Huawei Railway Communication Service Solution Guide Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Keywords Railway transport, service solution, subsystem, design,, solution implementation Abstract Huawei Railway Communication Service solution consists of five service modules, design, solution implementation,, training, and customer support. Each module contains several sub service modules and aims to provide customers with digital rail transport experience that features high reliability, efficiency, and security. Table of Acronyms and Abbreviations Acronyms and Abbreviations CCTV elte EMC FAS GSM-R PA PECU PHP PICO PIDS RAMS SMS VMS Full Name Closed-circuit Television Enterprise Long Term Evolution Electromagnetic Compatibility Fixed Users Access Switching Global System for Mobile Communications - Railway Public Address Passenger Emergence Call Unit Passenger Help Point Post Installation Check-Out Passenger Information Display System Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety Short Message System Voice Message System Page 2 of 12
Contents 1 Overview of the Rail Transport Industry... 4 1.1 Introduction... 4 1.2 Service Scope... 4 1.3 Service Highlights... 5 1.4 Service Values... 5 2 Design Service... 6 2.1 Purpose... 6 2.2 Contents... 6 2.2.1 Site Survey... 6 2.2.2 Subsystem Design... 6 2.2.3 Integration and Verification... 7 2.2.4 Test Bed... 7 2.2.5 EMC and RAMS... 7 3 Implementation Service... 8 3.1 Purpose... 8 3.2 Contents... 8 3.2.1 Subsystem Implementation... 8 3.2.2 Civil Engineering... 9 4 Optimization Service... 10 4.1 Purpose...10 4.2 Contents...10 4.2.1 Wireless Network Optimization...10 4.2.2 Multi-service Bearer Network Optimization... 11 5 Training Service... 11 5.1 Purpose... 11 5.2 Contents... 11 6 Customer Support Service... 12 6.1 Purpose...12 6.2 Contents...12 Page 3 of 12
1 Overview of the Railway Transport Industry 1.1 Introduction Informatization is an important means of accelerating the growth of the railway transport industry. As the coverage of railway transport networks expands and the railway transport capacity that is needed to accommodate the development of economy and society is continuously on the rise, the railway transport industry urgently needs to improve its ability to operate railway transport systems. Overview of Huawei Railway Communication Service solution The major service functions provided by Huawei Railway Communication Service solution are as follows: 1. System service bearing 2. Automatic upload of train maintenance data 3. Display of passenger information 4. Video surveillance 5. Public address (PA) 6. Radio systems 1.2 Service Scope Huawei Railway Communication Service solution provides a number of ICT architectural deliverables for the communication systems of customers. The major contents of the solution are as follows: Design service Page 4 of 12
Implementation service Optimization service Training service Customer support service 1.3 Service Highlights Services provided by Huawei Railway Communication solution have the following highlights: Professional: Service planning and design are conducted by professional designers following standard design processes and using detailed design templates, which facilitate optimal design and results of implementation. Comprehensive: The services cover the major subsystems of the railway transport communication system, including voice and data bearer subsystem, video monitoring subsystem, dispatch subsystem, clock subsystem, and vehicle-mounted station subsystem. Integrated: The solution provides customers with all-round and end-to-end railway transport communication services ranging from preliminary planning and design to integrated implementation and system. 1.4 Service Values The major values of the services provided by Huawei Railway Communication solution are as follows: Maximum satisfaction of customer needs Reduced construction costs Rapid capacity expansion and service deployment High availability (HA) systems that comply with the industry standards During the phases of system design, hardware installation, and project delivery, Huawei fully complies with the RAMS and EMC plans to ensure that the system meets the railway transport industry's high requirements on security, reliability, and maintainability. Page 5 of 12
2 Design Service 2.1 Purpose Railway transport industry requires complex infrastructural construction, which involves a number of complicated systems, such as civil engineering, rails, electric power, signal, and communication. Through effective, professional, and comprehensive design services, Huawei can ensure the ultimate achievement of various technologic and business goals, and help customers improve their return on investment. 2.2 Contents Major contents of the design service include site survey, subsystem design, integration and verification, test bed, EMC, and RAMS. 2.2.1 Site Survey Site survey refers to the on-site research that is performed before detailed design can be provided. Site survey is a critical factor for ensuring the practicality and feasibility of subsequent designs and delivery. The service mainly involves survey of the physical environment of the site and survey of the equipment room conditions. The major factors involved in a physical environment survey include radio frequency interference along railway lines, height of buildings along railway lines, installation positions of cameras used in the video monitoring subsystem, and network coverage, etc. The major factors involved in an equipment room condition survey include floor area, height, supporting facilities, and heating & ventilation facilities, etc. 2.2.2 Subsystem Design Based on the requirements listed in the tendering document, and by considering industry standards and customers' needs, Huawei provides a complete set of railway transport subsystem designs that are technically feasible. The subsystem design service involves high level design (HLD), low level design (LLD), and engineering design of the following subsystems: GSM-R, elte, transmission, data communication, telephone, integrated network management, video surveillance, audio recording, dispatch, onboard station, public address (PA), passenger information display system (PIDS), fixed user access switching (FAS), passenger help point (PHP), clock, network power supply, short message service (SMS), and voice message system (VMS). HLD LLD Engineering design The major contents of an HLD include customer needs identification, supplier evaluation and selection, and equipment selection. The major contents of an LLD include device model, board type, physical network topology, logical network topology, interconnection parameters, protocol parameters, radio coverage simulation, and device performance. The major contents of an engineering design include detailed construction drawings and as-built drawings for each subsystem. Page 6 of 12
2.2.3 Integration and Verification Based on the requirements of a customer, Huawei performs interface connectivity tests, service simulation, and functional verifications on equipment and networking schemes. Such integration and verification service ensures the proper functioning of equipment and designs, helps identify technical problems, and verifies that products and network architecture can help the customer achieve the expected business and technologic results. Test case preparation: Based on the customer's requirements set in the tendering documents and contracts, Huawei designs equipment factory acceptance test (FAT) cases. Once approved by the customer, the FAT cases will become the major reference for implementing factory acceptance. FAT organization: Schedules FAT trips for customers, arranges accommodations and meals, and makes FAT plans according to the requirements specified in the contract. The equipment provider is responsible for producing the involved equipment and preparing the FAT site. Joint acceptance test: Works with customers to perform the FAT cases that have been approved by both sides and ensures that the test results are accepted and signed by customers. 2.2.4 Test Bed The test bed service can provide customers with 100% mirroring for communication subsystems. Customers can purchase Huawei products to set up a test bed, on which they can simulate various operations, such as service cutover, software upgrade, hardware upgrade, and system commissioning. The test bed service provides reliable and authentic reference to customers before they decide to perform operations on their commercial networks. This service greatly reduces the operational risks of customers' networks, allowing them to achieve excellence in business operations. 2.2.5 EMC and RAMS Huawei Railway Communication Service solution complies with the latest process standards in the industry. The whole design process is controlled through EMC and RAMS plans, which ensure that the design service meets the highest industry standards applicable to customers. Page 7 of 12
3 Implementation Service 3.1 Purpose After customers have confirmed the HLD and LLD designs and construction drawings, Huawei provides the solution implementation service to help them install, configure, commission, and integrate and verify the systems involved in the related rail transport solutions. Customers verify and accept the implementation results to ensure that the requirements specified in the tendering documents and contracts are satisfied. 3.2 Contents The railway communication implementation service mainly involves subsystem implementation and civil engineering. 3.2.1 Subsystem Implementation The major contents of subsystem implementation include hardware installation, single site commissioning, and system acceptance. Hardware installation includes the following service items: 1. Hardware installation: Hardware installation of major devices, grounding, etc. 2. Cabling work: Routing of cables that are delivered with devices, such as signal cables, power cables, and grounding cables. 3. Equipment power-on: After hardware installation and cabling work have been done and the power supplies meet the specifications of the equipment, power-on operations are performed. Single site commissioning includes the following service items: 1. System parameters configuration: Basic parameters are configured for the major devices and boards to ensure proper functioning of equipment. 2. Single site commissioning: To test the quality of cables and system functions, the equipment configuration service is tested. 3. Single system commissioning: Network-wide joint commissioning is performed on the servers and major devices that are included in a single system to ensure that the related subsystems work properly and meet the requirements specified in the tendering documents and contracts. Service acceptance service consists of system acceptance testing, system integration testing, system performance testing, system trial running, and other activities critical to the proper functioning of a system. Page 8 of 12
3.2.2 Civil Engineering Civil engineering service (optional) mainly refers to civil engineering activities for radio systems and transmission subsystems. Typical activities include tower erection, ditching, and deployment of optical cables. Page 9 of 12
4 Optimization Service 4.1 Purpose Due to the slight differences between on-site projects (or the actual situation of service) and design solutions, the existing network conditions, especially the Wi-Fi coverage, network, and video monitoring systems, should be optimized to meet the demands of customers or services in terms of performance and coverage. Such is called network service, and is normally conducted after customers have approved the technical designs and the projects have been implemented. 4.2 Contents Sub-service modules of service are as follows Wireless network Multi-service bearer network 4.2.1 Wireless Network Optimization Generally speaking, after the project implementation, items in the following table would undergo comprehensive performance to improve the performance and reliability of involved radio subsystems. GSM-R network elte network Entire network Voice service Voice service application faults Entire network Voice service Voice service application faults Coverage Interference Handover Modification of the entire network performance based on capacity assessment Traffic measurement KPI Voice service application faults Traffic measurement KPI Voice service application faults Coverage Interference Handover Modification of the entire network performance based on capacity assessment Traffic measurement KPI Voice service application faults Traffic measurement KPI Voice service application faults Page 10 of 12
4.2.2 Multi-service Bearer Network Optimization In the event of modifications to designs or changes in the on-site environmental conditions after the project implementation, gaps may exist between actual implementation and design specifications. In this case, the related network subsystems (IP network systems and transmission systems) should be optimized. IP network Transmission network subsystem QoS System redundancy Device-level protection Network-level protection Networking topology Service bandwidth The QoS for one particular service can help ensure that the SLAs of different services are met. System redundancy could be realized by means of double uplinks, stacking, etc. The system RAMS requirements can be satisfied by optimizing device-level protection configuration. The system RAMS requirements can be satisfied by optimizing network-level protection configuration. The system RAMS requirements can be satisfied by modifying the networking topology, for example, changing 1+1 MSP chains to MSP rings or SNCP rings. The requirements for real-time bearing of HD videos can be satisfied by modifying the bandwidth of the CCTV subsystem. 5 Training Service 5.1 Purpose To help customers better utilize and maintain Huawei-provided and third-party devices and services, Huawei provides multi-dimensional training services to customers, including product training, system training, and customized training. 5.2 Contents Sub-service modules of service are as follows Product training System training Customized training Page 11 of 12
6 Customer Support Service 6.1 Purpose To ensure that customers' network devices operate properly and that services can be restored timely when faults occur, Huawei provides customer support service for both Huawei-developed and third-party devices. 6.2 Contents Sub-service modules of service are as follows Spare parts service On-site service Remote online service Page 12 of 12