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THE BASIC DESORES ON INTELLIGENT RAILWAY INFORMATION SYSTEM

Yan Yusong Professor College of Computer Science and Technology Sichuan Normal University Chengdu610068,Sichuan,China Fax:+86-28-84761994 Email:Yanyusong@263.net Abstract:In this paper, the basic concept of Intelligent Railway Information System(IRIS) will be given. The characteristics of intelligent railway information and the basic characters of IRIS will be pointed out. The functions of IRIS will also be brought forward. The basic buildup and the general structure of IRIS will be given, too. Several suggestions on developing IRIS in China will be put forward at last. Keywords:Intelligent Railway System,Intelligent Railway Information System,the basic buildup,the general structure 1.THE BASIC CONCEPT OF INTELLIGENT RAILWAY INFORMATION SYSTEM Intelligent Railway System(IRS) is a generic name of advanced new intelligent railway transportation system. It's also an intelligent stage of railway development. IRS is a systematization and intelligence for the plan, dedgfdsign, construction, operation and management of railway transportation system. IRS is also a railway transportation system in which the intelligence of railway transportation management and organization will be realized according to the advanced information techniques and effective transport management means. The maximum transport capacities and the highest transport efficiencies with the minimum costs will also be gotten in IRS. IRS relates to very extensive fields. With the parallelism of ITS, the basic buildup of IRS can be indicated as Figure 1.
Intelligent Railway System

Intelligent Transportation Management System

Intelligent Train Control System

Intelligent Transportation Facilities Management System

Intelligent Transportation Information System

Intelligent User Information System

Intelligent Transportation Safety Management System

Figure 1. The Basic Buildup of IRS

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Intelligent Railway Information System(IRIS) is a system which deals with all kinds of information about intelligent railway system(IRS). It includes collection, delivering, storing, processing, using, maintenance of intelligent railway information. IRIS is an organic whole system which consisting of sub-systems Management Information System of IRS and linking by modern communication equipments and lines. IRIS will share system network resources with the help of perfect network software. From the basic buildup of Intelligent Railway System, we know that IRIS is the foundation and core of IRS. IRS cannot exert its function without perfect IRIS. Perfect and efficient IRIS promotes application and development of IRS. 2. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF INTELLIGENT RAILWAY INFORMATION Compared with information in other fields, the main characteristics of intelligent railway information are listed as below: The amount of intelligent railway information is very great because IRIS involves various aspects of IRS and the amount of everydays operating locomotives&vehicles is very great. IRIS is a work system spreading in a great scope. IRIS has many information sources and distributes wide districts. The change of intelligent railway information is very fast. The worth of intelligent railway information decelerates quickly, much intelligent railway information request real-time. This means that the collection, delivering and processing of intelligent railway information must be quick. The categories of intelligent railway information are numerous. Not only there are many kinds of information within IRS, but also there are much information from other relative system, such as highway transport system, logistics system etc. which make the collection and processing of intelligent railway information more difficult. 3. THE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF IRIS IRIS is a customer-machine system orient to the management. Customer and machine must exchange information continuously and its a system that customer and machine handle intelligent railway information each other. IRIS is set up to meet the demands of the operation, management, organization of IRS, so IRIS is orient to management. But IRIS can not do everything. So we must distinguish the activities done by IRIS with the activities done by the person. IRIS has a character of distributed handling data because. IRS is a distributed on the geography position, so IRIS is also a distributed system and the corresponding databases are also distributed. IRIS is an open system. IRIS is an organic composed element of the whole transport and traffic system. IRIS must communicate with other related information system in order to satisfy the competition in transport market. IRIS must be an open system. IRIS is a system who leeches on to and different from other sub-systems of IRS. As the person's nervous system is distributed in each organ of all body, IRIS permeates each section of IRS.
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IRIS is a scale-benefit system. IRIS engages in the harmony of whole IRS. The greater IRS is, the more great effects IRIS takes, the more benefit improving IRIS can be obtained. 4. THE ROLES OF IRIS IRIS is the foundation of IRS. IRS is an integrated great system mainly for the organization and controlling of railway transportation, which involves every aspect and every department of railway transportation. So, the amount of information and the kinds of information are both great. Otherwise, the information of IRS must be dynamic and real-time. The information of IRS is widely distributed in different areas. In such large system, IRIS makes foundation role. IRIS is the core of IRS. IRS is an organic whole with exercising regulation itself. By the collection, storage, transmitting and processing, the information of IRIS become the basis of management and decision-making of IRS. The information of IRIS make organization role, controlling role and coordination role in IRS. IRIS is the reliability and effectivity guarantee of IRS. If intelligent railway information go wrong, then the organization, controlling and coordination of IRS will make mistakes. If the IRIS breaks down, then the IRS will sink into paralysis. IRIS plays guarantee role in IRS. 5. THE BASIC BUILDUP OF IRIS As showed in Figure 2, IRIS is made up of six sub-systems, which is called Intelligent Railway Transportation Management Information System(IRTMIS), Intelligent Railway User Information Service System(IRUISS), Intelligent Railway Trains Running-Control Information System(IRTRCIS), Intelligent Railway Facilities Management Information System(IRFMIS), Intelligent Railway Safety Management Information System(IRSMIS) and Intelligent Railway Outside- Connected Information System(IROCIS).
Intelligent railway information system

Intelligent Railway User Information Service System

Intelligent Railway Facilities Management Information System

Intelligent Railway OutsideConnected Information System

Intelligent Railway Transportation Management Information System

Intelligent Railway Trains Running- Control Information System

Intelligent Railway Safety Management Information System

Figure 2. The Buildup of IRIS

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IRTMIS is the core of IRIS. Usually, it is responsible for offering the whole transport information and server to all the personnel in railway. TMIS is the principal part of IRTMIS, and it includes the financial management information system, plan and statistics management information system, locomotive-using management information system, power-supply and water-supply management information system, vehicle-using management information system, engineering management information system, materials management information system and office automation system. IRUISS includes freight transport service system, passenger booking-ticket system, passenger guidance and service system, passenger and freight transport consulting system etc., IRUISS faces the passengers and users, provides the passenger and freight service information on time and accurately. So it can meet the demands of the passengers and users comfortably. IRTRCIS is a main constitute part of IRIS. IRTRCIS provides the condition information on train operation and its outsider environment, provides the trains decision-making information and trains adjusting information. Still, IRTRCIS realizes automatic or semi-automatic controlling of trains running and makes the trains running keeping higher speed, shorter interval and more safety. IRFMIS aims at managing the transport facilities efficiently, offers the status information, maintaining information, and management information of the transport facilities. IRFMIS includes the railway line facilities management information system (include bridges, tunnels...etc.), locomotive management information system, vehicle-maintaining management information system, power-supply facilities management information system, station facilities management information system, communication and signal facilities management information system. IRSMIS mainly insures transport safety, which collects and provides the railway transport accident information, accident rescue information and accident-handling information on time and accurately. IROCIS provides an interface for IRIS contacting with other information system. IROCIS can be used to exchange information with other controlling system (such as the intelligence transportation system ITS, logistics and controlling system etc.). 6. THE CONSTRUCTION FRAME OF IRIS IRIS will be composed of four kinds of sub-system with different levels, which is called railway ministry IRIS, railway administration bureau IRIS, railway administration branch bureau IRIS and station IRIS, which is suitable for the management system of IRS. In every different level IRIS, we can establish database respectively. The construction frame of IRIS is showed as Figure 3. 7. SOME SUGGESTIONS ON DEVELOPING IRIS IN CHINA (1) Think a great deal of the researches and exploitations of IRIS To develop IRS in China we must develop IRIS quickly. Therefore, we must think a great deal of the researches and exploitations of IRIS. Moreover, we should establish the leader group on the researches and exploitations of IRIS in China, organize the related researchers to
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exploit and research IRIS jointly.

Railway administration bureau railway administration bureau IRIS

railway ministry IRIS Internet network

Central database railway administration branch bureau IRIS and station IRIS station database Branch bureau database

station IRIS

Figure 3. The Construction Frame of IRIS

(2) Enhance the construction design and integration of IRIS We cannot realize railway intelligence without railway information and numeralization. In china, railway numeralization is developed quickly and has made good practical uses. Railway numeralization is the foundation of railway intelligence and railway intelligence must rely on railway numeralization. In order to let the development of railway numeralization meet the demand of railway intelligence, we must enhance the construction design and integration of IRIS and let railway intelligence has a very good foundation and development condition. Planning and building intelligent railway united information platform is a key of developing IRIS. Integrating all kinds of transport management and service information system is a current urgent task. (3) Develop railway GIS actively Railway GIS is a basic system of IRIS. Only when we combine Railway GIS with IRIS, can the uses of IRIS will be fully made. Many functions of IRIS can be realized perfectly. So if we want to develop IRIS favorably and let it exert functions in IRIS, we must setup and develop railway GIS. (4) Pay highly attention to the application of GPS Railway train positioning technique is a key technique of Chinese IRS, and GPS rises the key function in the railway train positioning. Only when railway train positioning information is accurately, can we organize, control and supervise the trains operating, can the functions of IRIS will be exerted and realize IRS really. REFERENCES a)Books and Books chapters YAN Yu-song and JIANG Ge-fu,(2002) Intelligent Railway System and Optimization of Organizing the Train Flows in Railway Terminal, Southwest Jiaotong University Press,Chengdu,China. S Ghosh,T Lee,et al.(2000) Intelligent Transportation Systems:New Principles and

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Architecture,CRC Press,USA. b)Journal papers YAN Yu-song,(2001) Some considerations on research and development of Intelligent Railway System, Traffic & Transport Engineering Journal,Vol.,No.4,15-20. SHEN Zhong-jie,WANG Wu-hong,HOU Fu-guo and YI Bing, (2002) Architecture and key techniques of digital driving system within intelligent transport information network environment,Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Vol.4,No.1,96-100. NIE A-xin, (2002) The research on application,Configuration and key technologies of railway intelligent transportation system,China railway science, Vol.23,No.2,15-20.

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