EDI Wireless SignalRail designed for PTC use
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefEugene, Ore.-based EDX Wireless said Wednesday its EDX® SignalRail™, a flexible RF planning tool, incorporates advanced route-based studies specifically designed for planning Positive Train Control (PTC) wireless networks.
SignalRail also can be applied to other route-based transportation wireless network applications, the company said.
“The needs of an efficient rail PTC system differ greatly from standard wireless solutions and require a different approach to planning and optimizing,” said Steve Webster, director of product management at EDX. “EDX has worked closely with the rail and transportation communities to define SignalRail … We are very pleased to bring this unique and innovative industry specific product to market.”
EDX SignalRail concentrates calculations along the rail lines creating a high-resolution study that the company says can be run more efficiently and quickly than a comparable study using conventional planning tools. The result is a more accurate representation of the interference, coverage and quality of RF service along the route of interest.
In addition, EDX’s highly efficient implementation permits “what-if” scenarios to be rapidly analyzed and simplifies the comparison of various architectures and vendor equipment and their effect on overall performance. The focus on the specific rail route, rather than an area study, translates into higher performance, greater reliability and lower equipment costs.
