Special Issue on GNSS Technology and Applications for Intelligent Railway

Intelligent equipment, construction, operation and other directions in intelligent railway have given rise to opportunities for new management, operation control and railway safety critical system. These advancements have put forward higher requirements for the trustworthy acquisition and application of location data pertaining to people, trains, equipment and infrastructure facilities.

The Positioning, Navigation & Timing (PNT) service capability of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), represented by GPS, GALILEO, BeiDou, etc., provides an important driving force for the digitalization and intelligent development of next-generation railway systems. Harnessing artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, digital twin and communication/navigation integration, the intelligent railway system based on trustworthy and safe/resilient PNT services by GNSS is expected to optimize the operational safety, traveling efficiency, environmental benefits, service quality and other aspects of Location-based Service for Railway (LBS-R), thus supporting the intelligent railway system to play a more significant role in the development of the comprehensive transportation system.

A special issue of High-Speed Railway (CN 10-1922/U2, ISSN 2949-8678) with the theme of “GNSS Technology and Applications for Intelligent Railway” is now available. Experts and scholars in the related fields are welcome to contribute to this issue.

Call for paper topics (including but not limited to):

• Integrated PNT architecture for Intelligent Railway
• Theory and technology of novel GNSS positioning solution for railway
• Application of GNSS PNT services in the dispatching/control integrated railway framework
• Trustworthy and safe positioning theory and technology based on multi-sensor fusion
• Human/vehicle/object integrated positioning and safety protection technology for complicated railway environments
• Communication and navigation integration theory and technology for typical applications of intelligent railway
• GNSS monitoring theory and technology for key objects of railway
• Theory and technology of GNSS interference protection under complex and uncertain signal observation environments
• Safety assessment theory for GNSS-based positioning in safety critical railway systems
• Railway-dedicated GNSS test and evaluation theory and technology based on digital twin
• AI-driven multi-dimensional perception and autonomous operation technology for intelligent railway

Guest Editors:

• Prof. Jiang Liu, Beijing Jiaotong University, jiangliu@bjtu.edu.cn
• Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pannek, Technische Universität Braunschweig, j.pannek@tu-braunschweig.de
• Prof. Debiao Lu, Beijing Jiaotong University, debiao.lu@bjtu.edu.cn
• Prof. Weiwei Song, Wuhan University, sww@whu.edu.cn
• AR. Lei Fan, Beihang University, bhflei@buaa.edu.cn

Submission deadline:

December 1, 2024