Transcript New Telecommunications Labs - Institution of Railway Signal

Empowering Through Knowledge and
Skill Development – Initiatives by
IRISET
C.K. Prasad, IRSSE (SAG/NF)
Professor IRISET
INDIAN RAILWAYS INSTITUTE OF SIGNAL ENGINEERING & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Agenda
• Partnership and MoUs
• Leveraging Information Technology and Tools
• Training Infrastructure
• Technology
• Performance Highlight
• Roadmap Ahead
• Conclusion
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security
that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability –
Henry Ford
What Gives Value to an Organization?
Organization’s
Value
•Physical Assets
•Financial Assets
•Intangible Assets –
People!
Partnership & MoU
IRISET has partnered with premier institutes to achieve
excellence
in
training
and
human
resource
development.
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur for
Consultancy on Centre for Safety Critical Software
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad for
MTech Program for in service IRSSE officers
• Osmania University College of Engineering (OUCE),
Hyderabad for Joint M Tech/ME program for IRSSE
Probationary officers
• MoU with National Knowledge Network for
connectivity,
knowledge sharing and collaborative
research programs
CENTRE FOR SAFETY CRITICAL SOFTWARE
FOR SIGNALLING
Consultancy Agreement was signed in April 2015 for setting up Centre for Safety Critical
Software with IIT, Kharagpur.
Boadly,the scope of work includes:
• Identification and documentation of the qualifications
and training requirements of the Signalling &
Telecommunication personnel to be posted at the
centre.
• Work out detailed syllabus for imparting training in
Software Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Safety
Standards including CENELEC, Software Testing,
Verification and Validation, Version control, Safety cases
etc
CENTRE FOR SAFETY CRITICAL SOFTWARE
FOR SIGNALLING
• Specification and configuration of Safety
Critical Data Centre that includes
architecture, specifications for data centre
infrastructure,
servers,
networking
hardware, work stations etc.
• Suggest Software Verification tools to be
procured and set up at the Centre
CENTRE FOR SAFETY CRITICAL SOFTWARE
FOR SIGNALLING
• The technology in Signalling and Train Control systems
has been under transformation
• The current technology is based on computer
controlled software embedded systems and
communication technology.
• Signalling and Communication future technologies are
getting more and more integrated.
• to manage the life cycle of these advance & complex
systems, the setting up of the Centre for Safety Critical
Software for Signalling at IRISET will play a key role in
training & competency building of S&T Engineers.
CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE OF CENTRE FOR SAFETY CRITICAL SOFTWARE AT IRISET WITH ACCESS TO ZONAL
RAILWAYS, RDSO, CORE
MoU with Indian Institute of Technology
Hyderabad
• IRISET has formalised an MoU with Indian
Institute of Technology, Hyderabad for Master
of Technology programme to be offered by IIT,
Hyderabad to select officers of Indian Railways
(primarily of IRSSE cadre) in line with the
principles of Industry-Academic co-operation.
• The MoU has been approved by Rly Board and
is likely to be signed next week
MoU with Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Key objectives of the programme
• To offer Master of Technology to Officers of Indian Railways by IIT
Hyderabad through a 2- Year Post-graduate programme at par with
IIT Hyderabad’s own campus students so that the level of
instructions imparted to them are the best and latest in the
mainstream of engineering education in the country.
• To help IRISET in updating its capability for introducing courses in
engineering technologies specifically useful to Indian Railways.
• To increase interaction and cooperation between these two
organizations as a pioneering ‘Industry – Institute’ collaboration for
larger benefit to both the academia as well as Industry.
MoU with Osmania University College of
Engineering (OUCE), Hyderabad
• Joint Post Graduate M.Tech / M.E Degree Programme for
IRSSE Probationary Officers of Indian Railways who undergo
exhaustive training programme at IRISET aimed to prepare
them to shoulder the responsibility of a specialized job of
Signal & Telecom engineers
• The Proposal has been approved by Board of Studies of
Osmania University College of Engineering, (OUCE),
Hyderabad and by the Academic Council, OUCE on 29th July,
2015.
• MoU proposal is under approval process of the Osmania
University which thereafter will need Railway Board’s
approval
National Knowledge Network
• A MoU has been signed with National Knowledge
Network (NKN) for providing 100 Mbps connectivity to
IRISET.
• The last mile connectivity is provided by RailTel
Corporation and the MPLS port of 100 Mbps has been
provisioned by National Informatics Centre (NIC).
• The service has been commissioned on 28th July 2015
• NKN is designed as a Smart Ultra High Bandwidth
network that seamlessly interconnects the leading
Scientific and Technological institutions - which are
pursuing world-class research and development.
Services Available to IRISET as Part of NKN
Community
Generic Services:
 Internet, Intranet, Network Management Views, e-Mail, Messaging
Gateways, Caching Gateways, Domain Name System, Web Hosting,
Voice over IP, Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) Services, Video Portals, SMS
Gateway, Co-Location Services, Video Streaming etc.
Community Services:
 Shared Storage, e-Mail List Software Application (LISTSERV),
Authentication Service, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Collaboration
Service, Content Delivery Service, International Collaborations with EUIndia Grid, Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development
(GLORIAD) etc.
Special Services:
 Virtual Private Network Stitching Services (VPN@L2 (Virtual Private Wire
Service / Virtual Private LAN Service), VPN@L3) etc.
Services Available to IRISET as Part of NKN
Community
• Virtual Library
Enables sharing of Journals, Books and research papers
• Virtual Classroom
The NKN platform enables delivery of effective distance
education programs where teachers and learners can
interact in real time
• Network Technology Test-Bed
It provides a test-bed for testing and validation of
services before they are made available to the production
network
Training Infrastructure-Augmentation
• Impetus on Practical Skill and Competency
based training and trouble shooting
• Augmentation of infrastructure for training &
skill development by commissioning latest S&T
equipments in New Signal & Telecom Lab
facility.
• New facility building has 3 floors (G+2). With
3800 sq metres of floor area.
• Inaugurated in June 2014.
NEW S&T LABORATORY & E-LEARNING CENTRE
• Building G+2
• Total floor area : 3800 Sq Meters
E-Learning – Reloaded
• To facilitate anywhere, anytime, interactive learning through
electronic multi-media supported by telecom infrastructure, IRISET
has expanded its activities beyond conventional training systems
by establishing an E-learning Centre.
• New training modules are added to the E-learning Portal. On date
29 training modules on Signalling and Telecom subjects are
available on the portal.
• New facility has a seating capacity for 80 trainees ( Clients on twin
sharing) and augmented with advance projection system and
interactive panel with podcasting functionality.
• The centre also provides facility to conduct on-line examination.
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E-LEARNING CENTRE
E-learning session in progress
Virtual Classroom
• A virtual classroom for distance learning via
Video Conferencing between IRISET & Zonal
S&T Training Centres (STTC’s) on Indian
Railways
• Targeted at skill development of Artisan staff
(ESM’s , TCM’s etc)
• Facilitates interaction in real time between
IRISET faculty and trainees at STTC’s.
Virtual Classroom Training Centres
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
Virtual Classroom session screenshot
New Signal Labs
• Electronic Interlocking Lab
• Train Protection Warning Signal lab
• LED signal Lab
• Digital Axle Counter Lab
• Block using UFSBI & Digital Radio
Modem
with
Voice
&
Data
Transmission, Solid State Block Proving
by Axle Counter
New Signal Labs
Electronic Interlocking Laboratory has
been equipped with Electronic Interlocking
system of M/s. Medha make and FAT set up
of M/s. Westrace , M/s Medha, and
Microlok II.
TPWS LAB:
Train Protection & Warning System of
M/s. Ansaldo, Training model is
installed in this lab which is on ETCS
level 1.
New Signal Labs
LED Signal Lab:
The Lab is equipped with LED Signals of most of the manufacturers.
LED Signal Units of seven different manufacturers are provided
Digital Axle Counter Lab:
Equipped with MSDAC of Frauscher ACS2000 &
SSDACs of CEL-710P and GG-Tronics-G36
make. This lab also houses Block using UFSBI &
Digital Radio modem with Voice & Data
transmission/reception facility and also solid
state block proving by axle counter as per
latest RDSO specifications.
New Telecommunications Labs
•
Computer Networking Lab
•
Disaster Management VSAT system
•
Voice Over Internet Protocol Telephony
and Interoperability testing Lab
•
Mobile Train Radio CommunicationVHF communication & GSM-R Lab
New Telecommunications Labs
Computer Networking Lab
• The lab has a capacity to provide
Hands-on training to 36
participants.
• A TCP/IP network comprising of
3 LAN’s connected with different
make of routers and packet
tracer application is provided
• Unified PRS/UTS setup with
last mile connectivity on
copper and fibre are provided.
• Trouble shooting and network
performance
metrics
are
demonstrated
New Telecommunications Labs
DISASTER MANEGEMENT VSAT CONNECTIVTY DIAGRAM AT IRISET
Satellite
INSAT-4CR, 74°E
14Ghz –Uplink
12Ghz - Downlink
VSAT SITE-IRISET
1.2 M KU-Band Antenna
Site code: IRTSEC354
Longitude: 78°30’North
Latitude: 17°21’East
Rx polarization: Vertical
Tx polarization: Horizontal
Azimuth: 198°
Elevation: 61°
VSAT HUB/IRPMU
9.2M Antenna
Coax Cable
Each 100 feet
LAN-1
VSAT Modem
10.253.4.209
Hughes HN9460
IP:192.168.0.1/30
Telnet 192.168.0.1 1953
HUB ROUTER
192.168.12.103(IP GW)
Other Rlys
SATIN-13V
RTEL MPLS CLOUD
SATOUT-18V
RTEL-SC
10.253.4.215 (430)
RAILNET-IRISET
SWITCH
10.253.4.216
FE-10/100
VOIP Gateway (2FXS)
Audio Codes MP-112
IP: 10.253.4.210
ACLC (CONCENTRATOR)
10.253.4.211/212/213
FXS1
FXS2
4 HL, 4 PSTN & 4 CNTRLs
Honeywell CAM
10.253.4.214
431
431
1KVA UPS
NID: 10.253.4.208 /28
GW: 10.253.4.209
ACLC
10.195.4.206
SWITCH
CNTRL CKTS
WEB
SIP
10.195.4.202&204
(422 &424)
CORAL-FLEXICOM
UGW
10.195.4.207
85892
10.195.2.19
10.195.4.201:5060
NID: 10.195.0.0/16
Disaster Management Communication for Voice &
Data on VSAT
New Telecommunications Labs
Voice Over Internet Protocol Telephony System
• VoIP PBX is setup on Open Source
Asterisk Communication Server
installed on general purpose PC
hardware with Redhat Linux
open source operating system
• FreePBX open source client is
used to configure and manage
the services on the server
Interoperability
The VoIP PBX is integrated with ISDN Exchange of
Tadiran Telecom, HiPath PBX of Siemens, NGN switch
of IR/RailTel and GSM/GSM-R gateway using Matrix
gateway (PRI to IP interface) to provide seamless
connectivity
New Telecommunications Labs
Mobile Train Radio Communication
– Global System for Mobile for Railways
BTS, e-BSC, TRAU, RC
Cab Radio and associated
Power Supply
GSM R Radio Commander View
Automation of Library
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Library Management System has been
deployed to automate the process of the
Library
Bar coded inventory of books/journals and
issue of Bar coded Photo ID cards.
IRISET has a repository of 40,000 books
and 50 journals.
Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) can
be accessed through RAILNET using a
web browser.
AUTOMATED LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
Library Management System with Photo ID and Bar Code Printer
COMPUTER BASED TUTORIALS IN LIBRARY
The present collection of CBT’s has about 200 titles
Training Assessment and Evaluation
• On-line
training
assessment
and
evaluation tool deployed for conducting
online examination
• Existing E-learning centre IT infrastructure
is leveraged(Thin Clients/Desktop PC’s)
• System facilitates generation of various
types of reports for assessing the
performance of trainees and the program
Training Assessment and Evaluation
• Creation of Tests-Multiple Choice, Short answer, Fill in the
blanks, Ordered sets
• Automated correction of questions- Multiple Choice, Short
answer, Fill in the blanks, Ordered sets
• Report- Detailed exam result report to exam takers, Class
performance report, individual score cards, individual answer
sheets, exam usage reports
• Support for essay questions, multimedia questions – Audio,
Video and Picture
• Social media integration.
• Collaboration options for exam creation
• Scoring/Grading of questions, Randomize questions, Marking
question for review during the exam
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Courses
Trainees
60
116
131
140
1985
142
3574
3917
3907
3001
80
2011
2012
2013
Courses conducted
2014
2015
Courses Projected
2051
2011
2012
Trainees
2013
2014
2015
Trainees Projected
Knowledge Management Initiatives
• IRISET is significantly contributing to integrate the
knowledge available across multiple disparate
entities on Indian Railways through the Knowledge
Portal www.indianrailways-knowledgeportal.com
• IRISET as a technology & knowledge partner is
helping National Academy of Indian Railways to
integrate all the libraries across all the CTI’s, Railway
Board, Zonal Railways, RDSO and other institutes
through a common platform
Road Ahead
Focus on Training Productivity and efficiency
• Microsoft Sharepoint deployment
– Collaboration, Document Sharing , Portal
Management
– Scheduling, Yammer
• Android App to access E-learning content
from smartphone
• A Smart Classroom & Cyber Security Lab is
planned for development
IRISET Training Process Flow
Trainings
People Development
Knowledge Development
Classroom & Labs
Cross-domain training
Knowledge Mgmt Articles
OEM/End-user training
Leadership Development
Paper publications
E-Learning portal
Cross-functional training
Knowledge transfer (OEM’s)
IRISET Academy
Soft Skills
Tools
Certification
Tech & Domain
Training Plan
Training Needs
Identification
Assessment
Non-IR Personnel
Application
Culture
Process/Quality
Experienced
Personnel
Pre- Induction
Training Aids
Induction & Training
Education, Research, CSCS team
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Post- Induction
Visiting Faculty
OEM’s SMEs
Well-Trained,
Certified, Highly
Productive
Resources
Trained
Personnel
New Joinees
Continuous Improvement
Additional
training needs
CONCLUSION
• The initiatives so taken will enable IRISET to be in the
forefront of knowhow of technology development in the
core area of Signalling and Telecommunications.
• It will enable IRISET to upgrade the existing courses,
formulate new and richer programs, enhance
teaching/training capabilities thereby enhancing the
learning in terms of knowledge, skill development and
competency building.
• The effort made by IRISET will bridge the knowing – doing
gap among the railway personnel and is expected to make
them confident and competent to handle new challenges
in their work area.
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