Derisking GNSS use in the design of a train autonomy system

Thales Canada, Transportation Solutions has a long history of developing automated train systems. The company has designed a new autonomous train system that contains a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), e.g., GPS, sensor input using corrected GNSS measurements. Thales and York University’s GNSS Laboratory are proposing in this Mitacs Accelerate proposal that one senior doctoral student review the GNSS component of the Thales design, conduct a trade-off study of GNSS use options to refine the requirements and performance, develop a high-level architectural design of the GNSS measurement processing function, and carry-out a safety concept study to confirm that the required safety levels can be attained. This project will then lead to a larger project to develop a prototype GNSS measurement processing function based on these design studies, and then an even larger project to more tightly-integrate the GNSS function into the overall autonomous train solution.

Faculty Supervisor:

Sunil Bisnath

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Partner:

Thales Canada Inc (North York, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Transportation and warehousing

University:

York University

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