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Paris, 11.09.2013Packet Switched Mode for ETCSIngo Wendler - UIC

Packet Switched Technology

ETCS underGSM-R Packet ModeConditions


France Germany

Switzerland

High Density Area-Border Region

Packet Mode for ETCSMotivation

Status GSM-R Air-Int. Capacity ETCS data application widely used in

low density areas (track) What about high density areas like

stations? Voice capacity demand increases! ETCS in stations demands

additional Circuit Mode channels! Border regions have to share

number of frequencies Capacity demand conflicts with the

limited GSM-R(EIRENE) frequencyband resources

Increase radio channel multiplexing keep QoS requirements transitiontowards packet switched mode

Circuit Mode-DedicatedChannel

Packet Mode-SharedChannel

Track High Density AreaStations


GSM-R ETCS Bearer ServiceCircuit(CS) versus Packet (PS)Mode

Circuit Mode Dedicated transmission resource

per ETCS session Average GSM-R traffic channel duty cycle

varies between 5% - 20% Sufficient transmission robustness

(Radio Network design) Low air interface transmission capacity

utilisationPacket Mode (GPRS/EGPRS)

Shared transmission resource(s) betweenseveral ETCS sessions

Bearer Service bandwidth depends on: Line Speed Radio Network design

Improved protection algorithms againsttransmission errors

Multiplexing of several ETCS sessionsimproves resource utilisation

CS ETCS

CS ETCS

CS ETCS

CS ETCS

PS ETCSPS ETCS

PS ETCS

PS ETCS


GSM-R ETCS Bearer ServiceCircuit (CS) versus Packet Switched (PS) Mode

Radio ResourceAllocation/Release CS-Mode End User resource demand End User release resource PS-Mode End User demand Network release

Mobility CS-Mode Handover (Network commanded) dedicated resources in source

and target cell PS-Mode Cell Change (Reselection)

Mobile self sustaining with/withoutNetwork assistance

Traffic resources between targetcell and origin cell (Planning Task)

Handover (Network commanded)(Neither in Public-GSM nor inGSM-R Network/Mobile available)

Application - Prioritybased resourceallocation CS-Mode Dedicated transmission resource

- allocation ranking by pre-emption!

PS-Mode ETCS application typical machine to machine

interaction (location measurementto get track segment permission)

stringent and low delay realtime treatment


GSM-R GPRS/EGPRS3GPP GSM features

Radio ResourceAllocation/Release PS-Mode Delay transmission resource

release by the network

Features: Delayed-DL-TBF (Network) Extended-UL-TBF (Network/Mobile)

Abbreviations DL-Downlink UL-Uplink TBF- Temporary Block Flow

Mobility PS-Mode Reduce Cell Change

(Reselection) time

Feature: Network Assisted Cell Change

(Network/Mobile)

Application - Prioritybased resourceallocation PS-Mode Real Time treatment ETCS

application

Feature: Packet Flow Context

(Network/Mobile)


GSM-RGPRS/EGPRSBearer Service

GSM-R GPRS/EGPRSTest Cases(O-3023v0.73)3GPP Features Delayed DL-TBF Extended-UL-TBF Network Assisted Cell Change Packet Flow Context

TransportProtocol

Traffic Model 1- Limit Train-RBC every 3seconds 49 octets RBC-Train every 6 seconds 319 octets Reflects high GSM-R traffic channel utilisation

Traffic Model 2- Typical Train-RBC every 6seconds 49 octets RBC-Train every 20 seconds 319 octets Reflects medium GSM-R traffic channel utilisation

Mixed Traffic Application dependentbandwidth allocation/reservation Traffic Model 1 Best Effort data stream Traffic Model 2 Best Effort data stream

Number of Mobile Modules1 or 4 concurrent ETCS sessions

GSM-RPS-Bearer

GSM-RCS-Bearer

IP

Mobile Module

HDLC/LAPB

T.70

X.224

TransportTCP or UDP

Adapt.-Layer

Allocation Function

Safety Layer

ETCS-Application

Transport

Network

GPRS

Beare

r Serv

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EGPR

S Bea

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rvice

Test CaseDescription


GPRS/EGPRS Bearer ServiceOptimisation - Testing Procedure

ToolQualification

MeasurementTool

LAB Phase 117 Test Cases

LAB Phase 283 Test Cases

GSMFeatureActivation

Track34 Test Cases

PerformanceReferenceBest Effort

FeaturePerformanceGain

Final-LAB Parameter Timer

Robustness Parameter Timer

GSMFeatureQualification

Radio AccessTechnologyIndependent

Timestampgeneration

Transfer DelayComputation

Traffic ModelEmulation

Control of min.4 concurrentMobile Modules

Reporting

Finished On-goingFinished

Mixed Traffic(ETCS/Non-ETCS)

Automated Cell Change

ETCS Traffic Model Traffic Model 1 Traffic Model 2


GPRS/EGPRS - ETCS Bearer ServiceTest Results

4 concurrent ETCS sessions Confirmed by LAB and

on-going Track testing

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PSM

ode Circuit and Packet Mode

Co-existence guaranteed-Matter of GSM-R capacityplanning

Requires one dedicatedPacket Mode Traffic Channel!

3GPP GSM features improvestransfer delay significantly

(TTD) equal/better thanCS-Mode for ETCS

Recovery of erroneous packetsfaster than in CS-modeT

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mis

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Tran

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Del

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Rob

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CS ETCS

PS ETCS

PS-Mode

PS-Mode

CS-Mode

PS ETCS

PS ETCS

PS ETCS

PS ETCS

PS ETCS


GPRS/EGPRS - ETCS Bearer ServiceConclusions

Can enable (future proof) IPbased communication for ETCS!

(UIC) Measurement-ToolIndependent to Radio Access

Technology --> LTE etc.

GPRS/EGPRScan provide

traffic capacityimprovement!

GPRS/EGPRSEngineeringGuidelines

Specific GPRS/EGPRS timer andalgorithms adjustments are

necessary!

Can improveETCS

transmissionrobustness!

No specific3GPP GSM-Rfeatures are

required!

TransformationBest Effort

QoSTransmission

System


Thank You

for the support of all involved parties!

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