E·R·P/CREC-EPC/1/15/B

ETHIOPIAN RAILWAYS CORPORATION

Addis Ababa~Djibouti Railway
LOT 1&2: Sebeta~Adama~Mieso Section
EPC
Conceptual Design

Part XV

Communication

China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (CREEC)

May, 2012
DISCIPLINE DESIGN Wired Chen
PRINCIPAL: Communication Hengbo
Radio Zhou Liao
Communication

SECTION TECHNICAL Sun

PRINCIPAL: Xiangqun
(DEPUTY) CHIEF Wang
ENGINEER: Xuelin
OVERALL DESIGNER: Long
Zongming
DISCIPLINE Long
ENGINEER: Weimin
(DEPUTY) CHIEF Gao
ENGINEER OF CREEC: Jianqiang
 Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Communication ............................................................................................................................... 1
I General....................................................................................................................................................... 1
(I) Study basis, range and year ............................................................................................................. 1
(II) Project overview.............................................................................................................................. 1
II Composition of Communication Network and Selection of Type and Capacity for Main Communication
Equipment ............................................................................................................................................................ 2
(I) Demand analysis of communication business ................................................................................. 2
(II) Location and nature of communication stations.............................................................................. 2
(III) Composition of communication network and selection of type and capacity for main
communication system .............................................................................................................................. 2
III Type and capacity selection, lighting protection and earthing for communication power supply
equipment ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
(I) AC power source and power supply mode ...................................................................................... 6
(II) Selection of type and capacity of power supply equipment ............................................................ 6
(III) Power supply and environmental monitoring system ..................................................................... 7
(IV) Earthing device ............................................................................................................................... 8
(V) Lightening protection ...................................................................................................................... 8
IV Communication lines ................................................................................................................................. 8
(I) Construction scheme of long-distance communication line ............................................................ 8
(II) Protecting and maintaining facilities for long-distance communication line .................................. 9
(III) Communication lines in regions and stations and yards ............................................................... 10
V Principles of interfaces with the design of other disciplines .................................................................... 10
(I) Interface with civil engineering..................................................................................................... 10
(II) Interface with E&M discipline .......................................................................................................11
VI Organization, jurisdiction, housing and personnel quota ..........................................................................11
VII Issues to be settled ....................................................................................................................................11
Attachments ............................................................................................................................................................. 12
I BOQ of Main Works ................................................................................................................................ 12
II BOQ of Main Equipment and Materials ....................................................................................................... 14
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Chapter 1 Communication
I General
(I) Study basis, scope and year
1 Study basis
(1) The General Turnkey EPC Contract for SEBETA-ADAMA-MIESO Section of
Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway Project signed by China Railway Group Limited
and Ethiopia Railways Corporation in October, 2011 (Contract No.:
ET/ERC/CREC/11002).
(2) The Subcontract for Survey and Design of Lot 1 & 2: SEBETA - ADAMA -
MIESO Section of Addis Ababa - Djibouti Railway Project signed between China
Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd (CREEC) and the Addis Ababa -
Mieso Railway Project Management Department of China Railway Group Limited
on February 22, 2012.
2 Study scope
Scope of study is from SEBETA in southwest of ADDIS ABABA, capital of ETHIOPIA,
to MIESO, with a length of 328.959km.
3 Study year
Completion year: 2015; short term: 2025; long term: 2035.
(II) Project overview
1 Route proposal
The line starts from SEBETA to the southwest of Addis Ababa and runs eastwards,
successively passing AKAKI, BISHOFTU, MOJO, ADAMA, METEHARA, AWASH
and reaching MIESO, with a total length of 328.959km. The SEBETA - ADAMA
section is of double track while the ADAMA - MIESO section is of single track.
2 Technical parameters
Scope SEBETA - ADAMA (included) ADAMA (excluded) - MIESO (included)
Track gauge 1435mm 1435mm
Number of main
Double-track Single-track
lines
Minimum radius of
800m 800m
curve
Maximum gradient Ruling grade: 9‰, pusher grade: 18.5‰ Ruling grade: 9‰, pusher grade: 18.5‰
Type of traction Electricity Electricity
Type of locomotive Passenger train, freight train HXD3B Passenger train, freight train HXD3B
Traction mass 3500T 3500T
Length of
receiving-departure 850m (880m for dual-locomotive) 850m (880m for dual-locomotive)
track
Distance between
4.0m /
centers of tracks
Block type Semiautomatic block Semiautomatic block

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II Composition of Communication Network and Selection of Type and

Capacity for Main Communication Equipment
(I) Demand analysis of communication business
Transportation demanding and operation management can be provided with steady,
reliable and smooth means of communication, and also provided with comprehensive
businesses like voice, video and data communication to meet the requirements of high
speed, broad band communication business for railway. SDH transmission system is
suitable to this kind of business, for which has fixed band width and high requirement
on real time and safe transmission.
(II) Location and nature of communication stations
A new communication station- Labu Station will be established.
(III) Composition of communication network and selection of type and capacity for
main communication system
1 Composition of transmission system and selection of its equipment models
(1) Functions required
It is to gather, dispatch and transmit the main business, provide a bearing platform
for access network and other application systems, fulfill the support for the
business in physical level between the stations and the business at data link level,
and meet the demands of accessing, processing and transmission of TDM and
Ethernet business etc.
(2) Networking scheme of the transmission system
The transmission system of the line is structured by the transmission system of the
trunk line level and the transmission system of access level. The trunk line level is
to fulfill the business linking, gathering and dispatching between the major nodes;
the access level is to fulfill business accessing, gathering and switching at the
access points and gathering the business to the trunk line level.
The transmission system of the trunk line establishes an SDH 2.5Gb/s (1+1) MS
system by using the four-core optical fibers in the 32 core optical cables laid along
the railway; the transmission system of the access level establishes an SDH
155Mb/s (1+1) MSP system by using four-core optical fibers in the 32-core optical
cables laid along the railway.
(3) Calculation of the length of SDH 2.5Gb/s optical regenerator section
The Project applies ITU-T G.652.B monomode optical fiber. The working
wavelength of the trunk line transmission system is 1550nm which applies STM-16
L-16.2U optical interface.
Code for Design of Railway Optical Fiber Cable (Cable) Transmission
Engineering, the attenuation limit and dispersion limit of the 1550nm operating
wavelength of the regenerator section in STM-16 equipment shall be calculated.
1) Calculation according to attenuation limit
L=(Ps-Pr-Pp-Mc-Ac*m)/(a0+as/Lf)
where,
L - length of the attenuation limit regeneration section (km)
Ps - optical transmitting power (dBm, as in 1.5 dBm) at termination of the

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light source;
Pr - receiving sensitivity (dBm, as in -25dBm) at termination of service life of
the photo detector
Pp - optical channel power penalty (dB, as in 2dB)
Mc—optical power allowance of optical cable line (dB/regeneration section,
as in 3dB/regeneration section)
Ac - average attenuation of optical fiber connector (dB/location, as in 0.2
dB/location)
m - number of optical fiber connectors (in 2)
a0 - optical fiber attenuation constant (dB/ km, as in 0.22 dB/ km)
as - average attenuation of optical fiber fixing joint (dB/location, as in 0.04
dB/location)
Lf - length of one tray of optical cable (km, as in 1.85 km)
By calculation, the theoretical value of the regeneration section length of the
attenuation limit in the trunk line transmission system is approximately
87.3km.
2) Calculation according to limited dispersion
L=Dmas/D
where,
L - length of regeneration section with limited dispersion (km)
Dmas - the maximum dispersion value allowed in the passage between S and
P (ps/nm, as in 1600 ps/nm)
D - the optical fiber dispersion coefficient in the permissible operating
wavelength (ps/nm*km, as in 18 ps/nm*km)
By calculation, the theoretical value of regeneration section with dispersion
limit in the trunk line transmission system is approximately 88.9km and the
optical regenerator section length of the trunk line transmission system is
calculated to be 88.9km through dispersion limit. The lengths of optical
regenerator sections in the trunk line transmission system are shown in Table
1.Relay distance of super-long sections can be increased by adding dispersion
etc.
Table 1 Optical regenerator sections and their distances
1 labu - adama 98
2 adama - metehara 103
3 metehara - mieso 106
(3) Calculation of the length of 155Mbit/s optical regenerator section
The Project applies ITU-T G.652.B monomode optical fiber. The operating
wavelength of the access network system is 1310nm which applies STM-1 L-1.1
optical interface.
Code for Design of Railway Optical Fiber Cable (Cable) Transmission
Engineering, the calculation is only carried out for 1310nm working wave length
of regeneration section of STM-1 communication equipment, according to limited
attenuation. The regeneration relay distance impacted by dispersion limitation on

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this level of SDH can be ignored.

L=(Ps-Pr-Pp-Mc-Ac*m)/(a0+as/Lf)
where,
L - length of the attenuation limit regeneration section (km)
Ps - optical transmitting power (dBm, -16.5 dBm) at termination of the light source
Pr - receiving sensitivity (dBm, -25) at termination of service life of the
photodetector
Pp - optical channel power penalty (dB, as in 2dB)
Mc - optical power allowance of optical cable line (dB/regeneration section, as in
1dB/regeneration section)
Ac - average attenuation of optical fiber connector (dB/location, as in 0.2
dB/location)
m - number of optical fiber connectors (in 2)
a0 - optical fiber attenuation constant (dB/ km, as in 0.35 dB/ km)
as - average attenuation of optical fiber fixing joint (dB/location, as in 0.05
dB/location)
Lf - length of one tray of optical cable (km, as in 1.85 km)
By calculation, the theoretical value of optical regenerator section of the access
network of this line is approximately 40.1km.
The lengths of the optical regenerator sections in the access network system of the
line are shown in Table 2.For super-long relay sections, optical plate with
maximum average transmission power or L-1.2 optical interface may be adopted so
as to increase relay distance.
Table 2 Optical regenerator sections and their distance
S/N Optical Regenerator Section Length of Optical Regenerator Section (km)
1 Sebeta～Labu 13.521
2 Labu～Indode 18.9
3 Indode～65 section posts 33.5
4 65 section posts～Mojo 23.45
5 Mojo～Adama 22.221
6 Adama～153 traction substations 40.03
7 153 traction substations～Metehara 63.738
8 Metehara～Awash 29.128
9 Awash～Mieso 31.9
10 Awash～Mieso 45.16
(4) SDH 2.5Gb/s (1+1) trunk transmission system
ADM equipment shall be provided at Labu, Adama, Metehara and Mieso, and be
connected with 155Mb/s access devices to protect important passage of access
network system.
(5) SDH 155Mb/s (1+1) access network system
One set of OLT equipment shall be provided at labu communication station, ONU
equipment shall be provided at other railway stations. Access network management
terminal shall be provided at labu for managing the access network system of the
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formed by trunk transmission system and voice, data and image of each station can
also be accessed by this system.
2 Telephone exchange network
(1) Requested function
The telephone exchange system shall meet the demands of fixed voice
communication business of the whole line. It shall also fulfill the businesses such
as voice calling from the access points along the line and the sections to the interior
and the voice calling to the PSTN network etc.
(2) Networking scheme
Labu communication station has new 1000L stored program control exchange.
The newly-added automatic telephone user of this line can access into the SPC
exchange at labu communication station by access network.
3 Dispatch communication system
(1) Requested function
1) It shall provide various voice communication businesses that have the
characteristic of dispatching communication which include but are not limited
to single call, group call, multiple priority call and swift call, so as to meet the
demand of dispatching communication.
2) It shall fulfill calling of fixed users.
3) It shall be capable of the businesses such as special communication, station
communication and inter-station communication etc and capable of accessing
other specialized businesses and data.
(2) System composition and network structure
The specialized digital dispatching communication system consists of the master
units of digital dispatching system, subsets of digital dispatching system,
dispatching console, station duty console and voice recorder etc.
The line has train dispatching telephone, cargo dispatching telephone and traction
power supply dispatching telephone. It applies specialized railway digital
communication system equipment. Labu dispatching room has newly installed
railway specialized digital communication equipment.
4 Mobile communication system
A 450MHz radio train dispatching system will be established to provide wireless
communication between station supervisors, assistant supervisors and train drivers
within the station.
The station supervisor will be equipped with station radio set; locomotive radio station
will be provided on the train. Assistant station supervisor and train guard will be
provided with portable radio set.
5 Inter-station travel telephone and other special-purpose communication system
The inter-station travel telephones are in the digital dispatching system.
The specialized communication systems such as working, electric power, train
management and hydropower employ automatic telephones provided by ONU
equipment for communication, which shall not form into independent communication
systems.

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6 Station (yard) communication system

A station level communication system centered on the station communication
mechanical room is established. The station & yard communication system is
incorporated in the digital dispatching system to form a train travel command system
that is centered on the station operation controllers.
7 Synchronous network
The new clock synchronization system applies master-slave synchronization mode.
The trunk line transmission level SDH equipment receives the required timing signals
from BITS equipment of Labu Communication Station, while the access level SDH
equipment extracts clock signals from the trunk transmission level.
III Type and capacity selection, lighting protection and earthing for
communication power supply equipment
(I) AC power source and power supply mode
1 AC power supply
It is required to consider outer alternating current for communication equipment in each
communication station and station communication machine room based on load of
grade I
2 Power supply mode
DC supply of -48V shall be employed for all equipment of each station and block
station, and the power supply is from high frequency switching power source.
(II) Selection of type and capacity of power supply equipment
1 Wire communication
DC power supply system adopts high frequency switching power equipment and is
equipped with valve regulated sealed battery group, so that it can provide
efficient and reliable -48V DC power to communication subsystem. Communication
equipment of each station of this line is rated as Class-1 load. Standby time of battery in
communication station shall be considered as 1 hour, and that in intermediate station
shall be 3 hours.
See the table for DC power consumption of each subsystem:
Power and
Transmiss Equipm Wireless Load
Serial environme Dispatch DC
ion ent of Swit train curre
Numb Equipment location ntal communica consumpt
equipmen access ch dispatch nt
er monitoring tion system ion (W)
t network ing (A)
system
1 Station (including backbone layer) 1100 400 200 150 300 2150 45
2 Station (other stations) 400 400 200 150 300 1450 30
Communication station
3 1200 1000 3000 600 5800 122
(dispatching station)
(1) Configuration of battery
In case of AC outer power failure, DC power system shall supply DC power for
communication equipment through battery discharge.
Battery capacity based on relevant design and specification: Q≥kIT / η[1+a(t-25)]
Where: k- safety factor, in value of 1.25.
I - load current

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T - hours of discharging: 1 hour in communication station, and 3 hours in

intermediate station
η - discharging capacity coefficient, 0.55 in communication station, and 0.75 in
intermediate station
a - battery temperature coefficient, in value of 0.008
t - minimum environment temperature in the actual location of battery, in value of
15
(2) Configuration of switching power
Switching power source supplies lasting and reliable -48V power for
communication equipment, and meanwhile provide supplementary charging
current of self-discharge for battery group. Rectification modules of switching
power supply shall be backed up in N+1 mode.
Configuration number of rectification modules: M = [(I load +2×I charging)/IR+1]
+ 1(integer part) or
M = [(I load + I charging)/IR+1] + 1(integer part)
Where: I load – load current
IR- rated current of rectification module
I charging – maximum charging current of battery
3) Allowance and needs of future capacity expansion shall be calculated and taken
into full consideration based on the above formula, and detailed configuration
conditions of high frequency switching power and battery group are as follows:
Calculated Switching
Switching
value of Battery power
power supply
S/N Equipment location battery configuration supply
configuration
capacity (group ×Ah) load current
(A)
(Ah) (A)
1 Station (including backbone layer) 108 2×200 45 100
2 Other stations 73 2×150 30 75
3 Communication station 292 2×500 122 300
Therefore, Labu communication station shall be newly equipped with -48V/300A
high frequency switching power equipment and two groups of -48V /500Ah valve
regulating sealed lead acid batteries; station shall be newly provided with
-48V/100A high frequency switching power equipment and two groups of -48V
/200Ah valve regulating sealed lead acid batteries; other stations shall be newly
equipped with -48V/75A high frequency switching power equipment and two
groups of -48V /150Ah valve regulating sealed lead acid batteries.
2 Wireless communication
Locomotive communication equipment adopts 110V DC power supply furnished on the
locomotive.
(III) Power supply and environmental monitoring system
In order to find and eliminate the faults of the switching power supply, guarantee safe
and reliable environment of equipment room, guarantee safet and reliable operation of
the optical communication system and improve the capability of communication
operation and management. The line has the power supply system and environment
monitoring system to centrally monitor and manage the communication power supply
and communication, signal and information machine room.

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Labu communication station has power supply and environment monitoring center
equipment. Each station is newly equipped with field monitoring equipment, and signal
machinery room and information machine room are newly installed with collectors.
Meanwhile, for the terminal server clients such as general maintenance workshops and
information centers etc, the anomalies in the machine rooms in their jurisdiction can be
monitored and managed according to the authorized clients.
The monitoring center mainly summarizes the various information sent from site
monitoring equipment and fulfills data analysis, processing, storage, display, printing,
provides multiple forms of alarm and release control commands to site monitoring
equipment and fulfills the control over equipment on site.
The site monitoring equipment mainly fulfills collection of communication power
supply output/input voltage and current data, provide alarm on rectifier faults, overload,
rectifier output over-voltage and under-voltage, startup, shutdown and resetting, collect
and process the environmental data such as room temperature/humidity, smoke, water
logging, door guard and window guard etc, fulfill local or remote control over the air
conditioner and collect the air conditioning power supply data, exchange data and
information with the center, accept the control commands from the center and fulfill the
related control functions.
(IV) Earthing device
Communication station and the communication machine room beside the line shall have
one grounding body group, including lightening grounding, working grounding and
protective grounding. The grounding resistance of communication station is ≤1Ω and
that of the intermediate station of communication machine rooms is ≤4Ω.
The fixed radio station and antenna shall have grounding devices whose grounding
resistance is ≤10Ω.The working grounding of station radios set is connected to the
integrated grounding of communication machine room.
(V) Lightening protection
The AC power supply input points in the communication machine rooms of the
communication stations and intermediate stations shall have lightening protection and
surge protection devices, so as to guarantee the safety of communication equipment and
maintenance personnel and normal operation of communication equipment and prevent
lightening hazard coming in through the power supply system
When the cables in the areas and stations along the line are connected into the
communication stations/communication machine rooms, the distribution frames/trays
shall be equipped with lightening protection units/protection devices etc to reduce the
hazard of lightening.
IV Communication lines
(I) Construction scheme of long-distance communication line
The type and capacity of long-distance communication line shall be determined
according to the constitution scheme of transmission system, which shall not only
satisfy the short-term requirements, but also consider the long-term development and
reserve certain allowance.
1 Type and capacity selection for long-distance communication lines
(1) Type and capacity selection for optical cable and optical fiber:
1) The requirements on construction method, mechanical strength,
electromagnetic interference protection, lightning protection and anticorrosion

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shall be taken into consideration comprehensively when selecting the type of

optical cable.
The external protective layer of optical cable shall be capable of resisting
water, preventing humidity, resisting corrosion and defending rats and termite,
etc. Ointment shall be adopted for filling so as to prevent moisture from
entering and avoid transmission performance from degradation. It is required
that the cable has the tensile strain capability and the capability of resisting to
side pressure.
This works adopts outdoor communication optical cables with metal stiffener,
loose sheathed strain-type, aluminum-PE bonded sheath, longitudinal wrapped
wrinkle stall armor and polyethylene sheath, i.e.: GYTA53 embedded optical
cables.
2) G.652 optical cable (with the property of double window) is selected for this
line, and it is required that the attenuation of 1310nm wave length shall not be
larger than 0.36db/km, and that of the 1550nm wave length shall not be larger
than 0.22db/km.
3) A cable of GYTA5332B1 is newly laid on this line.
(2) Type and capacity selection of long-distance optical cable
According to the requirements of electrified railway that the shielding factor of
long-distance cable shall be ≤0.1, a low-frequency symmetrical oil-filled cable of
HEYFLT237×4×0.9 is newly laid on this line.
(3) Fiber core of optical cable
Application of lead core of optical cable for the main line
Type of the S/N of the optical Type of the optical
S/N Optical cable
optical cable fiber fiber
1~4 STM-16 transmission system
32-core 5~8 STM-1 transmission system
1 Optical cable 9~10 G.652B Signal block
(newly laid) 11~12 Signal axle counter
13~32 Reserved
(II) Protecting and maintaining facilities for long-distance communication line
(1) Mechanical protection
For optical cables which cross railways and highways, steel tubes shall be adopted
for protection; for those cross access roads, channels and culverts, steel tubes and
cable trough shall be adopted for protection according to the specific condition; for
those laid along the road shoulder, cable trough shall be adopted for protection; for
those laid along the lithic sections and the depth can not satisfy the requirements,
steel tubes and cable trough shall be adopted for protection according to the
specific condition; those cross bridges shall be laid in the reserved cable trough of
the bridge, and those in the station shall be laid in the cable trough of the station.
In order to protect the transmission property of optical fiber, it is required that the
connections and joints of optical fiber shall be with the property of tightness and
easy for opening. All the joints shall be mechanically protected with optical fiber
connector.
(2) Other protections
Metal sheath and metal stiffener at the two sides of the connector for artery optical
cable shall be mutually insulated, and the metal sheath and the metal stiffener at the
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same side shall be electrically connected. The metal sheath of optical cable will not
be earthing. If the optical cable is introduced to the intermediate station, insulating
head shall be made at the end of optical cable.
(3) Maintaining measures
In order to ensure the reliability of artery optical cable, the work amount for
maintaining long-distance communication lines shall be reduced with the
efficiency improved. In this works, long-distance communication optical cable of
oil-filled type is adopted with no gas-filling devices.
(III) Communication lines in regions and stations and yards
1 GYTA538B1 optical cable shall be adopted for electricity consumers such as power
distribution substation and electrified substitution and booth.
2 HYAT53 all-plastic local cable shall be adopted for station yards and regional
communication lines, and HEYFLT23 low-frequency oil-filled symmetrical cable for
infrared axle temperature communication lines. The capacity shall be determined as per
the demands.
V Principles of interfaces with the design of other disciplines
(I) Interface with civil engineering
The contents of the coordination at the interfaces between the disciplines of communication
engineering and civil engineering etc. shall include the cable tray and communication
equipment room etc. necessary for communication lines, and the involved disciplines shall
include bridge, tunnel and housing construction etc.
1 Interface with bridge discipline: The communication cable tray shall be provided at one
side of the bridge.
2 Interface with tunnel discipline: The communication cable tray shall be provided at one
side of the tunnel, and quadrate surplus cable chambers and ground wires shall be set at
a certain space at the bottom of the large refuge platform in the long and large tunnel.
Optic cable joints/reserved hand holes shall be set up, and the steel pipes crossing under
the rail and branching out shall be pre-embedded at hand holes to facilitate
communication optic cable to cross under the rail and branch out.
3 Interface with subgrade discipline: The communication cable trench position shall be
provided at one side of the line, and the steel pipes and cable trays crossing under the
rail and branching out shall be pre-embedded to facilitate the communication cable to
cross under the rail and branch out.
4 Interface with station and yard discipline: The communication cable trench position
shall be reserved at both sides of station and yard from ends of station to starting signal
for station and yard discipline. Both sides at both ends of the platform shall be provided
with two optic cable joints/reserved hand holes with pre-embedded steep pipe crossing
under the rail.
5 Interface with house build discipline: The cable tray shall be provided at both sides of
the station along the line, the branch tray to the communication equipment room shall be
provided, and the optic cable trough needs to be reserved before the communication
equipment room.
The communication discipline shall provide the area and location of the communication
equipment room and the requirements for the equipment room. The house building
discipline shall provide the required equipment room.

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(II) Interface with E&M discipline

1 Signal
Communication discipline shall provide the required 2Mb/s dedicated line, cable cores
and voice communication function for signal discipline.
2 Electricity
The communication discipline shall provide the area, location, power consumption for
communication and electricity application requirements for the communication room.
The electrification discipline shall introduce power to the distribution box of
communication equipment room.
3 HVAC
The communication discipline shall provide area and location of communication
equipment room. The HVAC discipline shall install air conditioners and corresponding
fire prevention facilities.
VI Organization, jurisdiction, housing and personnel quota
The integrated repair and maintenance shop shall be equipped with a communication
work area with appropriate supporting instruments and tool cars, responsible for the
maintenance of communication line and communication equipment, while housing in
construction area and personnel quota will be uniformly proposed by the mechanical
discipline.
Housing used for communication
S/N Location Building area Personnel quota Remarks
1 Communication equipment room 30m2/room
2 Communication station 450 m2 6 persons 1
3 Communication work area 120m2/room 4 persons 4

VII Issues to be settled

It is necessary to further confirm together with Ethiopian Railway Corporation the
engineering interface and interface standard of the communication system of the line
with the public communication network in Ethiopia.

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Attachments
I BOQ of Main Works
BOQ of main works for communication

Qty. Alternative
Qty. (EPC
S/N Item Unit (alternative design - EPC
quotation)
design) contract
I. Communication line km
i. Construction cost km
(I) Long-distance trunk optical cable km
1. Optical cable ditch Ditch km
Cut and fill of 1-2 optic cable (cable)
1 Ditch km 179.989 179.989 0.000
ditch(es), mixed soil, long distance
Cut and fill of 1-2 optic cable (cable)
2 Ditch km 179.989 179.989 0.000
ditch(es), mixed rock, long distance
Cable
4. Laying of optical cable
km
Laying of buried optic cable (≤ 32 cores) in Cable
3 426.24 426.24 0.000
hilly or mountainous area km
Incoming cable (≤ 48 cores) of optic cable
4 communication station and intermediate Nr. 42.000 42.000 0.000
station
5. Optical cable protection yuan 0.000
Buried optical cable (cable) protection, laying
5 m 32726 32726 0
of steel pipe with a diameter ≤ 100mm
Buried optical cable (cable) protection, laying
6 of reinforced concrete duct with a inner width m 65451 65451 0
≤ 180mm
Cable
4. Laying of cable
km
Laying of buried long-distance cable Cable
7 109.085 109.085 0.000
(4×4×0.9) in hilly or mountainous area km
Laying of buried long-distance cable Cable
8 392.715 392.715 0.000
(7×4×0.9) in hilly or mountainous area km
Incoming cable of long-distance cable
9 communication station and intermediate Nr. 20 20 0
station, 7×4×0.9
Erection of wireless train dispatching antenna
10 Nr. 0 8 8
iron tower with a height ≤ 30m, mixed rock
(III) Regional optical cable/cable and those in
km
station and yard
1. Optic cable/cable ditch Ditch km
Cut and fill of 1-2 optic cable (cable)
11 Ditch km 25.2 25.2 0.0
ditch(es), mixed soil, regional
Cut and fill of 1-2 optic cable (cable)
12 Ditch km 10.8 10.8 0.0
ditch(es), mixed rock, regional
2. Optical cable/cable duct km
Laying of 6 plastic communication ducts
13 km 3 3 0
(3×2) in rocky area
14 Placing of hand holes, 90×120 (cm) Nr. 90 90 0
4. Laying of regional optical cable/cable and Cable
those in station and yard km
Cable
(1) Laying of optical cable
km
Laying of buried optic cable (≤ 8 cores) in Cable
15 71 71 0
hilly or mountainous area km

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design) contract
Incoming cable of optic cable communication
16 Nr. 60 60 0
station and intermediate station
(2) Laying of cable Station 0 0
17 Cable in intermediate station Station 10 9 -1
18 Cable in district station Station 1 1 0
5. Optical cable/cable protection yuan 0

Buried optical cable (cable) protection, laying

19 m 7200 7200 0
of steel pipe with a diameter ≤ 100mm
Buried optical cable (cable) protection, laying
20 of reinforced concrete duct with a inner width m 14400 14400 0
≤ 180mm
II. Communication equipment km
(I) Long-distance communication km
Installation and debugging of SDH 2.5Gb/s
1 terminal multiplexer for optical cable Terminal 1 1 0
transmission
Installation and debugging of SDH 2.5Gb/s
2 add drop multiplexer (ADM) for optical cable Terminal 4 3 -1
transmission
Installation and debugging of SDH 155Mb/s
3 add drop multiplexer (ADM) for optical Terminal 25 25 0
transmission
Installation and debugging of the central
4 office equipment for optical transmission Set 1 1 0
access network
Installation and debugging of the network
5 element equipment for optic transmission Set 25 24 -1
access network
Installation and debugging of DWDM/SDH
6 Set 1 1 0
network element management system
Installation and debugging of DWDM/SDH
7 Set 1 1 0
local maintenance terminal
Installation and debugging of access network
8 Set 1 1 0
management system
Installation of electro-integrated leading-in
9 Nr. 11 13 2
cabinet in intermediate station
Installation and debugging of synchronous
10 Set 1 1 0
equipment
11 Erection of optical fiber distribution frame Nr. 1 1 0
12 Erection of digital cable distribution frame Nr. 1 1 0
13 Erection of incoming cable rack Nr. 1 1 0
Erection of intermediate distribution frame
14 Nr. 1 1 0
(cabinet)
15 Erection of column header rack Nr. 3 3 0
16 Installation of test rack Nr. 1 1 0
17 Installation and debugging of PDH Terminal 46 46 0
(II) Communication in section and station &
km
yard
Installation of sectional digital dispatching
18 Set 1 1 0
telephone for main system in station
Installation of sectional digital dispatching
19 Set 13 11 -2
telephone for sub-system in station
Installation of sectional digital dispatching
20 Set 5 5 0
telephone for dispatching console

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Installation of sectional digital dispatching
21 Set 13 11 -2
telephone for duty console
22 Installation of digital recorder Set 13 11 -2
Installation of communication equipment for
23 Station 9 9 0
station and yard in intermediate station
Installation of communication equipment for
24 Station 1 1 0
station and yard in direct station
Installation of automatic/shared/magnetic/call
25 Nr. 360 190 -170
service telephone subset in station and yard
(III) Local communication Nr.
Installation of program-controlled telephone
26 Nr. 1 1 0
exchange, 1000 lines
Installation of main distribution frame, ≤
27 Nr. 1 1 0
2,000 loops
Installation of jumpers for main distribution
28 100 users 10 10 0
frame, laying
Installation of automatic telephone subset in
29 Set 510 410 -100
station and yard
30 (IV) Power supply device Station 0 0
31 Installation of switch power supply, ≤ 300A Nr. 1 1 0
32 Installation of battery cubicle, ≤ 500Ah Group 2 2 0
33 Installation of switch power supply, ≤ 100A Nr. 14 14 0
34 Installation of battery cubicle, ≤ 200Ah Group 28 14 -14
35 Installation of UPS, ≤ 10kVA Set 1 1 0
36 Installation of UPS, ≤ 30kVA Set 1 1 0
Installation of power supply and
37 Set 1 1 0
environmental monitoring central station
Installation of power supply and
38 Set 14 14 0
environmental monitoring substation
Installation of lightning arrester for
39 Set 1 1 0
equipment in communication station
Installation of lightning arrester for
40 Set 13 14 1
equipment in station
(V) Other communication yuan
Instruments and meters for communication
41 Set 1 1 0
station
Instruments and meters in work area of
42 Set 3 3 0
communication
(VI) Radio communication Station
43 Installation of station radio set Set 8 8
44 Installation of omnidirectional antenna Set 8 8
45 Installation of lightning arrester Set 8 8
46 Installation of portable station Set 38 38
Installation of wireless train dispatching
47 Set 2 2
switchboard
Instruments and meters in wireless inspection
48 and repair work area for wireless train Set 1 1
dispatching
49 Installation of monitoring switchboard Set 2 2

II BOQ of Main Equipment and Materials

BOQ of main equipment and materials for wired communication
Qty. Conceptual
Qty. (EPC
S/N Item Unit (alternative design - EPC
quotation)
design) contract

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Qty. (EPC
S/N Item Unit (alternative design - EPC
quotation)
design) contract
Cable
1 Buried optical cable, 8 cores 71 71 0
km
Cable
2 Buried optical cable, 32 cores 426.24 426.24 0.000
km
Cable
3 Buried long-distance cable, 3×4×0.9 109.085 109.085 0.000
km
Cable
4 Buried long-distance cable, 4×4×0.9 392.715 392.715 0.000
km
SDH 2.5Gb/s terminal multiplexer for optical
5 Terminal 1 1 0
cable transmission
SDH 2.5Gb/s add drop multiplexer (ADM)
6 Terminal 4 3 -1
for optical cable transmission
SDH 155Mb/s add drop multiplexer (ADM)
7 Terminal 25 25 0
for optical cable transmission
Central office equipment for optical
8 Set 1 1 0
transmission access network
Network element equipment for optical
9 Set 25 24 -1
transmission access network
DWDM/SDH network element management
10 Set 1 1 0
system
11 DWDM/SDH local maintenance terminal Set 1 1 0
Network management system of access
12 Set 1 1 0
network
Electro-integrated leading-in cabinet in
13 Nr. 11 13 2
intermediate station
14 Synchronous equipment Set 1 1 0
15 Optical fiber distribution frame Nr. 1 1 0
16 Digital distribution frame Nr. 1 1 0
17 Incoming cable rack Nr. 1 1 0
18 Intermediate distribution frame (cabinet) Nr. 1 1 0
19 Column header rack Nr. 3 3 0
20 Test rack Nr. 1 1 0
21 PDH Terminal 46 46 0
Sectional digital dispatching telephone for
22 Set 1 1 0
main system in station
Sectional digital dispatching telephone for
23 Set 13 11 -2
sub-system in station
Sectional digital dispatching telephone for
24 Set 5 5 0
dispatching console
Sectional digital dispatching telephone for
25 Set 13 11 -2
duty console
26 Digital recorder Set 13 11 -2
Communication equipment for station and
27 Station 9 9 0
yard in intermediate station
Communication equipment for station and
28 Station 1 1 0
yard in direct station
Automatic/shared/magnetic/call service
29 Nr. 360 190 -170
telephone subset in station and yard
Program-controlled telephone exchange,
30 Nr. 1 1 0
1000 lines
31 Main distribution frame, ≤ 2,000 loops Nr. 1 1 0
100
32 Jumpers for main distribution frame, laying 10 10 0
users
Automatic telephone subset in station and
33 Set 510 410 -100
yard

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34 Switch power supply, ≤ 300A Nr. 1 1 0
35 Battery cubicle, ≤ 500Ah Group 2 2 0
36 Switch power supply, ≤ 100A Nr. 14 14 0
37 Battery cubicle, ≤ 200Ah Group 28 14 -14
38 UPS, ≤ 10kVA Set 1 1 0
39 UPS, ≤ 30kVA Set 1 1 0
Power supply and environmental monitoring
40 Set 1 1 0
central station
Power supply and environmental monitoring
41 Set 14 14 0
substation
Lightning arrester for equipment in
42 Set 1 1 0
communication station
43 Lightning arrester for equipment in station Set 13 14 1
Instruments and meters for communication
44 Set 1 1 0
station
Instruments and meters in work area of
45 Set 3 3 0
communication
46 Station radio set Set 8 8
47 Omnidirectional antenna Set 8 8
48 Lightning arrester Set 8 8
49 Portable station Set 38 38
50 Wireless train dispatching switchboard Set 2 2
Instruments and meters in wireless inspection
51 and repair work area for wireless train Set 1 1
dispatching
52 Monitoring switchboard Set 2 2

Ⅲ Communication Network Diagram

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