Patent ID: 11945483
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. A train control system comprising:
a physical train control installation that includes at least one of a wayside signal having a plurality of aspects, a switch machine that operates a track switch and an on-board train control module that controls the operation of associated train, wherein the physical train control installation generates status data that includes at least one of position of track switch, locking status of switch machine and location of train,
a cloud computing facility that includes at least one processor to provide a cloud computing environment, wherein the at least one processor provides virtualization of train control functions to generate control signals for the physical train control installation, wherein said control signals include at least one of a control signal to operate the switch machine, a control signal to activate a signal aspect, a movement authority limit for the train, and a speed command for the train, and
a communication link between the physical train control installation and the cloud computing facility, wherein operating data is transmitted through the communication link from the physical train control installation to the cloud computing facility, and control signals are transmitted from the cloud computing facility to the physical train control installation via the communication link.