Thousands of railways, metros and rapid transits carry billions of passengers and goods all over the world, every day. They are very different transportation systems with a fundamental need in common: to  provide  top-excellence  services  to  their  customers  through  reliable,  safe  and  efficient  rail operations. To  this  purpose,  these  companies  need  a  more  integrated  and  innovative  approach  to assetmaintenance and traffic management. They are looking for cutting-edge technology able to give their own people the ability to work at their full potential and fix problems before they come to light.

The DINoS5G (Diagnostic Integrated Networks of Satellite and 5G) main target is to develop a solution based  on  both  5G  terrestrial  communication  infrastructure  and  integration  and  support  of  satellite communications for smart and innovative maintenance management of railway infrastructures. Satellite  access  will  be  used  to  strengthen  and  improve  resilience,  availability  and  coverage  of  the connectivity  services  to  support  diagnostics,  maintenance  and  management  ofItalian  Railway infrastructure  of  RFI. 

It  will  complement  terrestrial  access  by  5G  RAN. Data  transferred  from  RFI peripheral systems through satellite and/or 5G RAN will be fed into 5G Core network, which connects large-scale  RFI  central  systems  for  diagnostic  processing and  smart  maintenance  planning  and operations. Peripheral systems will appear to the network as Edge Nodes, that will select 5G RAN or SAT RAN, according to data-driven criteria and core network orchestration policies. The DINoS5G real added value is:

• (a) integration of satellite network and terrestrial facilities in joint and complementary provision of  maintenance services, activities and procedures to monitor the status of the railway infrastructure;
• (b) guaranteeing its constant surveillance and safe performances