Pre-Conference workshops:

8.00  Pre-Conference Workshops

9:00  Morning Workshop
Designing Stations for High Speed Rail – Innovation, Integration and Economic Sustainability
Workshop Leaders :
Gavin Erasmus, Director, TFP Farrells
Stefan Krummeck, Principal Director, TFP Farrells

• Introduction
  Designing Tomorrow’s Railway and the factors that drive success of large transport infrastructure projects. The design of contemporary high speed rail requires integrated planning and clear strategy
• Design viewpoint - urban and station planning
• Engineering viewpoint – lessons learned
• Financial, policy and sustainability viewpoint – success factors
• Project planning

12:00        Lunch

2:00  Afternoon Workshop
Mobility on Trains – Ensuring Seamless Wireless Access for Value-Added Services on High Speed Trains
Workshop Leader : Derek Paton, Director International Technical Services, Wireless Division, ADC Krone

• Why we need coverage and capacity on Trains?
  • Understanding the drivers to having good coverage on a train
  • Value added services that can be provided
• Introduction to GSM and UMTS and GSM-R
  • Basic introduction to both systems
  • Issues associated with train coverage
  • Timing issues and handover problems examined
• Typical coverage solution
  • Layout of GSM rail system
  • How it works and explanation of system
  • Optimising antenna placements for best performance
  • Tunnel coverage and how to achieve the best results
  • In train repeaters and how to use them
  • Leaky co-axial solutions
• Alternative Solutions for lower cost and better performance
  • Explaining fiber fed solutions
  • Designing a fiber fed solution
  • Explaining the performance benefits of these solutions
  • Explaining the cost saving when using these alternative coverage solutions

(Morning Coffee and Afternoon Tea will be served at 10.30am and 3:30pm respectively)

5:00  Close of Workshop Day