2017 – March – D’Cruz – Do we have the backbone to support emerging technologies?

Malcolm D’Cruz M.E. Mechatronics
 Public Transport Authority of Western Australia David Lim  MSc. Telecommunication Management UXC Ltd – A CSC Company Railways are always increasing the number of network services to cope with emerging technologies. The success of Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) depends on the ability of the backbone communication system to guarantee high bandwidths and reliability. Thus the traditional railway communication network is gradually moving towards a carrier grade network servicing both internal as well as external clients. The aim of this paper is to show how Software Defined Networks (SDN) adopted by telecom service providers as a common platform for all network services can benefit the railway networking environment to cope with constantly emerging technologies.