GPS World, January 2017
WATCH MARKET UAV 2 2 TRANSPORTATION Netherlands Employs GNSS Monitoring for Rail T he Dutch stateowned rail company NS Groep N V is deploying a real time remote diagnostics monitoring system As a core component of NS overall real time monitoring architecture the system allows railway operators to streamline maintenance costs and provide efficiencies across their fleet by automating manual tasks NS in the Netherlands will join a growing number of large rail operators that have implemented GNSS solutions in this case the Trimble R2M system Others using R2M includ South West Trains in the United Kingdom Irish Rail SNCF France SBB Switzerland and VR Finland R2M processes diagnostic data from rail vehicles in real time It provides a comprehensive view of the overall fleets status including specific vehicle faults The system also identifies potential faults that may arise while analyzing and detecting anomalies in onvehicle component behavior to identify component issues and the possible impact this behavior may have on the vehicle and overall fleet With the R2M software NS will be able to aggregate data from a range of ontrain and wayside sources and provide real time information to the NS Train Helpdesk to monitor the fleet status Information will also be available to fleet analysts work planning e X p o s e Shutterstock com engineers and mechanics to support the operational repair process of NS in real time Qualcomm Offers Variant Q ualcomm Technologies has introduced a new variant of its connected car reference platform using its gigabit class Snapdragon X16 LTE modem to help car manufacturers deliver the high speed high quality and reliable connectivity for advanced telematics and connected vehicle services supporting peak download speeds up to 1 Gbps The reference platform is designed to allow carmakers to quickly and easily integrate the broad range of additional wireless and networking technologies required in todays vehicles including Wi Fi Bluetooth Bluetooth Low Energy and GNSS with optional support for DSRC and Cellular V2X The platform also includes a module reference design to help automotive suppliers accelerate development and improve time to commercialization Visit the app store to get our free iSXBlue RTN JANUARY 2017 WWW GPSWORLD COM GPS WORLD 53
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