Patent ID: 8958396
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: B60L,B61L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A train control system comprising: a ground control apparatus for generating train control information for controlling running of a train; a plurality of wireless base stations that are connected to the ground control apparatus, the wireless base stations accepting and wirelessly transmitting the train control information; an onboard wireless station that is mounted on the train, the onboard wireless station receiving the train control information transmitted from the wireless base stations; and an onboard control apparatus that is connected to the onboard wireless station, the onboard control apparatus controlling the running of the train based on the train control information notified from the onboard wireless station, the ground control apparatus including a predicted passage time calculation unit for calculating a predicted passage time of a reservation start point at which a reservation for a wireless channel allocated for a handover target wireless base station is started, based on a handover point, calculated or notified train speed, and train present track position information notified from the train through the onboard wireless station, the handover point being stored as a point at which communication target switch wireless base stations are switched, a wireless channel reservation unit for performing processing of reserving the wireless channel based on usage of the wireless channel and the predicted passage time, and a wireless channel reservation result notification unit for notifying a wireless channel reservation result of the wireless channel reservation unit to a handover source wireless base station as one of pieces of the train control information.