Guwahati, May 12 (MExN): The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has undertaken various measures for safe and speedy operation of trains,an official release informed today.
To provide better flexibility in train operations, Internet Protocol Multiprotocol Label Switching (IPMPLS) with Network Management System (NMS) facility has been provided at 156 stations of Katihar, Alipurduar, Rangiya & Lumding division, it said.
Besides, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), UTS/PRS railnet circuits are migrated from Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) to IPMPLS, it added.
SCADA is used for providing effective monitoring control of the railway system and IPMPLS has a great advantage in any-to-any connectivity environment presently an essential requirement for Indian Railways for communication needs modernisation, the release said.
System Monitoring & Predictive Maintenance Centre (SMPMC) and Network Control and Data Analytic Centre (NCDAC) have been established for Artificial Intelligence based predictive maintenance of assets, real-time data acquisition and allocation of resources from centralised locations, it maintained.
This will improve man-power deployment to the critical assets on priority and reduction in overall maintenance cost, the NFR release added.
In addition, Wi-Fi dashboards have been provided for real time monitoring of Wi-Fi at all 382 stations provided with Wi-Fi while CCTV dashboards have been provided for real time monitoring of CCTV at 11 stations.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) based Train Control Communication System has been commissioned at 26 stations, it added.
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