Huawei, a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, and DB Systel, subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn and one of the leading providers of ICT services in Germany, today jointly announced that DB Systel has acquired a modern IP core based GSM-Railway (GSM-R) system from Huawei. The system will be used in DB Systel' s test laboratory to examine future-oriented network architectures for GSM-R, an international wireless communications standard for railway communication and applications.
With this acquisition, DB Systel plans to conduct product and interoperability testing to examine interactions between Huawei' s GSM-R equipment with existing architectures in the GSM-R network. High-speed rail transportation requires a communications system with a high-level of safety and stability. From the IP based core network to the access network, Huawei offers multiple design solutions providing market leading redundancy concepts for reliable GSM-R systems. Huawei is one of the key players in the development of modern IP based cellular systems, such as LTE, which experts consider to be a potential successor to GSM-R technology.
In April 2009, Huawei successfully launched its GSM-R communication system for the Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan passenger transport railway, which can reach speeds of up to 250 km/h and covers 189.93 km throughout China. The Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan railway includes the longest tunnel in Asia, the 28 km Taihang double-tube tunnel. Huawei' s GSM-R solution solved the coverage problems previously experienced inside super long tunnels. By the end of 2009, more than 4,000 km of railway lines have been contracted to Huawei. In January 2010, Huawei was selected by UGL for the delivery of a GSM-R system to RailCorp NSW, Australia. This digital train radio system will cover 1,455 km of track, stables and rail sidings and 70 km of rail tunnels across the Sydney metropolitan rail network.
"Optimizing new telecommunication systems of different vendors for railway purposes is a core business within our test lab and necessary to provide market overview" said Wolfgang Klein, Head of Systems Engineering and Network Operations of DB Systel.
"We are confident that Huawei' s innovative GSM-R solution will meet DB Systel' s requirements and will help them in their mission to examine interactions between state-of-the-art system architectures of Huawei with architectures already implemented by DB Systel' ' said Tan Zhu, director of Wireless Marketing Huawei Europe.
Huawei began researching GSM-R technologies in 2001. The company completed the world's first GSM-R tests at high-speeds of 430 km/h on the Shanghai Maglev Railway in 2006. Huawei has subsequently become one of a few end-to-end GSM-R solution suppliers in the world. Its GSM-R solution fully complies with the latest European Integrated Railway Radio Enhanced Network (EIRENE) specifications and requirements, and has been certified by Lloyd' s Register.
About DB Systel
DB Systel GmbH with its head offices in Frankfurt am Main and 5,000 employees is one of the leading providers of ICT services in Germany. A subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, DB System covers the entire life cycle of IT and CT solutions from specialist analysis to strategic planning and development right through to operation and optimisation. The company' s revenues in 2008 were approximately EUR 815 million.
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