RFID-gate
Background
KTH COS and the Swedish Transport Administration ( Trafikverket ) have collaborated for a number of years to create solutions and innovation in the area of logistics and traffic management for goods transports. The RFID-project includes a design intended to read ID-tags on railway cars and to read important information/signs on the same cars.
The RFID-project is funded through Trafikverket by the Nordic Council of Ministers, www.norden.org/en/nordic-council-ministers
Purpose and Goal
The high level target for RFID-gate is to enhance logistics support for goods transport on railroads. The project goals are to utilize RFID and digital camera technology to support localization and dispatch of railway goods transports in a low cost (CAPEX and OPEX), low energy, low maintenance manner.
Expected outcome
The technical goals for the project are to design a new and complete RFID and camera solution for use on the side of the tracks. It shall contain data transfer and storage on a server for off-line use. Critical parts of the suggested system shall be implemented and validated in the field as well.
Planned approach and implementation
The design approach contains a system design on paper as a first step. This phase was executed initially in spring 2024. The next step has been to implement a working system with 2 distinct services. A complete RFID tag access system has been implemented. This system contains an RFID-reader, a train presence detector, a local wireless IoT sensor network, a 4G CatM modem for data transfer, a MQTT server and a data presentation application as well.
In addition to the RFID data system, a camera support service is under development. As a first target, reading of information signs on the railway cars will be developed.
A first installation was made May 7th 2024 on an industrial single track operated by the Swedish Transport Administration close to the Gothenburg harbor area.
Duration
April 2024 to March 2025 (12 months)
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