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The complete transformation of the ICT domain driven by 5G network principles and capabilities, will impact significantly the path towards digitalization of many vertical industries, with modern railway transportations being one of them. In this context, Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) service requirements and system principles are very well mapped to 5G service and network concepts associated with network performance, technology neutrality at various levels as well as network planning and deployment options. However, the flexibility of 5G networks implies that concepts are pinned down to deployment paradigms so that afore assertions are proved. The 5G-PPP project 5G-VICTORI aims at delivering a complete 5G solution suitable for railway environments and FRMCS services, along with experimentation deployments for testing and evaluation in operational railway environments. This paper discusses the service Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and technical requirements and provides an overview of the proposed experimental deployment in an operational railway environment in the area of Patras, Greece.
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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Framework Programme Horizon 2020 under grant agreements (1) No. 857201 and project name “5G-VICTORI: VertIcal demos over Common large scale field Trials fOr Rail, energy and media Industries”.
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Mesogiti, I. et al. (2021). 5G-VICTORI: Future Railway Communications Requirements Driving 5G Deployments in Railways. In: Maglogiannis, I., Macintyre, J., Iliadis, L. (eds) Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations. AIAI 2021 IFIP WG 12.5 International Workshops. AIAI 2021. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 628. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79157-5_2
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