OPEN TRANSPORT NETWORK: INFORMATION INTEGRATION THROUGH A SINGLE PLATFORM USING FIBRE-OPTICS

Communication transmission capacity is an important requirement for urban transit companies, whether it relates to a metro, a bus terminal control center, or transportation infrastructure that reaches the outskirts of the city. This article examines fiber optic communications as ideal for implementing safety and integration requirements that also provides total control over an operating system by ensuring constant availability of the communications network. The article focuses on the Open Transport Network (OTN) that offers a fiber optic transmission system consisting of nodes located at different sites of a transit company, connected in a ring topology. At each node, a set of interface cards connects the different applications, such as voice, data and video. The interface cards are interchangeable and hot swappable, allowing the system to be reconfigured or upgraded without interruption.

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  International Association of Public Transport (UITP)

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• Authors:
  • Dhooghe, W
  • Baas, H
  • Basto, D
  • Wendling, P
• Publication Date: 2003-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 50-52
• Serial:
  • Public Transport International
  • Volume: 52
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
  • ISSN: 1016-796X
  • Serial URL: http://www.uitp.org/publications/public-transport-magazine.cfm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Fiber optics; Information services; Open systems architecture; Reliability; Telecommunications; Urban transit
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00967907
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 26 2004 12:00AM