Author(s)

Hassanein H. Amer, Magdi S. Moustafa, Mai Ibrahim, Ramez M. Daoud

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Electronics Engineering Department, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.

In this paper, a novel reconfiguration technique is developed in the context of a fault-tolerant Networked Control System (NCS) in two train wagons. All sensors, controllers and actuators in both wagons are connected on top of a single Gigabit Ethernet network. The network also carries wired and wireless entertainment loads. A Markov model is used to prove that this reconfiguration technique reduces the effect of a failure in the error detection and switching mechanisms on the reliability of the control function. All calculations are based on closed-form solutions and verified using the SHARPE software package.

Fault-Tolerance, Gigabit Ethernet, Markov Model, Train Control Network, Reliability, Coverage, Transportation Systems, Ethernet in Control

Amer, H. , Moustafa, M. , Ibrahim, M. and Daoud, R. (2011) Error Detection and Reconfigurationin Reliable Ethernet Train Networks. Journal of Transportation Technologies, 1, 116-122. doi: 10.4236/jtts.2011.14015.