Interoperable Train Control Messaging System developed with Red Hat
JBoss messaging technologies
RALEIGH, N.C. & RENTON, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, and Meteorcomm, North America's leader in development of PTC
communications systems which provide reliable, effective data
communications infrastructure solutions to the railroad industry, today
announced that the companies have collaborated to deploy Meteorcomm's
Interoperable Positive Train Control (PTC) communications solution with
Red Hat JBoss messaging technologies and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The
resulting deployment initiatives support ongoing railroad efforts to
implement the technologies in day-to-day operations. PTC communication
solutions are diverse and complex. Railroads are faced with big
challenges brought on by the new technology while structuring their
deployment activities to accommodate existing system architectures and
operational processes.
In support of the North American PTC program to be implemented across
most of the U.S. rail network to position all PTC-enabled trains to
detect and react to unsafe conditions in real time, Meteorcomm began
work on a solution that would enable interoperability across both system
architectures and operating platforms. Requiring flexible technology
solutions to meet a wide range of requirements — including high
availability, interoperability, mobility, and the ability to support a
large network of remote and back office communications -- railroads have
selected Meteorcomm's data communications platform and the company's
wide array of professional services. The professional services required
to support the deployment of PTC systems include Interoperable Train
Control Communications (ITCC) design and deployment activities requiring
technical talent and training that Meteorcomm and Red Hat both commit to
fulfilling for the railroad community.
Meteorcomm customers are freight railroads, commuter railroads, and
systems integrators with a railroad specialty practice. The company's
experts in railroad data communications worked closely with leading-edge
technology suppliers to develop the industry's first demonstrated
Interoperable Positive Train Control data communications platform.
"The railroads did a tremendous amount of work developing their own
messaging protocol," explained James Kirkland, principal enterprise
architect, Red Hat. "Faced with the aggressive timeline and the new
technologies required for the protocol, they began considering
alternatives. Red Hat worked with Meteorcomm to leverage an open,
standard, wire-level messaging protocol that became the messaging
component of the PTC communications system."
Red Hat JBoss messaging technologies are built on an open, wire-level
messaging protocol designed for maximum interoperability and complex
networked systems with mobile endpoints. They enable servers to
communicate and send messages to each other via the protocol, mapping
easily into application-level APIs. Red Hat's technical expertise and
implementation of an open, wire-level messaging protocol are proven
assets during the design and configuration of a back office.
"This project is highly complex. It introduces a reliability concept of
5 9s into the rail industry's wireless communication infrastructure,"
says Robert Turnbull, CEO, Meteorcomm. "This means that the system
downtime cannot exceed 5.26 minutes per year. It's the combination of
highly reliable hardware and software components, processes and people
working together in near-perfect unison that will bring about this level
of reliability. Our mission is to support the new PTC communications
ecosystem and to assist the railroads with adopting this new technology."
"In a highly-distributed mobile environment like this, interoperable
communications are what transform a collection of servers, relays and
devices into an intelligent system," said Craig Muzilla, vice president,
Middleware, Red Hat. "As a Red Hat Embedded partner, Meteorcomm was able
to seamlessly implement their ITC Messaging System while offering
superior support services to their customers, serving as a true
indication of where the market is headed."
"The railroads are pushing hard to implement these complex technologies,
and we're working to get them there," said Turnbull. "They're
implementing a new technological communications system across tens of
thousands of field locations and locomotive equipment. Once deployments
are complete, they'll have the interoperable communications
infrastructure they need to meet the safety requirements, and a system
that they can operate with confidence."
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About Meteorcomm LLC
Meteorcomm LLC is a data communications company providing technical
expertise in reliable, effective data communications infrastructure
solutions to the railroad industry. The company's robust data networks
are integrated into the railroads' IT infrastructure to help them
achieve compliance with government mandates for PTC (Positive Train
Control) safety systems. Meteorcomm collaborates with customers
throughout the project lifecycle, providing products and services that
play a role in achieving customers' technical and business objectives in
the deployment of complex communication systems.
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