Entertainment And Broadband On Indian Trains

Presentation by

Niravkumar Dave Managing Director

nirav@technocomm.inwww.technosatcomm.in0091 9821713259

TECHNO SAT COMM (I) PVT. LTD

Jan 2010

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Techno Sat Comm

Indian based satellite telecommunication and research company and a subsidiary of Dave Holdings

First Indian company to have successfully installed and demonstrated satellite broadband solutions on Indian train (Shatabdi express)

Techno Sat Comm has invested 4 years for research, understanding and adoption of mobile satellite technology in Indian conditions and possesses the best know how and implementation capabilities

A strategic joint venture with 21NET , world leaders in broadband on trains

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Services To The Passengers Via Solutions Offered By Techno Sat Comm

High-speed Internet On Trains :- Emails, Chatting, Voice & Video Chatting, Games…..

Wi-Fi For PDA users Real Time Television – News, Sports, Serials and Stock

Exchange etc Independent Multimedia Screens For Passengers On Board Train Reservation Passenger Information Kiosk Emergency Communication System ATM Centre Telephone/VOIP and Fax Facilities Video Conferencing

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Useful Applications For Indian Railways Operational Requirements

Techno Sat Comm offered satellite solution enables many features for

Indian Railways

1. Real Time Train Locating System (Can be Integrated with SIMRAN system or Indian Railway Server)

2. Integration with PRS and UTS server for issuing tickets on Train 3. Live and passive IP Based Video Surveillance 4. Broadband connectivity for Loco Pilot Information Monitor for important updates – Like Weather (FOG, Earthquakes, Rains, Flooding, News etc), Emergency Messaging, Location Information, Online Signaling and Information, Online Track Information etc 5. Train Guard and TC Information System through Touch Screen kiosks like – passenger count, online vacancies of seats, Emergency messages, on train Railway staff attendance etc 6. Electronic Passenger Chart Display with last movement cancellation updates and chart editing option

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Useful Applications For Indian Railways Operational Requirements

7. GSM-R integration via Pico Cell connectivity on train for - Railway Messaging, M – Commerce, M-Ticketing, etc7. Broadband WiFi Connectivity For PDA’s of ticket collectors for

punching tickets online and issuing e-tickets and M-tickets on train

8. Real time credit card validation9. Telephone / VOIP and Fax Facilities for Railway staff10. Accident Relief Trains - Voice communication, Data

Communication, Video Surveillance Systems 12. Inspection Cars And Saloons - Voice And Data

Communication System with video conferencing on the move

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Survey

SAMPLE SIZE PASSENGER SURVEY

3000 Passengers Interviewed

6 Trains AND 6 Routes

TRAINS : RAJDHANI AND SHATABDI

Average journey time for RAJDHANI – 18 to 20 hours

Average journey time for SHATABDI – 7 to 8 hours

Methodology Used

Personal interviews

Questionnaires

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MUMBAI-AHMEDABADSHATABDI EXPRESS

Total travel time – 6.5 hours

Total No of Passengers – 871 passengers

Passengers with laptops - 30 %

57 % Of The Passengers Are Waiting For the Services. And the Demand Shall Rise With Growth In Teledensity

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5 Available Solutions

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Broadband Technological Solutions

Wi-Max

2-Way Satellite Solutions with Wi-max/GPRS/ 3G backup

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Wi Max (Trackside Antenna Systems)

Will require a mast with antennas every 2 - 5 km (less in cities, on corners) with power and data connections

Issues for maintenance, reliability, security, power supply etc Heavy CAP-EX and OP- EX E.g. Choices for data connectivity:

Max: 5 Km

Optical Fibre Requires breaking the fibre every 5km e.g. 100 times between Mumbai & AhmedabadLatency, and Reliability issuesOne failure of optical switch and whole fibre and train communication system out

Daisy chain radios One failure and whole system is out till next data drop

BEST TECHNICAL SOLUTION FOR INDIAN CONDITIONS

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Perfect Solution

Technology

Satellite Communication

Local wifi Internet

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Broadband Demo On Shatabdi Express

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Shatabdi Broadband Demo

Satellite Antenna mounted on platform on WLRRM Power Car

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Satellite And IT Equipment Mounted In Rack

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Network Architecture

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System Integration

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Shatabdi Broadband Demo

External mounted WiFi mesh antennas for inter-carriage data link

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Connected Carriage System

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Shatabdi Broadband Demo

Wi-Fi antenna mounted on ceiling in each Carriage also showing WiFi CCTV

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Shatabdi Broadband Demo

Can support many simultaneous users (e.g. 100 - 200)

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Independent Multimedia Screens

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Railway Staff Making Call To DRM Office Mumbai

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Touch Screen Kiosk

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Landing Page

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Broadband Demo Results

Average Data Speed =

1.75 to 1.85 Mbps over 2Mbps Satellite Link

Satellite Connectivity

= 97 %

Satellite Tracking = 97 to 99 %

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Shatabdi Broadband Demo

Results - Download Speeds of up to 1,860 kbps (2 mbps = capacity of sat link)

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Project Reference

Thalys, Belgium (27 Trains) VIA Rail, Canada (40 Trains) NTV, Italy (3 Trains) MooviTER Project (SNCF TER), France SNCB SNCF TGV (France) D-Bhan (Germany) Ranfe (Spain)

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Let’s Bring Entertainment And Broadband Internet

To Indian Railways