Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication network architecture for trains
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Application No.: US17244187Application Date: 2021-04-29
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Publication No.: US12134415B2Publication Date: 2024-11-05
- Inventor: Giovanni Iusto
- Applicant: HITACHI RAIL STS S.p.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Naples
- Assignee: HITACHI RAIL STS S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: HITACHI RAIL STS S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Naples
- Agency: Leason Ellis LLP
- Priority: IT102020000009592 20200430
- Main IPC: B61L15/00
- IPC: B61L15/00

Abstract:
A communication architecture of a train in which at least one central processing unit arranged in a train carriage is interconnected through a communication network of the train with a plurality of peripheral processing units. The central processing unit is provided on a single board with: a processor designed to process data associated with an SIL 0 safety level; a coprocessor designed to process data associated with an SIL 1-SIL 2 safety level; an internal bus built on the board and configured to allow a two-way data communication between the processor and the coprocessor; an interface for the communication network of the train. The coprocessor is designed to be programmed in a reconfigurable manner with a software that allows the validation and encoding of data coming from the processor according to a safety protocol.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210339778A1 COMMUNICATION NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR TRAINS Public/Granted day:2021-11-04
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