Method and protection system for trains operating at restricted speed

• Main Authors: Kernwein Jeffrey D, Dreasher Rebecca W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.02.2018
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC; GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RAILWAYS; TRANSPORTING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A computer-implemented method for a plurality of trains, at least one of which is operating at a restricted speed, the method including: (a) transmitting, by at least one on-board computer of at least one train to at least one remote server, train location data; (b) requesting, by the at least one on-board computer from the at least one remote server, office polling data; (c) generating at least one poll registration message based at least partially on the office polling data; (d) based at least partially on the office polling data and/or the poll registration message, determining proximity of the at least one train to at least one subdivision; and (e) based at least partially on at least one of the following: train location data, office polling data, the poll registration message, or any combination thereof, transmitting, by the at least one remote server to at least one on-board computer of at least one train, train location data comprising location or position data related to at least one other train. A protection system for a plurality of trains, at least one of which is operating at a restricted speed, is also disclosed.