Message Broker Technology for Flexible Signalling Control Daren Wood
Message Broker Technology for Flexible Signalling Control
Daren Wood
Message Broker Technology for Flexible Signalling Control : Will Tomorrow Be More or Less Like TodayDaren Wood
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Introduction: Who are we?
DeltaRail is an independent technology services provider
to the Rail market based in Derby.
Our Signalling Control systems have been operational on
the UK since the 1980’s.
Our latest version, IECC Scalable, is operational on the UK
mainline since March.
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IECC Scalable: System Overview
Message Broker
Controller’s
Workstation
RIFRIFRemote
Interlocking
Interface
Interlocking Interlocking
InterlockingInterlocking
Interlocking Interlocking
Interlocking
System Health
Monitoring
Technicians
Support
Legacy Communications
and Logging
ARSAutomatic Route
Setting
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What is a Message Broker
Publish
Subscribe
Measurement
Consume
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Quiet Revolutions: The Change in Demand
In UK, passenger growth forecast to rise by >40%
Populations are increasingly urbanised, in larger cities
with complex, inter-connected infrastructures
Travel requirements are changing in volume and nature
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Quiet Revolutions: Consuming Information
In 2012, 15bn devices
connected permanently to
Internet, 50bn temp
connected
900m users of one social
media site, inc. 64% of UK
population
Expectations and demand for
information has changed
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More of the Same
Better CheaperFaster
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A Smarter Response
Sensed
Connected
Smart
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IECC Scalable: A Connected Control
Smart
Instrumented
Connected
No boundaries
Regional
Local
Adaptive
Regulated
Fixed
Decide
Do
Instruct
Operations Informed Consumers
IECC Scalable
Message Broker
RIF
InterlockingInterlocking DevicesDevices
Radio Control
InterlockingInterlocking DevicesDevices
Radio ControlRadio Control
IECC Scalable
Message Broker
RIF
Critical
Services
Safety Related
Safety Critical
Other “Things”
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Signalling Control: Preparing for the Future
• The instrumentation of the railway for the railway
• Maintain the core control function
• Plan for change
• Apply imagination
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Get Connected