Operations management for railways has become increasingly complex and the communications infrastructure on which it depends plays amission-critical role to ensure network safety and efficiency.

Despatchers today demand the latest management tools able to deliver information on network operations and the status of rolling stock in a clear, timely, user-friendly, familiarWindows-like format.
The Multimedia Access IP Dispatcher (MAID) from Kapsch TrafficCom, is said by the company to represent a new generation of standards-compliant railway operations communications systems, which are specifically aimed at train management, communications backbone monitoring and overall supervisor-level control of network operations.
MAID's integrated open communication platform based on multiplexing channel-orientedIP-technology fully meets the most demanding requirements of the railway operations environment known today.
MAID's fully digital system performs central control functions and handles command, communications and switching tasks.
The system also offers a modular, scaleable architecture to meet railway-specific communications and network interfaces to allow rapid integration with other standard third party railproducts.
Furthermore, by networking several Multimedia Access IP Dispatcher systems, it allows each of these systems to be remotely controlled from any user interface.
Unmanned station operation is now a reality, says Kapsch TrafficCom. m

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Kapsch TrafficCom AG is based in Vienna, Austria. www.kapschtraffic.com.