Title Mirroring futures: MCX vs FRMCS
Author Alvarez, R
Conference CORE 2021: Collaborating to Master Complexity: Conference on Railway Excellence, 21-23 June 2021, Perth, WA, Australia
Publication Date 2021
Location ARRB library
Abstract In the last 6 years, railway operators around the world have started to deploy new radio networks based on advanced radio mobile (LTE). Some of these implementations have followed the Mission-Critical Services (MCX) standards defined by 3GPP Releases 13 and 14; these are currently supporting railway operational voice services and Automatic Train Control applications. At the same time, the International Railway Union (UIC) has been working in defining a Future Railway Mobile Communications System (FRMCS) as part of 3GPP Release 16 standards. FRMCS is planned to become the official successor technology of GSM-R as the standard radio bearer for ETCS. This paper will explore the relationship between these two mobile radio sets of standards, their differences and similarities, potential migration paths between them and the extent at which the 5G roadmap will impact either of them.
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Subjects Radio
Transport network
Mobile phone
Telecommunications
Internet
Intelligent transport systems (ITS)
Infrastructure