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Hutchinson, Michael. Marais, Juliette. Masson, Émilie. Mendizabal, Jaizki. Meyer zu Hörste, Michael.

service model for use in safely introducing the technology to specific new lines and for new
applications. The partners will also gain a holding in the supply chain(s) involved in developing
and certifying dedicated hardware, algorithms and the infrastructure required to deliver the
services e.g. local integrity monitoring stations.

1. Improved services and customer quality: the use of enhanced communication technologies
will derive in the following outcomes: trains will be managed more efficiently providing
improved reliability, enhanced capacity of the lines and providing communication
capabilities for real-time data transmission for improved passenger information, offering a
better customer experience.
2. Reduced system costs: the design and implementation of the on-board gateway will be based
on mass-market technologies and open interfaces, which will enable flexible architectures
and application of engineering standards, allowing a correct system design adapted to the
requirements of different market segments.
3. Enhanced interoperability: remaining technical “open points” related to electromagnetic
compatibility will be closed.
4. Simplified business processes as modular architectures are introduced to divide the
validation effort and improve standardization. The interface from the core system to the
new technologies to be incorporated to the gateway will be defined as a seamless continuous
upgrade possibility.

3.4 Implementation

Regarding the on-board positioning, the priority tasks are:

• to contribute to the test set-up, data collection and analysis according to specifications,
• to assist with further development of those specifications, • to provide input to the safety
case,
• to build a DRM prototype.

SmartRaCon expect the contribution to data collection/test campaigns to be part of a wider
effort including founder members to analyse and validate positioning system performance,
throughout the various stages of the testing outlined in the Scoping Paper. The same may be
said regarding progression of the specifications output from the NGTC project. The specific
tasks proposed to contribute to the safety case will be led by SmartRaCon but will in certain
aspects require input and cooperation with founder members. Other proposed tasks are seen
as generally internal to the consortium requiring a low level of interaction with the founder
members in order to set requirements and gain feedback on results. This is the case for example
with the proposed Route Clearance service. In all cases a close level of cooperation with the
founder members is important in order to take into account the specific characteristics of the
proposed positioning system solution.

3.5 Integrated Assessment

A technology and impact evaluation is an essential element within the Shift2Rail Joint
Undertaking in order to show the effect that this initiative will have on its key target KPIs: to
double the capacity and availability and to reduce the costs of the railway system by 50%. The
Shift2Rail Project “IMPACT-1” is producing a comprehensive bottom-up KPI model with the aim

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