Railway signalling receiver

Details Railway signalling receiver Railway signalling receiver

1982-12-16

1985-05-07

Safourek, Benedict V.

Pulse or digital communications

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364726, 375 96, 246 5, 246 34R, H03D 318

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045162492

ABSTRACT:
A railway signalling receiver in which a signal carried by the railway lines is sensed and the sensed signal is sampled, digitized and subjected to a discrete Fourier transform operation which transform the time domain samples into the frequency domain. The frequency content of the signal may then be examined in order to identify the original signal or to decode the information carried. The signal may be a frequency shift keyed carrier signal. A technique of maintaining the safety of the system by discriminating against potentially confusingly similar ASK signals, which can arise spontaneously in electric traction territories, is described. A technique of digitally heterodyning down a carrier signal so that the transform operates on the lower sidebands frequencies in order to maximize efficiency of the transform calculations is also described. The receiver is useful as a jointless track circuit receiver and also in a part of the train borne equipment of an automatic train protection system.

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