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Poster Abstract: Wireless Sensor Network-Based Tunnel Monitoring
White Paper This paper describes the development and deployment of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) to monitor a train tunnel during adjacent construction activity. The tunnel in question is a part... [04 Mar 2008]
Photos: High-tech London St Pancras on track
Photo The station is the final element in the High Speed 1 rail link project which was initiated by the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act in 1996.silicon.com went along to the station a month before its official opening to take a... [08 Oct 2007]
Heathrow Express rolls out 2Mbps wi-fi
News The Heathrow Express' on-board wi-fi uses a 3.5G HSDPA cellular connection or WiMax - when in a tunnel - to connect the train back to the T-Mobile network. The service, providing a direct link between... [24 Apr 2007]
Photos: How Heathrow Express does wi-fi
Photo Nigel Wallbridge, founder and chairman of Nomad Digital, said this is the first time WiMax has been used to provide a wi-fi network to a train within a tunnel and this opens up the possibility of using... [24 Apr 2007]
Leader: No hang ups about subterranean mobiles
Leader I'm going into a tunnel.when the train dips back into the subterranean world. Equally, those who love the silence of an early morning commuter train have little to fear: once the novelty... [16 Apr 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Yes, China is different
Comment Just about everything is available, and if it isn't, getting access to a tunnel into an ISP via friends in the West seemed the favoured route. Edited on the London to Ipswich train a week later and... [07 Aug 2006]
On-train Wi-Fi gets satellite upgrade
News Hyde-Thomson said users won't expect to be able to get an Internet connection at all times during their journey: "You don't expect to get an Internet connection in the dark of a tunnel any more than you'd expect to use... [09 Sep 2004]
Eurostar joins on-board Wi-Fi bandwagon
News GNER said that, for example, when the train passes through a tunnel, four to six cellular phone links are used in parallel to maintain the internet connection, so even if the speed decreases temporarily,... [09 Feb 2004]
GNER Wi-Fi train trial on track
News GNER said that, for example, when the train passes through a tunnel, 4-6 cellular phone links are used in parallel to maintain the internet connection, so even if the speed decreases temporarily, the... [01 Dec 2003]
Cable & Wireless takes a hammering
News He said: "I think we can see light at the end of the tunnel. And I hope it's not a train coming down the other end of the line. Shares in Cable and Wireless have fallen to a 10-year low after the company... [21 Feb 2002]
Siemens faces court case over tunnel inferno
News The case claims that Siemens' safety systems were partly responsible for the fire which killed 155 people on a funicular train. German electronics giant Siemens is facing court action from relatives of those killed in... [16 Aug 2001]
Train crash brings net to a halt
News A major train crash in a tunnel in Baltimore has brought the internet to a crawl for some users in the US. The CSX goods train involved is reported to have derailed and cut important... [20 Jul 2001]
