Low-Power Wide-Area Networks in Intelligent Transportation: Review and Opportunities for Smart-Railways

Dirnfeld, Ruth; Flammini, Francesco; Marrone, Stefano; Nardone, Roberto; Vittorini, Valeria

doi:10.1109/itsc45102.2020.9294535

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“…Radio channel modelling was proposed in [112] to facilitate the design of a novel communication system that is suitable for high-speed railways and to assess its performance under realistic operating conditions. Some recent advances in wireless communication technologies that could be applicable in future smart railways include (i) intelligent self-powered sensor nodes [113] and related communication systems for the condition monitoring of freight wagons [114], (ii) stochastic modelling [115] and the application of radio-over-optical fibre communications [116] aimed at improving wideband communications in high-speed railways, (iii) energy-efficient communication protocols [117] and wide-area networks (WANs) in intelligent transportation [118] includ-ing the IoT paradigm [119], and (iv) the development of effective high-throughput wireless networks for railways using 5G communication technologies [120].…”

Section: State Of the Art In Communication Systems In Railwaysmentioning

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An Overview of Current Challenges and Emerging Technologies to Facilitate Increased Energy Efficiency, Safety, and Sustainability of Railway Transport

Kljaić,

Pavković,

Cipek

et al. 2023

Future Internet

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This article presents a review of cutting-edge technologies poised to shape the future of railway transportation systems, focusing on enhancing their intelligence, safety, and environmental sustainability. It illustrates key aspects of the energy-transport-information/communication system nexus as a framework for future railway systems development. Initially, we provide a review of the existing challenges within the realm of railway transportation. Subsequently, we delve into the realm of emerging propulsion technologies, which are pivotal for ensuring the sustainability of transportation. These include innovative solutions such as alternative fuel-based systems, hydrogen fuel cells, and energy storage technologies geared towards harnessing kinetic energy and facilitating power transfer. In the following section, we turn our attention to emerging information and telecommunication systems, including Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and fifth generation New Radio (5G NR) networks tailored for railway applications. Additionally, we delve into the integral role played by the Industrial Internet of Things (Industrial IoT) in this evolving landscape. Concluding our analysis, we examine the integration of information and communication technologies and remote sensor networks within the context of Industry 4.0. This leveraging of information pertaining to transportation infrastructure promises to bolster energy efficiency, safety, and resilience in the transportation ecosystem. Furthermore, we examine the significance of the smart grid in the realm of railway transport, along with the indispensable resources required to bring forth the vision of energy-smart railways.

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Section: State Of the Art In Communication Systems In Railwaysmentioning

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An Overview of Current Challenges and Emerging Technologies to Facilitate Increased Energy Efficiency, Safety, and Sustainability of Railway Transport

Kljaić,

Pavković,

Cipek

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“…The caused problems by increased traffic can be divided into three categories: traffic congestion (delay and fuel prices increment), safety (accidents and emergencies), and pollution (air pollution increment) [115]. IoT development has become a new opportunity for the elimination of transportation problems by introducing smart transportation [116]. Smart transportation develops a wide variety of sensors to gather information about the roads, vehicles, and drivers.…”

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GNSS-Free Outdoor Localization Techniques for Resource-Constrained IoT Architectures: A Literature Review

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Large-scale deployments of the Internet of Things (IoT) are adopted for performance improvement and cost reduction in several application domains. The four main IoT application domains covered throughout this article are smart cities, smart transportation, smart healthcare, and smart manufacturing. To increase IoT applicability, data generated by the IoT devices need to be time-stamped and spatially contextualized. LPWANs have become an attractive solution for outdoor localization and received significant attention from the research community due to low-power, low-cost, and long-range communication. In addition, its signals can be used for communication and localization simultaneously. There are different proposed localization methods to obtain the IoT relative location. Each category of these proposed methods has pros and cons that make them useful for specific IoT systems. Nevertheless, there are some limitations in proposed localization methods that need to be eliminated to meet the IoT ecosystem needs completely. This has motivated this work and provided the following contributions: (1) definition of the main requirements and limitations of outdoor localization techniques for the IoT ecosystem, (2) description of the most relevant GNSS-free outdoor localization methods with a focus on LPWAN technologies, (3) survey the most relevant methods used within the IoT ecosystem for improving GNSS-free localization accuracy, and (4) discussion covering the open challenges and future directions within the field. Some of the important open issues that have different requirements in different IoT systems include energy consumption, security and privacy, accuracy, and scalability. This paper provides an overview of research works that have been published between 2018 to July 2021 and made available through the Google Scholar database.

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“…Yet, the future trajectory of railway systems is profoundly influenced by national and corporate strategies, with substantial innovation unfolding in practical engineering contexts. Furthermore, most studies remain confined to isolated fields, like communication systems (Dirnfeld, Flammini, Marrone, Nardone, & Vittorini, 2020) or AI applications in maintenance (Pappaterra, 2022), leaving a void in a comprehensive exploration of the current state and vision for intelligent high-speed railways.…”

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Current state and predicted technological trends in global railway intelligent digital transformation

Li,

Xue,

Shao

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PurposeIn recent years, railway systems worldwide have faced challenges such as the modernization of engineering projects, efficient management of intelligent digital railway equipment, rapid growth in passenger and freight transport demands, customized transport services and ubiquitous transport safety. The transformation toward intelligent digital transformation in railways has emerged as an effective response to the formidable challenges confronting the railway industry, thereby becoming an inevitable global trend in railway development.Design/methodology/approachThis paper, therefore, conducts a comprehensive analysis of the current state of global railway intelligent digital transformation, focusing on the characteristics and applications of intelligent digital transformation technology. It summarizes and analyzes relevant technologies and applicable scenarios in the realm of railway intelligent digital transformation, theoretically elucidating the development process of global railway intelligent digital transformation and, in practice, providing guidance and empirical examples for railway intelligence and digital transformation.FindingsDigital and intelligent technologies follow a wave-like pattern of continuous iterative evolution, progressing from the early stages, to a period of increasing attention and popularity, then to a phase of declining interest, followed by a resurgence and ultimately reaching a mature stage.Originality/valueThe results offer reference and guidance to fully leverage the opportunities presented by the latest wave of the digitalization revolution, accelerate the overall upgrade of the railway industry and promote global collaborative development in railway intelligent digital transformation.

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Low-Power Wide-Area Networks in Intelligent Transportation: Review and Opportunities for Smart-Railways

Cited by 14 publications

References 49 publications

An Overview of Current Challenges and Emerging Technologies to Facilitate Increased Energy Efficiency, Safety, and Sustainability of Railway Transport

An Overview of Current Challenges and Emerging Technologies to Facilitate Increased Energy Efficiency, Safety, and Sustainability of Railway Transport

GNSS-Free Outdoor Localization Techniques for Resource-Constrained IoT Architectures: A Literature Review

Current state and predicted technological trends in global railway intelligent digital transformation

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