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Background

The Turkish State Railroad Company (TSR) is Turkey’s national

railway. Headquartered in Istanbul, TSR controls more than 7,400
mi. (12,000 km) of track, 8 passenger lines, 7 freight ports and
has more than 32,000 employees. Each year, TSR carries more
than 25 million tons of freight and 90 million passengers. TSR has
72% of Turkey’s railway market.

Challenges

The EKB (Eskisehir, Kutahya and Balıkesir) line will decrease travel
time between the major cities of Eskisehir, Kutahya, Afyon, and
Balıkesir from the current 6 or 7 hours to 3 hours and 10 minutes.
Huawei provided Global System for Mobile Communications-
Railway (GSM-R) systems on the project. The route posed some
serious challenges with regard to the GSM-R portion of the
project.

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mountains. The EKB line winds 289 mi. (466 km) through h e re :
tunnels. Choosing suitable base station sites and dealing with a
large number of tunnels posed a problem for radio coverage.

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Because other vendors supplied the existing core network, TSR

required Huawei to offer interoperable devices and peripherals
(except for the signaling system) devices.

Network security

Some of TSR’s railway lines connect to Turkey’s neighbors,

Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. To ensure efficiency and security in
these sometimes unstable areas, TSR required high network
security.

Solution

Huawei offered an ETCS L2-compliant GSM-R solution with

several key features.

Distributed Base Stations (DBS)

Huawei introduced an industry-unique Distributed Base Station

(DBS) solution. It uses Remote Radio Unit (RRU) multi-site cell
technology for improved Quality of Service (QoS) and to simplify
site deployments and maximize radio coverage.

Interoperability 

Huawei’s GSM-R solution efficiently interoperated with third-party

peripherals and signaling systems from well-established vendors.
For example, Frequentis’ railway dispatch and telephone systems,
worked well with Funkwerk vehicle-mounted stations and Sierra
Wireless handheld devices.
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In Huawei’s solution, a maximum of 5 Base Transceiver Stations
(BTSs) form a ring. An active and standby link are set up between
BTSs and a Base Station Controller (BCS), preventing transmission
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Benefits

Devices from different vendors are fully interoperable with

Huawei devices to lower initial investment

Improved DBS coverage and uninterrupted coverage through

tunnels greatly improves service quality

Ability to operate with trains traveling at up to 267 mph (430

km/h) through tunnels and mountains

Better security using BTS ring technology

Fully industry-standard compliant equipment

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