Method for safely operating a rail traffic system and rail traffic system

Abstract

A method for safely operating a rail traffic system, comprising the steps: comprising first rail traffic information correlating with a state variable of the rail traffic system, transmitting second rail traffic information correlating with the state variable of the rail traffic system between a first rail vehicle and an infrastructure facility and/or a second rail vehicle, determining a comparison result using the first rail traffic information and the second rail traffic information, checking the plausibility of the first rail traffic information and/or the second rail traffic information using the comparison result, and controlling the rail traffic system using the result of the plausibility check.

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         17 . A method for safely operating a rail traffic system, the method comprising the following steps:
 collecting first rail traffic information correlating with a state variable of the rail traffic system;   transmitting second rail traffic information correlating with the state variable of the rail traffic system between at least one of a first rail vehicle and an infrastructure facility or the first rail vehicle and a second rail vehicle;   determining a comparison result on a basis of the first rail traffic information and the second rail traffic information;   subjecting at least one of the first rail traffic information or the second rail traffic information to a plausibility check using the comparison result; and   controlling the rail traffic system using a result of the plausibility check.   
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 17 , which comprises collecting the first rail traffic information by way of the first rail vehicle and transmitting the second rail traffic information to the first rail vehicle. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 17 , which comprises collecting the first rail traffic information by way of the infrastructure facility and transmitting the second rail traffic information to the infrastructure facility. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein at least one of the first rail traffic information or the second rail traffic information is based on a sensordetected measuring value. 
     
     
         21 . The method according to  claim 17 , which comprises conducting the plausibility check at regular time intervals. 
     
     
         22 . The method according to  claim 17 , which comprises controlling the rail traffic system by means of at least one item of rail traffic information modified using the comparison result. 
     
     
         23 . The method according to  claim 17 , which comprises calibrating a collection of at least one of the first rail traffic information or the second rail traffic information using the comparison result. 
     
     
         24 . The method according to  claim 17 , which comprises controlling rail vehicles of different control capacity classes in the same rail traffic system in different ways. 
     
     
         25 . The method according to  claim 17 , which comprises classifying the at least one rail vehicle in a higher control capacity class due to a control of the rail traffic system using the result of the plausibility check. 
     
     
         26 . The method according to  claim 17 , which comprises classifying the at least one rail vehicle in a higher control capacity class due to a continuous transmission of the second rail traffic information. 
     
     
         27 . The method according to  claim 17 , which comprises classifying the at least one rail vehicle depending on the result of the plausibility check. 
     
     
         28 . The method according to  claim 17 , which comprises transferring at least one rail vehicle based on a control capacity class thereof to a highly utilized rail line section to increase a traffic capacity. 
     
     
         29 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein the step of controlling the rail traffic system using the result of the plausibility check comprises determining at least one of travel parameter ranges to be complied with or rail line sections that can be travelled on. 
     
     
         30 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein controlling the rail traffic system is based at least in part on travelling in moving spatial distances. 
     
     
         31 . The method according to  claim 17 , which comprises controlling the infrastructure facility due to a control command of the at least one rail vehicle. 
     
     
         32 . A rail traffic system, comprising:
 an infrastructure facility; and   at least one rail vehicle; and   wherein at least one of said infrastructure facility or said at least one rail vehicle includes a control unit for carrying out the method according to  claim 17 .