WP26 Modular Platforms Specification

This work package focuses on developing the architecture and specifications for the development, testing, and certification of modular and safe computing platforms for onboard and trackside systems which host safety-related and non-safety related functions, incl. standardized approaches for monitoring, diagnostics, and configuration management. As depicted in the System Pillar Report, the envisioned computing platforms shall separate SW from HW to resolve several issues with obsolescence, upgradeability as well as underlying services for communication, remote maintenance, and security. 

WP36 Onboard Platform Demonstrator

The aim of this demonstrator is to implement and validate a prototype and blueprint of the future-proof onboard connectivity and IT platforms that are required in a highly automated rail system, with the expectation that latest from EU-RAIL phase 2 on all larger-scale demonstrators would utilize these platforms. The aim of this demonstrator is to implement and validate in a lab environment (up to TRL 5/6) how railway application(s) can be hosted on a modular computing platform, making use of a safe Runtime Environment (RTE), standardized Platform Independent (PI) API, onboard FRMCS functions and a unified diagnostics service API. As a key outcome, the demonstrator will help to determine an appropriate level of onboard platform modularity and aggregation (e.g., by utilising a common hardware pool, most likely through the usage of virtualisation or hypervisor technology), and to prove the feasibility of hardware independent integrability and potential certifiability as a blueprint for EU-RAIL phase 2 and future larger-scale demonstrators.