5GRAIL paves the way to the Future Railway Mobile Communication System Introduction

Abstract

Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) will be the 5G worldwide standard for railway operational communications, designed by the International Union of Railways (UIC), in close cooperation with the railways stakeholders. The EU-funded Horizon 2020 5G for Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) project 5GRAIL, as part of the FRMCS readiness initiatives, aims to: i) develop the Telecom On-board Prototype (TOBA box), ii) validate the first set of specifications by developing and testing On-board and application prototypes, in lab and field environments and iii) provide feedback and lessons-learned to standardization organizations for consideration in updates of the specifications. In this context, this paper aims to shed some lights on the project and discuss its preliminary results.