Method for operating a vehicle-side receiver device of a train control system and vehicle-side receiver device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9356635-B2
Application number	US-201214346013-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2012
Priority date	Sep 21, 2011
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

A particularly powerful method is used for operating a vehicle-side receiver device of a train control system. In this context, the method proceeds in a way that at least one signal which is encoded by modulation is received by the receiver device via at least one track circuit. At least one carrier frequency of the at least one received signal is determined. The transmission method used by the respective train control system is identified taking into account the determined carrier frequency, and the receiver device is set specifically for the identified transmission method. A vehicle-side receiver device of a train control system is provided for performing the method.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for operating a vehicle-side receiver device of a train control system, which comprises the steps of:
receiving at least one encoded signal, being encoded by modulation, by the vehicle-side receiver device via at least one track circuit;
determining at least one carrier frequency of the at least one encoded signal received;
identifying a transmission method used by a respective train control system taking into account the at least one carrier frequency determined; and
setting the vehicle-side receiver device specifically for the transmission method identified.

2. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises during the setting of the vehicle-side receiver device, tuning a receiving antenna to the at least one carrier frequency determined.

3. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises:
determining a type of modulation of the at least one encoded signal; and
identifying the transmission method used by the respective train control system taking further into account the type of modulation of the at least one encoded signal.

4. The method according to claim 3 , which further comprises determining the type of the modulation of the at least one encoded signal and/or the transmission method used by the respective train control system taking into account reference carrier frequencies and/or reference types of modulations.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein information on a maximum permissible speed is received by the vehicle-side receiver device by means of the at least one encoded signal.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one encoded signal has a modulation in a form of a pulse code modulation.

7. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises executing the method when the vehicle-side receiver device is commissioned for a first time, each time the vehicle-side receiver device is activated and/or continuously during an operation of the vehicle-side receiver device.

8. A vehicle-side receiver device system for a train control system, comprising:
a receiver device configured to:
receive at least one encoded signal being encoded by modulation via at least one track circuit;
determine at least one carrier frequency of the at least one encoded signal received;
identify a transmission method used by a respective train control system taking into account the at least one carrier frequency determined; and
set said receiver device specifically for the transmission method identified.

9. The receiver device system according to claim 8 , wherein said receiver device has a receiving antenna, said receiver device tuning said receiving antenna to the at least one carrier frequency determined.

10. The receiver device system according to claim 8 , wherein said receiver device determines a type of modulation of the at least one encoded signal, and identifies the transmission method used by the respective train control system taking further into account a determined type of the modulation of the at least one encoded signal.

11. The receiver device system according to claim 10 , wherein said receiver device determines the type of the modulation of the at least one encoded signal and/or the transmission method used by the respective train control system taking into account reference carrier frequencies and/or reference types of modulations.

12. The receiver device system according to claim 8 , wherein said receiver device receives information on a maximum permissible speed by means of the at least one encoded signal.

13. The receiver device system according to claim 8 , wherein said receiver device receives signals which are encoded by means of modulation in a form of a pulse code modulation via the at least one track circuit.

14. The receiver device system according to claim 8 , wherein said receiver device identifies the transmission method used by the respective train control system when said receiver device is commissioned for a first time, each time said receiver device is activated and/or continuously during an operation of said receiver device and to set said receiver device specifically for the respective identified transmission method.

15. A train control system, comprising:
at least one track circuit for transmitting at least one encoded signal encoded by modulation;
a vehicle-side receiver device configured to:
receive the at least one encoded signal being encoded by modulation via said at least one track circuit;
determine at least one carrier frequency of the at least one encoded signal received;
identify a transmission method used by a respective train control system taking into account the at least one carrier frequency determined; and
set said receiver device specifically for the transmission method identified.

Assignees

• Steingroever Andreas
• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Steingroever Andreas

Classifications

• H04L27/0012

  arrangements for identifying the type of modulation · CPC title

• H04L27/02

  Amplitude-modulated carrier systems, e.g. using on-off keying; Single sideband or vestigial sideband modulation (H04L27/32 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B61L3/24 Primary

  employing different frequencies or coded pulse groups {, e.g. in combination with track circuits} · CPC title

• H04B1/16 Primary

  Circuits · CPC title

• B61L27/0072

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic