ADVANCED COMMUNICATION-BASED VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD

摘要

A method is provided for controlling movement of a plurality of vehicles over a guideway partitioned into a plurality of guideway blocks. The method uses a control system including an onboard compouter (OBC) located on board each vehicle, at least one server for communicating with the OBC's, and a vehicle location tracking system. The method including the steps of determining a composite block status for all guideway blocks, broadcasting the compostie block status to the OBC's and controlling movement of each vehicle based on the composite block status.