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Simulation of Zigbee based Tacs for Collision Detection and Avoidance for Railway Traffic

Published on July 2012 by Arun. P, Saritha. S
Advanced Computing and Communication Technologies for HPC Applications
Foundation of Computer Science USA
ACCTHPCA - Number 5
July 2012
Authors: Arun. P, Saritha. S
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Arun. P, Saritha. S . Simulation of Zigbee based Tacs for Collision Detection and Avoidance for Railway Traffic. Advanced Computing and Communication Technologies for HPC Applications. ACCTHPCA, 5 (July 2012), 22-26.

@article{
author = { Arun. P, Saritha. S },
title = { Simulation of Zigbee based Tacs for Collision Detection and Avoidance for Railway Traffic },
journal = { Advanced Computing and Communication Technologies for HPC Applications },
issue_date = { July 2012 },
volume = { ACCTHPCA },
number = { 5 },
month = { July },
year = { 2012 },
issn = 0975-8887,
pages = { 22-26 },
numpages = 5,
url = { /specialissues/accthpca/number5/7582-1036/ },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Saritha. S
%T Simulation of Zigbee based Tacs for Collision Detection and Avoidance for Railway Traffic
%J Advanced Computing and Communication Technologies for HPC Applications
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%I International Journal of Computer Applications
Abstract

A ZigBee based collision avoidance system for railways has been proposed in this paper. The Train Anti-Collision System (TACS) has four sub centers namely, Train Subsystem, Station/Control Center Subsystem, Signalling Post Subsystem and Level Crossing Subsystem. A safe distance of 1 Km has been given for braking between the trains in case of collision distance. Based on the studies, it has been observed that even for two trains travelling at 120kmph, the safe distance after automatic braking under normal conditions has been estimated to be 920m. All subsystems have been designed and simulated using Proteus electronic simulation package and implemented. It is expected that if this system is implemented, train collisions can be avoided in the future

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Train Collision Avoidance Proteus Electronic System Design Zigbee