst high speed line (L1 Brussels Paris) SDH-technology (provided by Alcatel) has been generalized. For the moment a STM-16 bandwidth is available on all major links. On all links a STM-1 daisy chain offers access for the most important applications as GSM-R. The major part of these STM-1 links have been built using Lucent equipment. However a lot of legacy applications still need low bandwidth connectivity involving to maintain PDH in the access part. Because of Ethernet becoming a standard in industrial environment as well, the support for Ethernet access has been implemented in the most recent installations. As the need for extra bre capacity seams never ending a project has been started to implement CWDM technology on some links where a lack of bre seems to be probable. CWDM-links are planned for interconnecting Brussels-Charleroi, Brussels-Namur, BrusselsLige, Charleroi-Lige-Namur, Brussels Gent and Antwerpen-Hasselt. At the moment we operate SDH-links over Fibre Optic for railway needs to France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Facilities are available at the German border as well but they are still using DSL-modem on old cupper cable.

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4 - The IP-network
The ICT-department is operating a country wide TCP/IP datanetwork interconnecting approximately 100 sites equipped with LAN facilities. These LAN are Ethernet networks either 10 Mbps shared or 10/100 Mbps switched type. They are interconnected using routers or Layer 3 switches. Over all approximately 20.000 end stations are connected to the network. The network is using an internal IP address scheme according to RFC1918 and applies the EIGRP routing protocol. A campus network is implemented on 15 backbone sites. Here we use layer 2 switches, while the link to the backbone is implemented on the layer 3 level by Cisco Catalyst 6500. These backbone nodes are being interconnected by GigabitEthernet links using ber. Other important LAN-sites are interconnected to the backbone by layer 3 switches Cisco 3750 and GigabitEthernet in daisy-chain. Smaller sites are connected via router and E1 links (or even 64 kbps in some isolated locations). The different buildings of the headquaters in the neighbourhood of the Brussels MidiStation belong to the most important campus network. Two computer centers hosting the IBM mainframes and an important server farm are connected to this campus network using Fast- or GigabitEthernet. At the end of 2007 we are operating nearly 500 WLAN (Wi) Hotspots for internal use. At 38 railway station premises Wi-services are offered to the passenger in collaboration with an external partner.

Our central site in Brussels is interconnected to

the international HITRAIL (MPLS)-network; the internet via two 100 Mbps links to different ISP; a third ISP via a 8 Mbps dealing with the internet trafc of our passengers using WiFi services provided by an external partner in 38 railway stations.

A map of the network is represented in Figure 1.

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03/ 204 21 11 03/ 204 2***/3***/4***/69** 03/ 2048 0**/1**/7** 03/ 229 5*** 2 921 ANTWERPEN 2

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Liaison 2Mb/s (DPNSS vers Omni / Cornet N entre Hicom) (+ number of 2 Mb/s)

n tte : Range: BRUGGE 901 2 2 991 1 n tte : Range: 1 1 2 2 M 1 n tte : Range: KORTRIJK TB 1 P FRAN AVIM T2 FBMZ 056/ 26 31 11 056/ 26 3*** T1 1 TA 1 P LEUVEN 1 1 MECHELEN 016/ 21 21 11 016/ 21 2*** GENT 2 n tte : Range: 1 n tte : Range: 015/ 40 21 11 015/ 40 2*** 09/ 241 21 11 09/ 241 2***/3*** 09/ 242 6***

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M = Mobistar P = Proximus HASSELT 931 n tte : Range: 2

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011/ 29 81 11 011/ 29 8*** 011/ 298 0**/1**/2**/3**

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061/ 22 88 11 051/ 22 5*** 051/ 228 3**/4**/6**/7**/8**/9**

LIBRAMONT

Figure 1: map of the network in Belgium

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5 - The Fixed Telephony Network.

The backbone of the xed telephony network is based on E1 links in a double star topology with Brussels in the center. The break-out to the public network is centralized in Brussels by routing the trafc involved towards two transit switches (TA and TB) using 3 (E1) PRA. F2M facilities, the interconnect to the GSM-R and the UIC-x-telephony network is implemented on the same switches. On the regional level break out facilities are available in case of overow by using 2 PRA links. At the moment the network includes three generations of switches : 56 Siemens HiCOM, 18 Siemens HiPath and 53 ATEA (now Siemens) Omni. Some of them have a limited number of users as many small premises are distributed on the eld. The network has a capacity of nearly 33.000 connections, nearly 25000 are in use. The 53 Omni switches will be replaced by an IP telephony solution (provided by Alcatel) according to an investment program starting in 2008. The Figure 2 offers a quick overview of the xed telephony network.

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Figure 2: Quick overview of the xed telephony network in Belgium

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6 - The GSM-R network

The GSM-R network is being rolled out for the moment. At the end of 2007 nearly 300 of the 450 BTS are operational. The network uses 3 BSC, located in Brussels, Gent and Namur. Each of them handles the trafc for approximately 150 BTS. Two MSC have been installed in our two data centers located in Brussels. Those are interconnected to the MSC of DB Netz in Frankfurt, ProRail in the Netherlands and SNCF in Paris. Backup facilities have been implemented by an interconnection to the public GSMnetwork (actually Mobistar).

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Czech Republic

International Connections of Railway Telecommunication Network in Czech Republic

The Railway Telecommunication Network (RTN) in Czech Republic consists of several parts, namely cable network (metal and optical bre), transmission equipment network, xed and mobile voice network and data transmission network. Every part has been used for establishing international connections to railways in neighbouring countries and through them to other European countries. The article focuses on technical aspects of existing international connections.

1 - Cable network
The optical bre cables with at least 36 bres have been installed across the borders to Germany, Poland and Austria. The optical bre cable to Slovak Republic could not yet been installed due to the planned reconstruction of the railway track across the border. After its building-up, all neighbouring countries will be connected through optical bre cables. If the optical bre cable is not available, the copper pairs or quads in metal cables have been used. The cables are terminated in the cabinets located on the state border (or several meters from the border).

2 - Transmission Equipment Network

The SDH technology with STM-1 (155 Mbit/s) or PDH technology of 3rd order (34 Mbit/s) is used in transmission equipment network for making a connection from the location of an international telecommunication node to the border and neighbouring railways. The growing requirements of applications aim at implementation of higher transmission speed (STM-4 and STM-16) in the national backbone transmission network however the transmission speed of 155 Mbit/s to the neighbouring railways seems to be sufcient regarding existing international applications. While the PDH technology has been designed and built-up on the products of Czech rm TTC Marconi, the Cisco products of ONS family and Marconi products have been implemented in SDH transmission network.

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In several cases, SDH and PDH technologies coexist in the same direction (of course, in different ways and cables), e.g. the connection to the German border can be built-up in both technologies mentioned above. However, the SDH technology is preferable. Digital connections based on SDH technology have been installed on the borders to Germany and Austria. At the moment, just one 2 Mbit/s channel is operated in every direction, serving for GSM-R connection to Germany and for xed RTN connection to Austria. However, the transmission capacity can be increased almost immediately. The connection to xed RTN in Slovak Republic has been established on leased line from public provider. The old analogue twelve channel transmission equipments are used in cases where the optical bre cable across the border is not available or the transmission equipment has not yet been installed on both sides of the border. Such connections have been still operated to Poland and to Germany. The connection to Germany serves for xed RTN connection.

3 - Voice network
The overview of existing international connections is presented in Figure 3.

Germany

Poland

MSC

Int RTN PBX

Austria

Slovak Republic

Explanations: MSC - Mobile Switch Center (GSM-R) Int RTN PBX - International Railway Telephone Network Private Branch Exchange - Analogue Connection - Digital Connection

Figure 4: International Connectivity of voice RTN in Czech Republic

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4 - Fixed RTN
Fixed voice RTN was renewed in 2004. New digital PBXs of type MD 110 from Ericsson were installed having formed the backbone part of xed voice RTN. The renewal of former analogue telephone exchanges enabled to built-up the rst international digital voice connection to Austria. It was followed by the connection to Slovakia but the leased line had to be used for that purpose temporarily. The international PBX is located in Praha, Pod Taborem, in the premises of railway telecommunication centre. The international analogue telecommunication trunks have not been connected to the digital PBX directly. Small digital PBX from Czech rm TTC Marconi has been inserted between an analogue trunk and digital PBX. The reason for such solution was motivated by an idea that the international PBX would be equipped with digital interfaces only. Consequently, the calls to and from Poland and Germany are routed in this way.

5 - GSM-R (Mobile RTN)

After GSM-R commissioning in 2006 it was necessary to connect the Mobile Switch Centre (MSC) to the MSC in Germany. At the moment, the connection is operational. The MSC is located in Praha, Pernerova, in the premises of GSM-R telecommunication centre (another place than location of the international PBX).

6 - Fixed and Mobile RTN Numbering Plan

The integrated numbering plan of xed and mobile RTN according to the conclusions and recommendations of the UIC ERNST (European Railway Numbering Scheme for Telecommunications) Project has been implemented in Czech Republic. The subscribers of xed RTN can be dialled from GSM-R without any restriction, however some types of calls from xed RTN to GSM-R are barred from obvious reasons.

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7 - Data network
At the moment, two types of data transmission connections with Internet Protocol (IP) are available. The rst solution is based on HERMES IP VPN (virtual private network), the second solution on EURADAT connection. Both solutions are built-up on Cisco products. The connection through HERMES IP VPN cannot be considered as technical solution, it s solution based on delivery of electronic communication services from the third party. Transmission equipments and trunks are hidden and a third party, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), offers their functionality as a part of a VPN cloud. The internal parameters of the ISP network need not to be known because the quality of service is guaranteed by a service level agreement. The provider of HERMES IP VPN operates a Point of Presence (PoP) in Praha. Railway data transmission network is connected to the PoP through customer premises edge router. In fact, the international connection is not performed through railway telecommunication network in this case. At the moment, the HERMES IP VPN is used by applications that are operated by Railway Undertakings such as seat reservations or freight train announcement. The connection through the HERMES IP VPN is available to Austria, Germany, Poland and Slovak Republic (and to other members of HERMES community, of course). The guaranteed transmission speed of PoP in Praha is 2 Mbit/s. The acronym EURADAT stands for European Data Transmission Network that is built-up by connection of national railway data transmission networks. The connection can prot from the existing railway telecommunication infrastructure mentioned above in the part related to the international connection of voice communications. At the moment, the pilot project of Voice over IP with 2 Mbit/s connection to Austria is being implemented.

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France

Transmission network in France High Level description

1 - Object
The object of this document is to present the RFF network transmission, and precisely the whole of architecture concerning the interconnexions between RFF and other european railway gestionnaries wich are rolling out a GSM-R network.

2 - Generalities - Introduction to the Transmission Network

This network allows to establish links between different equipments wich are belong to the infrastructure network. It is shared by several applications, notably by railway signal applications and railway telephony. Two main levels are constituting the netwok :

Transport network, Capillary network.

This classic cutting are known in all important transmission network. These two levels are different by their adaptation to the mode of ow transport. The capillary network drains a multiple low bandwidth access points until backbone on a short distance. The transport network (backbone) aggregates ux coming up from capillary to BSC and switch. The difference between capillary and transport network is the bandwidth level. Up to 2 Mb is considered as capillary network, higher is Backbone. That one is composed of SDH technology, ADM1, 4 or 16 nodes. The Backbone is a meshed networks witch assures a high available secured architecture.

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It is composed by :

Media telecom cables built on aerial or underground arteries. Those cables are cupper or bber optical technologies. Transmission and synchronization nodes : o High bit rate Add and Drop Multiplexers (ADM) : 211 are operated for the moment, up to 400 in the future, o Low level bandwidth multiplexers and modems : now, around 2000 remote MICs, 1150 local MIC cards, and 504 modems.

The main wires are in whole cases constituted by bber optical and rarely by long-distance coaxial cables. Capillary network wires are built with metallic cables (cupper). Railway regulation circuits, alarms circuits, energy supply remote control, railway signageTC/TK remote-control are transported by telecom cables. Metallic cables have 22 thousand km length, and bber optical cables are 8 thousand km long.

2.1

Interconnections with foreign countries

Mostly European railway networks are equipped with GSM-R. Considering that trains have to ride through borders, for international passengers and products transportation, it is necessary to synchronise switches together, permitting operational border crossing. To realise, it is necessary to link transmission networks. 4 interconnections are operational, the others are planed until 2009. A transmission interconnection link is built over a main and a secure 2 Mbits-circuits. The architecture is either direct between 2 MSC or by a transit with a 3rd MSC. That one is Ok with Holland and Switzerland.

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2.1.1

Link France-Belgium (SNCB) Operational

Main bond 1

Passing by RFF Network from MSC Paris-Evangile until Hautmont Border area city : Hautmont, France

Main bond 2 Passing by RFF Network from MSC Paris-Evangile until Tournai Border area city : Tournai, Belgium

2.1.2

Liaison France-Angleterre (British Rail) Planed

Main bond

Passing by RFF Network from MSC Paris-Evangile until Calais Frethun Marchandise Border area city : Calais Frethun - Marchandise, France

Secure bond Passing by RFF Network from MSC Paris-Evangile until Calais Frethun Marchandise Border area city : Calais Frethun - Marchandise, France

2.1.3

Liaison France - Luxembourg (CFL) Planed

Main bond Passing by RFF Network from MSC Paris-Evangile until Thionville in France and up to Luxembourg border by IRU wires contracted with an operator Frethun Marchandise Border area city : Calais Frethun - Marchandise, France Secure bond Passing by a transit bridge on a foreign MSC (DB or SNCB)

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2.1.4

Liaison France Pays-Bas () Operational

Main bond

Passing by a transit bridge on INFRABEL MSC (SNCB)

Secure bond Passing by a transit bridge on DB MSC

2.1.5

Liaison France - Suisse (SBB) Operational

Main bond

Passing by RFF Network from MSC Paris-Evangile until Saint-Louis in France Border area city : Saint-Louis in France

Secure bond Passing by a transit bridge on DB MSC

2.1.6

Liaison France - Italie (RFI) Operational (main link)

Main bond

Passing by RFF Network from MSC Paris-Evangile until Lyon and up to Modane by a rent wire to an operator Border area city : Modane in France

Secure bond Passing by a transit bridge on SBB MSC planed

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Angleterre Hollande Eurotunnel Frthun Calais Tornai -

Luxembourg Gare du Nord Reims Paris Evangile Longwy Forbach DB

Strasbourg Khel

St. Louis Tours SBB

La Rochelle Lyon Chambry

Bordeaux Modane Arcachon

Dax Bayonne

Hendaye Perpignan Cerbre Port Bou

Marseille

RFI

Espagne

Transport Network 2 Mbits 4 Mbits 6 Mbits and up

Figure 5: RFF transmission network

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2.1.7

Liaison France - Espagne (ADIF) Planed

Main bond

Passing by RFF Network from MSC Paris-Evangile until Perpignan, in France, than up to Port Bou in Spain or Cerbre in France by an Hertzian beam Border area city : Port Bou in Spain or Cerbre in France, to be conrmed

Secure bond

Passing by RFF Network from MSC Paris-Evangile until Bayonne, in France, than up to Hendaye in France by an Hertzian beam Border area city : Hendaye in France, to be conrmed

The interconnections deployment is now planed until 2009 with the countries described before. In the future, regarding to the railway development, it will be possible to extend technical perimeter and pull up the interconnections to eastern and north Europe. Than, the architecture of transmission links will use MSC transit bridge one. Concerning Eurotunnel, a project to build GSM-R into the 3 tubes is running on. One of the possibilities is that RFF offers a Switch-GSM-R - service, resolving in the same time interconnection problematic. In case of acceptance, Eurotunnel will construct his own BSS System.

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Railway xed network for ofce communication in Germany

1 - Abstract

120.000 subscribers, 2.100 PXB of different suppliers, National transit network and VPN functionality hosted by ARCOR, International Gateway in Frankfurt/Main.

The BASA network consists of approx. 2.100 PBX systems of different stage of expansion and suppliers, which are grouped in local area PBX networks and in single PBX locations. Most of the systems were directly connected to ARCOR. But some of them were optionally interconnected by pre-selection of Deutsche Telekom.

All subscribers, approx. 120.000, are also part of the public PSTN. The VPN functionality and the national transit network is implemented by ARCOR. With the VPN functionality all subscribers of the BASA are merged into a uniform, private railway numbering plan.

The interconnection to the GSM-R network and xed dispatchers is realized by ARCOR, used as a transit network. On this interconnection SS7 signalling protocol is used.

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Railway fixed network Office communication
SS7

National transit network with IN functionality to provide the IVPN.

GSM-R / fixed Disp.

EWSD IN IVPN EWSD EWSD

SS7 SS7

PBX

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DTAG

(PSTN)

ARCOR
(PSTN)
DSS1 DSS1
RNE

DSS1 Preselected ARCOR

DSS1
SS7

DSS1
RNE

UIC Connections
SS7

International Gateway Frankfurt/M

PBX

DSS1
PBX PBX PBX RNE PBX

DSS1

DSS1
PBX

RNE: Railway network exchange (S12 Alcatel) PBX: Private Branch Exchange (Siemens, Alcatel, Tenovis ) EWSD: Switching System (Siemens) (PSTN ARCOR)

Private local area network

Figure 6: Architecture of Railway xed network in Germany

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nl dk pl

Frankfurt

de st. ra ilw a y France/Great Britain - ET Austria - BB Belgium - SNCB Bulgaria - BD Switzerland - SBB Czech Republic - D Denmark - BDK Denmark - DSB Spain - RENFE France - UIC France - SNCF Great Britain - BR Croatia - H Hungary - MV Italy - FS Luxembourg - CFL Latvia - LDZ Netherlands - NS Norway - JBV Poland - PKP Portugal - RT Romania - CFR Sweden - BV Slovenia - S Slovakia - SR Ukraine - UZ

dk at

Dia lle d C ountry C ode R oute d C ountry C ode 9080 xyz 80 xyz 9043 xyz xyz 9032 xyz xyz no Routing 9041 xyz 41 xyz 9042 xyz xyz 9045 xyz 9045 xyz 9045 xyz 9045 xyz 9034 xyz 06 xyz 903326 xyz 26 xyz 9033 xyz xyz 9044 xyz 44 xyz 903685 xyz 03685 xyz 9036 xyz 036 xyz 9039 xyz 39 xyz 90352 xyz xyz no Routing 9031 xyz xyz 9045 (P) 9047 xyz no direct Routing 9048 xyz xyz no Routing no Routing 9045 (P) 9046 xyz no direct Routing 90386 xyz 0386 xyz no Routing no Routing

Germany

Figure 7: International routing tables of the railway xed network in Germany

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Italy

RFI Fixed Telephone Network

1 - Starting

This document represents the activity and the structure of RFI xed voice communication network

In particular :

Voice System Architecture as network infrastructure, switching equipment, wired lines, to the PSTN and Management system.

2 - The RFI xed voice network

Section task is to analyze the xed Voice architecture of RFI.

3 - Fixed voice architecture

3.1 Voice network

The xed voice network coverage is on national base. The RFI Network uses the railways digital core national backbone to connect all the about 330 railways PABX distributed on national base organized on hierarchy structure with connection/links to the PSTN in relations with principal node. For every Departmental Area there is a main Departmental PABX connected in star architecture. Inside the Departmental area PABX, the link with the same level of other Departmental node are utilized realizing a mesh network. The network is a mix of star and mesh topology .

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From the architectural point of view the voice network is diveded on three sub-network :

Metropolitan Network: include a urban center and if the dimension is limited can managed by a single PABX responsible to the lines distribution throw the local equipment. If the urban area is extended and there are more site to connect are present more nodes with a sub network full o partially Mesh, dipending the location Some sites are located outside of railway trackside and RFI use leased lines or radio minilink to connect them at the phone network.

Departmental Network: the extension is related to the Departmental area; including the link to center at all the urban areas using the radial architecture. Inter-Departmental Network: the extension is related at the total national environement and perform the link with the other Departmental PABX using a partial mesh network architecture.

We can perform telephone link with the other european railways network using three trunk available in the border corrispondance.

4 - Inter-departemental network
The Inter-Departmental Network perform using the junction links to the 15 Departmental PABX Center : a) b) c) d) e) ANCONA BARI BOLOGNA CAGLIARI FIRENZE f) g) h) i) j) GENOVA MILANO NAPOLI PALERMO REGGIO CALABRIA k) l) m) n) o) ROMA TORINO TRIESTE VENEZIA VERONA

The Figure 7 shows the mapping of junction links to realize the newtwork partial meshing.

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Figure 8: Inter - Departmental Meshing

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5 - Departemental network
The existing number 15 Departmental Network to connect as above mentioned in the radiale structure the periferihal nodes to the Departmental central node. The following scheme summarize for every Departmental area the periferihal nodes and the total users point of connection for each Departmental Area.

Department Ancona Bari Bologna Cagliari Firenze Genova Milano Napoli Palermo Reggio Calabria Roma Torino Trieste Venezia Verona Totale

N nodes 24 16 22 10 27 15 34 22 23 21 29 35 13 19 17 327

Users Point of Connection 3.088 2.080 4.138 907 5.244 2.918 8.631 5.221 3.051 2.274 11.307 4.504 1.705 2.599 2.639 60.306

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6 - Metropolitan network
The Metropiltan Network include che hurban center: The difference is related to the coverage area extension Following there is a summary report for those hurban area where are located external railways building/premises at the trackside directed linked with a own connection at the railwayu phone network. 6.1 Private switching equipment (PABX)

Starting from 1997 and 2007, the analog switching equipment of RFI phone network has been completely upgraded throw the digital equipment. The actual asset is caratherized from the new digital equipment. The RFI telephone network upgrade starterd upon 1997 with the decision to realize a common standard equipment The replanishement of these equipment was supplied by Siemens selected throw a public tender. The PABX architecture is based on HiCOM and Hipath lines equipment. In the Turin Departmental area are used ERICSSON equipment. 6.2 Junction to the PSTN

To dene the caratherization of RFI voice telephone system is important to know the external trunk needed for the link/junction to the PSTN. The parameter is been obtained from the following data analyses:

PABX mapping with the number of lines/trunks indication of inbounding and outbounding bidirectional connection;

The data are been aggregate on telephone district area bases and the relation ship between telephone district and Departmental area is been done using mapping procedure on the PABX. In the following table is reported the Departmental area external telephone lines number.

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Department Area Ancona Bari Bologna Cagliari Firenze Genova Milano Napoli Palermo Reggio Calabria Roma Torino Trieste Venezia Verona TOTAL

Total external RTG Lines 423 420 504 174 782 398 831 620 540 302 1.643 555 276 297 355 8.120

7 - Conclusion
In the RFI xed network the lines are used basically for the internal network trafc. The external lines supplied by public operator are used for the needing of link for the commercial reasons . RFI is moving toward a new assett:

Complete control system in the unied management center in Rome ( now up the 200 PABX are monitored ), Decrease the number of single line connection/link throw the public operators using the capability of multiple trunk E1, the capability of own internal phone network for the inter-Departmental Full integration with the GSM-R mobile network,

Encrease

communications,

Blocking of the dial-up connection to the public internet.

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Figure 9: Regional Codes Voice Fixed Network (2007)

Brennero Sondrio 823 Luino 843 Aosta
29xxx

854 854 853 Brunico S. Candido 853 853

Calalzo 897 898 Belluno 895 Montebell. 823 Castelfr. 891 Conegl. 821 TV Cervignano 845 S. Don Ve S.L. 810 Portogr. 814 Vittorio V. 825

Tarvisio 845 Pontebba 841 847 Gemona Sacile 875 860 Pordenone Casarsa 861 843 856 Udine Gorizia Villa Opicina 832

Vipiteno Fortezza

Chiasso 818 822 Colico 821 Lecco 810 897 873 Rh 819 Carnate Bergamo Brescia 838

850 Bressanone 823 Merano 822 Bolzano 811 Mezzocorona 811 Trento 817 Rovereto Desenzano 861 863 Peri 845 Vicenza 893 Bassano G. 892

Domodossola 862 Ivrea Arona 861 Biella Gallarate 841

2xxxx

Varese 841

Como 816 Monza

Bardonecchia
27xxx

Cittadella

243xx

Bussol.

26xxx 2xxxx 511xx

Vercelli Novara
2xxxx 2xxxx

Camposamp. 842 844 842 Grisignano PD Monselice 841 Rovigo 841 841 Loreo

TO
959
229xx

MI
912

Chivasso Santhi
2xxxx 54xxx

831 Treviglio Cremona 899

Borg

56xxx 560xx

894

Trof. Asti
35xxx

Valenz Mortara
322xx 32xxx

Pavia Abbiat. 814

933
852 Piadena 822 830 MN 876 Fiorenzuola 854

934

831 Monfalcone

935

VR
Legnago 834

Carmagn.4xxxx Fossano CN
460xx

Nizza
350xx 450xx 350xx

AL

Voghera 817 Casale M. Arquata 811 850 852 Tortona Novi 854 Ronco S. Teglia 858

Lodi

VE M.

834

TS

843 863 Stradella PC 854 Fidenza

811

Carpi

Ostiglia Ferrara 822 Lugo Imola 821 805 Faenza 806 Forl 808 865 S.Benedetto S. 822

42xxx

Limone
410xx

Br Acqui
430xx 400xx

Parma Crevalcore 884 821 Reggio E. 817 833 Fornovo Modena

826 S.Gius Ovada 835 824

Mondov Ceva 842 823 821

Ravenna 805 822

958

GE

921
816 Pontremoli Porretta 875 Pistoia Lucca 827 Empoli 844 870

XXMiglia Imperia

Albenga

Savona Chiavari 811 Sestri L. 822 Levanto 811 La Spezia 813 Sarzana 812

Cesena 809 807 Pesaro 824 Fano 823 Rimini

866 Prato

967
863 Pontassieve 868 Arezzo Perugia 854 861 Orvieto Viterbo 890 811 884 Fara S. Orte Terni 813 816 Tivoli 841 887 Ciampino 825 Campoleone 801 Colleferro 826 Latina 828 Formia 802 Frosinone 804 Roccasecca 809 Cassino Villa L. Na C.F. 826 Vairano 808 Aversa 803 Ce 822 854 843 Cancello Marcianise 841 Torre A. 873 872 874 873 871 871 872 870 825 826 802 801 810 CZ 834 810 834 CZ Lido Badolato Roccella Cosenza 801 817 Sibari Crotone 858 Mercato S.S. 878 875 Sicignano 876 Potenza Inf. Grassano 856 855 Benevento 834 836 Avellino Isernia 835 819 832 Avezzano Foligno 851 Rieti Aquila

Falconara M. 825

Viareggio 826 Pisa 821 Livorno 855 Cecina 854 Golfo A. 897 Sassari 825 891 Ozieri-Chilivani 892 Olbia Campiglia 856 Grosseto 857 Orbetello 858 Civitavecchia 855 Ponte G. 872 Siena 845

AN
Fabriano 822 821 Macerata 828 841 Sulmona Torre P. 834 836 842 833 835

869 Chiusi

926
Civitanova M. S.Benedetto T. Giulianova Pescara C.le Vasto

970

894 Abbasanta Macomer Oristano S. Gavino Decimomannu 894 846 849 848

RM

Campobasso 835 832 835 837 Savignano Rocchetta 873 S. Nicola M. 877 846 Spinazzola 876 Potenza Sup. Taranto 860 Gioia C. 847 811 Molfetta 831 815 814 Termoli S.Severo Foggia

945
Na S.M.la Bruna 842

985

Cerignola Barletta

NA
Nocera I.

Salerno Battipaglia Agropoli Vallo Sapri Diamante Paola Lamezia T. Messina 805 802 Termini I. Cefal Roccap. 805 808 Castelvetrano 830 S. Agata 833 Patti 835 Milazzo 811 Vibo M. Gioia T. Vila S.G.

999

BA

821 Monopoli 864 Metaponto Francavilla F. 826 Ostuni 822 Brindisi 823 Lecce

PA
Pa Notarb. 804

904

801 Trapani

856 Caltanis. Canicatt 856

Acireale 842 Taorm. 825 848 CT

903

807 Agrigento Gela 859 Caltagir. 844

848 Bicocca 843 Lentini 841 Siracusa

RC

Ragusa 847

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Poland

Railway xed network for ofce communication in Poland

1 - About us
OUR COMPANYS mission is to offer high quality modern telecommunication services for the needs of railway companies, institutional and individual clients.

Telekomunikacja Kolejowa spka z o.o. state owned company, is one of the two polish telecommunication companies qualied and entered by the Goverment to the register of special economic defense purpose companies, because of the ability to administer a safe telecommunication network (Dz. U. no 13, pos. 122).

The companys business capital amounts to 193 025 000 PLN.

Railway Telecommunications Ltd. is a telecommunication operator functioning on the basis of Chairman of Post Ofce and Telecommunication Regulation Ofce Decision No 111-213/97(2)/03/Z from 25th of February 2003 which is a license for running of stationary public telephone network. It is also functioning on the basis of handed over Telecommunication Regulation Ofce applications for carrying out the following activities:

running and providing services for nation-wide telegraph network, running of public data transmission network, providing telecommunications services, also international services: - data transmission, - telecommunication circuits lease, - Internet network access , by using data transmission network and circuits which are leased from the other entitled operators .

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2 - History

01.07.1998 were formed.

Railway

Telecommunications

was

part

of

Automatics

and

Telecommunications Department, from which Railway Telecommunications Divisions

01.04.1999 Department of Telecommunications was formed. 01.01.2000 Department of Telecommunications and IT Department were united. 01.10.2001 Railway Telecommunications operates as a commercial company within the connes of PKP Co. under the name of Railway Telecommunications Ltd. Telekomunikacja Kolejowaspka z o.o. is multi-divisional Company which is made up of eight TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIVISIONS in: Warsaw, Lublin, Krakw, Katowice, Gdask, Wrocaw, Pozna, Szczecin.

Figure 10: Divisions seats and operation areas

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3 - Offer
We offer provision of services in the elds of:

international and domestic: - optical ducts lease, - digital lines lease, - data transmission.

nationwide Internet access; telephony; Call Center: - consumers service, - telemarketing.

maintenance, repair and measurement of: - telecommunication lines, - telecommunication equipment.

4 - Infrastructure
Railway Telecommunications manages Polish nationwide Telecommunication networks:

Cable network which contains of: bre optic cables of total length of 6000 km, bre optic cables in local rings - 400 km, long distance copper cables, local copper cables network (of total length of 26 000 km); Transmission network is built with using systems: DWDM, SDH STM 16,SDH STM 1, PDH 140 Mbit/s, PCM terminal equipment; Data transmission network operates in protocols: MPLS, IP, ATM, Frame Relay and X.25; Telephone network up to 120 000 numbers, with 80 000 subscribers and 65% of them is connected to digital exchanges.

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Figure 11: Fibre optic cables network

5 - DWDM network
In August 2001 Railway Telecommunications Ltd. set in motion system. The network managed by Railway Telecommunications, equipped with modern optical DWDM equipment, connects Poland to the world bre optic network. This is the rst of this type optical network in Poland, which provides international, interurban and local data transmission. rst DWDM bre

transmission system in Poland of transmission speed n x 2,5 Gbit/s and SDH STM-16

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Thanks to these investments we can offer a wide range of services connected with the transmission speed lease range from E1, through E3, STM-1, STM-4, STM-16 up to Lambda ()-(2,5 Gbit/s) in national and international relations.

Figure 12: DWDM, SDH STM16

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The Company as the first telecommunication carrier offers international connection of

10 Gbit /s

transmission speed

Figure 13: International connection

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Figure 14: Transmission network

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Figure 15: ATM, FR and IP network

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Figure 16: X.25 network

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6 - Telephone network
is built on the basis of:

EWSD and 1000 E10 MM transit exchanges, Meridian 1 exchanges, DGT 3450 exchanges, MECT 800E exchanges, analogue exchanges.

IN

S y m bo ls :
Trans it exchanges Telec om munic ation network s witc hes

IN

Inteligent platform

Figure 17: Telephone network

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7 - Development plan of telecommunication network

Railway Telecommunications wishing to satisfy its clients needs is developing and modernizing network infrastructure. The transmission speed and availability of links is being increased. The Company as the rst telecommunication carrier offers international connection of 10 Gbit/s transmission speed for academy environment.

Till the end of 2005 the next 2250 km of lines is going to be put. We are planning mode bre optic cables installation, as per order ITU-T G.652 and also ITU-T G.655. Digital transmission network based on DWDM technology with STM-16 system is also during development.

8 - Network safety
The networks managed by Railway Telecommunications are characterised by high quality (QoS) and safety.

98% of bre optic cables are put into the ground. Thats why they are less sensible to mechanical damages caused for example by unfavourable and changeable weather and climatic conditions. Transmission network is built in ring topology (in backbone network and local rings). Thanks to using such construction theres always data transmission reserve way. Transmission network is managed with the help of dedicated system from NMC level, which has the ability of quick remote network reconguration and detecting all the abnormality in its functioning. For increasing safety of transmission network DCN router network has been created. It guarantees management system communication continuity with the regional network elements. It also provides the whole transmission network control while emergency situations.

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9 - Network safety

Access time for digital channels depending on class service up to AT>99,95%. Maximum error rate (BER) for digital links - (BER) < 10 -12 . Synchronization of network is consistent with ITU-T G.811. PRC clocks are built on SSU synchronized GPS receiver. Digital channels meet recommendation ITU -TG.821/826 i ITU-T M.2100. Access interfaces for E1, E3, STM-1, STM-4 i STM-16 channels are consistent with ITU-T G.703 and ITU-T G.957 recommendation. We offer opportunities of setting up safe separated IP VPN networks on the basis of MPLS technology. There are also opportunities of signing SLA (Service Level Agreement), which guarantees individual safety condition of leased network.

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Railway xed network for ofce communication in United Kingdom

1 - Introduction
Historically the UK rails network was developed by the interconnection of a number of smaller networks. These networks were designed and incorporated alongside Signalling schemes. This has led to a disparity in chosen systems and in some places has led to a reliance on Public Telephone Operators (PTOs) to provide extra network capability. Today Network Rail is in the process of replacing the legacy xed network with a network that will be able to handle every increasing demand on capacity and unify the rails use of transmission technologies. This project, FTN/GSM-R, will also provide the base from which to launch new signalling systems and support other applications necessary to run the operational railway. This document will try and capture the current network topology and the interfaces we share with the international community.

2 - Current Systems
Network Rail uses a number of different transmission mediums on which to carry its circuits. Traditionally copper cable has been used past because of its availability and cost. With the relative cost-benets of bre to copper improving, bre has been introduced on new schemes where the location and capacity required meets the business case. So depending on the location, circuits may be transported over copper, bre or a mixture of the two. We have 30-channel PCM systems (GEC / Marconi / Ericsson) still in operation on the network infrastructure. More predominantly we use Nokia PDH / SDH equipment. In some areas the Dynanet systems has been employed. This Dynamic Node Equipment is effectively a cross-connect with drop and insert functionality. It is capable of dealing with both copper and bre 2Mb/s streams.

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Figure 18: Nokia Dynanet

All these systems are now life expired and all the associated circuits will be migrated across to the new Fixed Telecoms Network (FTN). The FTN is currently being deployed - some of the stages have already been constructed and commissioned. The FTN consists of Alcatel Lucent SDH and PDH nodes, with a series of STM16 rings, and STM1 access rings. The Fixed Telecom Network will also provide a number of operational Ericson MD110 switches for voice services as follows. Operational Switches These will provide UK wide services from locations using Channel Associated Signalling (CAS) extensions. Typically these will serve lineside phones, signal box ETDs, electrical control room ETDs and small/depot ofces. Transit Switches These route calls around the network; allowing calls originating from one type of switch to be connected to phones on another type. The switches have DPNSS/QSig links to the core business and operational switches. The transit switches also allow connection into the GSM-R system, the Global Crossing ETD network, network and emergency operators. There are currently a number of Business switches at key Corporate Ofces which connect into the Global Crossing Network via DPNSS. Future deployments in large corporate ofces will be by using VoIP. To date a Nortel VoIP solution has been provided in Manchester, which currently connects into the rest of the network via DPNSS. The two operational transit switches will have connections to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and the legacy voice ETD network.

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Depending on the availability of network resources and the demand in the local area, each business switch has direct connections to Global Crossings ETD network, PSTN (run by British Telecom) and its associated local business switches. Network Rail has adopted the Ericsson MD110 PABX, used throughout the railway industry, but it has been designed so that supplier diversity can be achieved if required.

Core Business Transition 2Mb Connection (Transit)

HQ, Euston East Anglia House, Liverpool St

Waterloo James Forbes House, Southwark

Figure 19: Existing xed voice switched network The future network aim is to extend the existing voiced network to each region and include the introduction of operational switches.

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3 - Beyond Network Rail

Our network links into Global Crossings ETD network via a number of DPNSS links between switches located around the infrastructure. In some places we use British Telecom (BT) links to add diversity or to join into the Global Crossing network. The diagram below abstracts our connections to Global Crossing.

Other Networks National Radio Network

x 21

AXE10

Centralised Operator AXE10

Legacy Switch

AXE10

AXE10

AXE10 Legacy Switch MD110 MD110 MD110 VOIP

Network Rail Assets Global Crossing Assets

C7 Interconnect (DPNSS encapsulated) DPNSS Links

Figure 20: ETD Network DPNSS Connectivity Network Rails assets interface with Global Crossings AXE10s via two DPNSS link to allow for diversity. The routing of these connections are dependent on the availability of resource in the surrounding area and the locations of the AXEs. The Global Crossing network (for the Railways) is parented with Europe via an ISDX (v3.4 software) gateway switch at Waterloo, London. The switch uses a nonstandard QSig signalling protocol to transmit the data via two links to Ashford. From here it is transmitted to Dollands Moor using Network Rail PDH

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transmission before being forwarded to France on Eurotunnels transmission network through the Channel Tunnel.

2 x QSig links Network Rail PDH SNCF Transmission

Figure 21: UK Rail Telecommunications Link to Europe

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