Patent Application
20180123703
The present application belongs to the technical field of train network communications, and relates to a communication network architecture and in particular to a broadband communication network architecture with a train control network and a train serving network combined and a communication method using this architecture.
The train communication networks may include a train control network and a train serving network. The train control network mainly functions to control train-borne devices spread in carriages of the train to allow them to operate cooperatively and share information and to realize the failure detection and the maintenance of the train-borne devices. The train serving network mainly functions to provide information service and implement train-ground communication for relevant staff and passengers in the train.
In the prior art, the train communication network has the following problems:
(1) For most trains, the control network and the serving network usually use independent network architectures.
(2) Control buses such as MVB, CAN and HDLC are used in the train control network. With the huge increase in the data volume of communication in the train, it is unable to fulfill the communication of a large amount of data although the communication can be controlled in real time.
(3) In a train supporting the WIFI service, the solution combining the train control network and the train serving network is employed. However, due to the lack of security measures, there is no policy to ensure the network communication security in the train.
(4) In a design where Ethernet is used as a communication network architecture for train vehicles, a twisted-pair cable is used as the Ethernet cable. As a result, the solution is limited by the transmission distance and the transmission quality of the twisted-pair cable.
In view of the deficiencies in the prior art, an object of the present application is to provide a communication network architecture with a train control network and a train serving network combined, which has high data transmission security level, and also provide a train communication method using the network architecture for communication.
The present application employs the following technical solutions. A broadband communication network architecture with a train control network and a train serving network combined, comprising a trusted network and an untrusted network. The trusted network comprises a trusted carriage-level network element provided in each carriage (a train usually comprises a front carriage, a last carriage and middle carriage(s), and the term “each carriage” refers to the front carriage, the last carriage or the middle carriage). In each of the front carriage and the last carriage, in addition to the trusted carriage-level network element, a trusted train-level network element is provided. The untrusted network comprises untrusted train-level network elements respectively provided in the front carriage and the last carriage. One trusted train-level network element communicates with one untrusted train-level network element via a security gateway, and several security gateways are redundant to each other.
For example, in one trusted network, a trusted train-level network element in the front carriage communicates with an untrusted train-level network element in the front carriage via a main security gateway; in the trusted network, a trusted train-level network element in the last carriage communicates with an untrusted train-level network element in the last carriage via an auxiliary security gateway; and the main security gateway and the auxiliary security gateway are redundant to each other. Normally, the trusted train-level network element in the front carriage communicates with the untrusted train-level network element in the front carriage via the main security gateway. When a failure occurs in a communication line of the main security gateway, a communication line of the auxiliary security gateway in the last carriage is activated.
Preferably, in the trusted network, at least one trusted carriage-level network element is provided in each carriage, all trusted carriage-level network elements in each carriage form a trusted carriage-level network element group in each carriage, and two ends of the trusted train-level network element in the front carriage and two ends of the trusted train-level network element in the last carriage are interconnected to form a trusted ring network architecture; the trusted carriage-level network element group in each carriage communicates with the trusted train-level network element in the front carriage and the trusted train-level network element in the last carriage, respectively; in the untrusted network, two ends of the untrusted train-level network element in the front carriage and two ends of the untrusted train-level network element in the last carriage are interconnected to form an untrusted ring network architecture.
Still further, the trusted carriage-level network element group comprises two trusted carriage-level network elements. That is, in each carriage, the trusted carriage-level network element group comprises a trusted carriage-level network element 1 and a trusted carriage-level network element II, the two trusted carriage-level network elements are interconnected. In other words, the trusted carriage-level network element 1 and the trusted carriage-level network element II in each carriage are interconnected; and the trusted carriage-level network element 1 in each carriage is connected to the trusted train-level network element in the front carriage, and the trusted carriage-level network element II in each carriage is connected to the trusted train-level network element in the last carriage.
Specifically, the trusted carriage-level network element group (the interconnected trusted carriage-level network element 1 and trusted carriage-level network element II) in each carriage forms, together with the trusted carriage-level network elements in the front carriage and the trusted carriage-level network elements in the last carriage, the trusted ring network architecture.
Preferably, in the trusted network, at least one trusted carriage-level network element and at least one trusted train-level network element are provided in each carriage, which form a trusted network element group, and the trusted network element groups in the carriages are successively connected in series to form a trusted linear network architecture; in the untrusted network, in addition to the front carriage and the last carriage, the untrusted train-level network element is provided in each carriage (each middle carriage except for the front carriage and the last carriage), the untrusted train-level network elements in the carriages from the front carriage to the last carriage (including the front carriage, the last carriage and the middle carriages) are successively connected to form an untrusted linear network architecture; or, the untrusted train-level network elements in the carriages (including the front carriage, the last carriage and the middle carriages) are successively connected end-to-end to form the untrusted ring network architecture.
Specifically, different from the untrusted linear network architecture, in the untrusted ring network architecture, the untrusted train-level network elements in the front carriage and the last carriage are interconnected to form a ring network.
Still further, in the trusted network, one trusted carriage-level network element and two trusted train-level network elements are provided in each carriage, which are successively connected end-to-end to form a ring network structure in the carriage.
For example, each carriage comprises a trusted carriage-level network element, a trusted carriage-level network element 1 and a trusted carriage-level network element II. The trusted carriage-level network element 1 and the trusted carriage-level network element II are interconnected, and both the trusted carriage-level network element 1 and the trusted carriage-level network element II can communicate with a trusted train-level network element to form a ring network architecture.
Still further, in addition to the front carriage and the last carriage, the trusted train-level network element in any carriage can communicate with the untrusted train-level network element via the security gateway. In this way, a redundancy of the network is enhanced.
Specifically, for each middle carriage, since the untrusted train-level network element is also provided in, the trusted train-level network element in the middle carriage can also communicate with the untrusted train-level network element via a security gateway. This avoids an influence on the network communication in the train when a failure occurs in a communication between the trusted train-level network element and the untrusted train-level network element in the front carriage or the last carriage.
Preferably, optical ports are used as communication ports for the trusted train-level network elements and the untrusted train-level network elements, and an optical cable is used as connection medium between the trusted train-level network element in the front carriage and the trusted train-level network element in the last carriage; and the optical cable is used as connection medium between the untrusted train-level network element in the front carriage and the trusted train-level network element in the last carriage. A Transmission by the optical cable has the advantages of wide transmission frequency band, large communication capacity and low transmission loss. In addition to the optical cable, other communication cable may be used.
A method for performing data communication by using a broadband communication network architecture with a train control network and a train serving network combined, the train control network and the train serving network dividing into the trusted network and the untrusted network, comprises a communication method within the trusted network, and a communication method between the trusted network and the untrusted network.
Data transmitted in the trusted network comprises control data, monitored data and diagnostic information data in the train control network, and further comprises passenger information data and video information data in the train serving network. Different priorities are set for different data. Process data such as the control data, the monitored data and the diagnostic information data have a priority higher than a priority of the passenger information data and the video information data. The data to be transmitted is cached automatically, and then transmitted in priority.
Data to be transmitted between the untrusted network and the trusted network is transmitted bi-directionally between the untrusted train-level network element and the trusted train-level network element via a security gateway. Data transmitted from the trusted network to the untrusted network comprises train travelling data and temperature data inside/outside the train. Data transmitted from the untrusted network to the trusted network comprises ground audio data transferred to an emergency alarm device and ground video data transferred to a top-set box. During a cross-network communication, the security gateway first performs device authentication on a device transmitting the data, and then performs message authentication on the data message if the device fulfills authentication conditions.
The present application has the following beneficial effects.
(1) The network architecture of the present application is a broadband communication network architecture combining a train control network and a train serving network, by which the train control information, the monitored information and the diagnostic information, as well as the passenger information and the video information can be transmitted in a combined network, i.e., the transmission of the data from the passenger information serving system network and the data from the train control network in a combined network, thereby meeting a demand for a bandwidth of the passenger information serving system network and ensuring a stability of the train network.
(2) According to the different security levels of the data to be transmitted in the train control network and the train serving network, the network architecture with a train control network and a train serving network combined is divided into the trusted network and the untrusted network, so that the control data, the monitored data and the diagnostic information data in the train control network and the passenger information data and the video information data in the train serving network are transmitted together in the trusted network, and the train travelling data, the temperature data inside/outside the train, the ground audio data transferred to an emergency alarm device, the ground video data transferred to a set-top box and the like are transmitted between the trusted network and the untrusted network after being authenticated by the security gateway. Meanwhile, the untrusted network is further responsible for a communication between the train and a ground and a WIFI access between the ground and the train. By isolating the wireless network from the physical network in the train, a security of the data transmission in the train network is enhanced.
(3) In the present application, an internally tangent ring network manner is used, which is different from the traditional jumping ring manner. Several trusted carriage-level network elements may be provided in each carriage. The redundant trusted carriage-level network elements are accessed by double network ports, and each trusted carriage-level network element forms a ring network together with the core trusted train-level network element. Even if a failure occurs in the communication in a carriage, the communication in other carriages will not be influenced. Better failure isolation performance and redundancy are exhibited. Specifically, the internally tangent ring network means that all ring centers forming the ring tangency are on a same side of a point of tangency, and that the point of tangency becomes a common node for all rings. By taking network devices in the front carriage and the last carriage as the point of tangency, the network devices serving as the point of tangency form an internally tangent ring network together with network devices in the middle carriages.
in which:
1: untrusted train-level network element;
2:trusted train-level network element;
3: trusted carriage-level network element;
4: security gateway;
5: front carriage; and
6: last carriage.
Hereinafter, the specific implementations of the present application will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A broadband communication network architecture with a train control network and a train serving network combined (hereinafter referred to as network architecture) is provided, by which a data transmission in a combined network of the train control network and the train serving network can be realized. In the network architecture, the train control network and the train serving network are divided into a trusted network and an untrusted network, wherein data transmitted in the trusted network comprises control data, monitored data and diagnostic information data in the train control network, and further comprises passenger information data and video information data in the train serving network. A data communication is performed between the trusted network and the untrusted network via a security gateway. Data to be transmitted comprises train travelling data and temperature data inside/outside the train, ground audio data transferred to an emergency alarm device, and the ground video data transferred to a set-top box. Meanwhile, the untrusted network is further responsible for a connection between the train and a ground, and a realization of a communication between the train and the ground and a WIFI access between the ground and the train. The WIFI access is highly risky, with a high probability of becoming a way for hacking into the train network.
The network architecture has a following specific structure. As shown in
As shown in
The network elements are arranged in a following way. In the middle carriages (the two trailer carriages in this embodiment), a covered network is the trusted network, and two trusted carriage-level network elements, i.e., a trusted carriage-level network element I3 and a trusted carriage-level network element II3, are provided in each carriage, which form a trusted carriage-level network element group. It is to be noted that a use of a redundant design of the two trusted carriage-level network elements facilitates an establishment of a redundant network architecture and ensures a stability of the network communication. According to requirements of the network architecture, the number of the trusted carriage-level network elements in each carriage is not limited to two. There may be one, three or more than three trusted carriage-level network elements in each carriage. The front carriage and the last carriage become an intersection of the trusted network and the untrusted network, covered with both the trusted network and the untrusted network. Inside each of the front carriage and the last carriage, in addition to the two trusted carriage-level network elements 3 (the trusted carriage-level network element I3 and the trusted carriage-level network element II3, which form the trusted carriage-level network element group), one trusted train-level network element 2 and one untrusted train-level network element 1 are provided. Meanwhile, a security gateway 4 is further provided as a tool for performing network communication authentication.
The network has a following structure. In each of the two trailer carriages, the front carriage and the last carriage, the trusted carriage-level network element I3 and the trusted carriage-level network element II3 are connected in series, and the trusted carriage-level network element I3 and the trusted carriage-level network element II3 are redundant to each other to ensure a device-level redundancy. The trusted carriage-level network element I3 and the trusted carriage-level network element II3 are connected by a hundred-megabyte Ethernet twisted-pair. The trusted carriage-level network element I3 in each carriage is connected to the trusted train-level network element 2 in the front carriage, and the trusted carriage-level network element II3 in each carriage is connected to the trusted train-level network element 2 in the last carriage. As shown in
A method for connection and communication with train-borne devices will be described as below.
In the trusted network, the trusted carriage-level network elements 3 have functions such as routing and network address conversion, and are responsible for a reconfiguration of the network after a reconnection and a de-multiplexing of the train. The devices in the trusted network are within a same local area network, mainly for transmitting the train control information, the monitored information and the diagnostic information, as well as the passenger information and the video information. Different priorities are set for different data. Process data such as the train control data, the monitored data and the diagnostic information data have a highest priority, and the video information has a lower priority. The data to be transmitted is cached automatically, and then transmitted in priority. In the motor carriages, the trusted carriage-level network elements 3 are two-layer switches with a 24 hundred megabytes electric port+a 2 kilomega optical port, the switches are connected to each other by an optical port. As shown in
In the trailer carriages, the trusted carriage-level network elements 3 are two-layer switches with a 24 hundred megabytes electric port+a 2 kilomega optical port, the switches are connected to each other by an optical port. As shown in
In the untrusted network, the devices in the PIS system, such as a central server and a WIFI access device, which are related to the communication between the train and the ground and to a WIFI serving network, are arranged in the untrusted network. In the untrusted network, a train-level bandwidth is 1000M, in full-duplex mode. Carriage-level devices adopt a hundred-megabyte full-duplex mode. In each motor carriage and each trailer carriage, WIFI hotspots are arranged; and the central server is arranged in a motor carriage.
The untrusted network and the trusted network are connected by security gateways via a hundred-megabyte port. There are two types of messages passing the security gateways:
data streams transmitted from the untrusted network to the trusted network: the ground audio data transferred to the emergency alarm device, and the ground video data transferred to the set-top box; and
data streams transmitted from the trusted network to the untrusted network: the train travelling data and the temperature data inside/outside the train.
The security gateway has functions of device authentication and message authentication. Terminal devices which need to perform cross-network communication should first pass the device authentication of the security gateway. The messages passing the security gateway have to be in the predefined format. That is, messages in the predefined format can be transmitted between the trusted network and the untrusted network via the security gateway.
This embodiment provides a broadband communication network architecture with a train control network and a train serving network combined. Similarly to the embodiment 1, the network architecture is still divided into a trusted network and an untrusted network. A difference from the embodiment 1 lies in a specific structure of the network architecture.
As shown in
In this embodiment, in the trusted network, the network is designed to have two architectures, i.e., train-level and carriage-level. That is, the trusted network comprises a trusted train-level network and a trusted carriage-level network.
The number of trusted carriage-level network elements in each carriage can be determined by the number of terminal devices. In this embodiment, one trusted carriage-level network element 3 and two trusted train-level network elements 2 are provided in each carriage, which three network elements are successively connected end-to-end to form a redundant ring network structure. In other words, in the carriage-level network, the trusted carriage-level network element and the trusted train-level network elements in this carriage form a ring network. The two trusted train-level network elements 2 are redundant to each other.
The communication in a carriage is realized by the trusted carriage-level network element 3 or the trusted train-level network elements 2. Any two trusted train-level network elements 2 in each carriage are successively connected in series to the trusted train-level network elements 2 in an adjacent carriage, respectively, to form a trusted linear network architecture.
In the train-level network, by means of link aggregation, the trusted train-level network elements 2 supporting a bypass function form the linear network. In the untrusted network, an untrusted train-level network element 1 is provided in each of the front carriage, the last carriage and the middle carriages. The untrusted train-level network elements 1 are successively connected from the front carriage to the last carriage to form an untrusted linear network architecture. The untrusted train-level network elements 1 in the front carriage and the last carriage are connected to and communicate with the trusted train-level network elements 2 in the front carriage and the last carriage via security gateways 4. Similarly to a principle of the embodiment 1, the security gateways in the front carriage and the last carriage comprise a main security gateway and an auxiliary security gateway. Normally, the main security gateway is responsible for the communication between the trusted network and the untrusted network. When a failure occurs in a communication line of the main security gateway or a failure occurs in devices, a communication line of the auxiliary security gateway is responsible for the communication. It is also to be noted that, in this solution, the security gateways which are redundant to each other are placed in the front carriage and the last carriage. However, during the practical application, a position of the security gateway may be determined as desired, not limited to a certain specific carriage. If the security gateway is arranged in a middle carriage, the trusted carriage-level network element 2 in the middle carriage is connected to the security gateway to form a communicative connection between the trusted network and the untrusted network. That is, the trusted carriage-level network element 2 in the middle carriage communicates with the untrusted train-level network element 2 in the same middle carriage via the security gateway.
In the untrusted network, the network may be a ring network, a linear network or a star network according to the actual need. In this embodiment, a linear network in which one train-level network element in each carriage is linearly connected is used.
Communication interfaces between the network elements can be configured as desired, and transmission media between the trusted network and the untrusted network are not limited to optical fibers and cables.
In the trusted network, the train-level network uses two-layer switch with a 24 hundred megabytes electric port. The key terminal devices, such as a human-machine interface HMI in a cab, a vehicle control unit VCU, a remote input/output module RIOM and a brake control unit BCU, are connected to two redundant train-level switches meanwhile by two network ports. Single network port device, such as an auxiliary control unit SIV, an electronic door control unit EDCU, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning unit HVAC, and a projection host, an end screen, a camera, an emergency alarm device, a LCD map, a passenger information system controller and a carriage controller in the PIS system are to be connected to one of the two redundant train-level switches as desired.
A method for data communication between the trusted networks and between the trusted network and the untrusted network is similar to the embodiment 1.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201610099714.1 | Feb 2016 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/CN2016/095646 | 8/17/2016 | WO | 00 |
