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Huawei GSM-R Customer References.....................................................................................1 North-South and East-West Lines: Turkmenistan Telecommunication Upgrade Project...........9

Global Huawei References.....................................................................................................2 Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express...........................................................................10

Huawei’s Progress in GSM-R..................................................................................................3 Hada Line: High-speed Railway at 350 km/h.........................................................................11

Sochi Line: Preparing for the 2014 Winter Games in Russia...................................................4 Chengguan Railway: First GSM-R Softswitch in Rail Operation..............................................12

EKB Line: ERTMS L2 Multi-vendor System for Turkey.............................................................5 Daqin Line: First Commercial GSM-R Application over GPRS to be Upgraded to IP-core.......13

Metropolitan Line, Australia..................................................................................................6 Jingjiu Line: The Longest Railway in China............................................................................15

Cape Town-Durban-Gauteng Line: Sub-Saharan Africa’s First GSM-R Railway.........................7 Zambia Line: first railway line that attains ERTMS Regional standard....................................16

Shah-Habshan-Ruwais Railway: The First ETCS L2 Line for New UAE Railway Network..........8 Morocco line: Helps Morocco ONCF Traverse the Atlas Mountains.......................................18
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Global Huawei References China’s Domestic Market Share

New Market Share in 2013

83%
As of July 2014, the Huawei GSM-R solution was awarded a total of
As of July 2014
25,000 kilometers of GSM-R railway lines worldwide.
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Huawei’s Progress in GSM-R
With 11 years of GSM-R experience, Huawei Technologies has made great improvements to its Global Systems for
Mobile Communications-Railway (GSM-R) solutions. GSM-R is an international digital wireless communications
standard that is fast replacing analog radio networks, thanks to its superior handling of ground-to-train
communications. Some highlights of Huawei’s progress in GSM-R include.
2002: Huawei Technologies commences research and development for GSM-R.
2005: Huawei’s first GSM-R projects are successfully rolled out and put into operation.
2009: Huawei is awarded a major GSM-R project in Australia, which also represents Huawei’s first presence in
the global GSM-R market.
2011: In preparation for the XXII Olympic Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games in Russia, Huawei is
awarded a contract to build the GSM-R network for the Sochi line.
2012: EKB line, which is ETCS-2 standard and integrated with NSN core.
2013: GSM-R South Africa awarded to Huawei.
2013: Multivendor integration completed in Turkey.
2014: GSM-R Zambia awarded to Huawei, ETCS-3.
Today: Huawei GSM-R covers more than 20,000 kilometers worldwide.
In China alone, Huawei holds the 2013 new increased market share of 72 percent. Huawei's GSM-R technology
is recognized by railways around the world, having been installed in Australia, China, Italy, Russia, South Africa,
Turkey, Turkmenistan, and the United Arab Emirates. Huawei GSM-R sales in the international market exceed
Huawei’s domestic GSM-R contract awards. International customers continue to award Huawei a large number
of GSM-R projects, positioning Huawei ahead of the competition.
This brochure will introduce you to a number of key Huawei customers.
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Sochi Line: supporting the 2014 Winter Games
in Russia
The Sochi railway is a modern transport infrastructure being
prepared for the XXII Olympic Games and XI Paralympic Winter
Games in Sochi, Russia, in 2014. It runs about 157 kilometers
with passing Tuapse , Sochi, Adler, Alpika Service, and Vesyeloe.
At the end of 2011, Huawei was awarded the contract to build
Sochi’s GSM-R network, including the access and core networks.
To guarantee the highest reliability for the Sochi railway, Huawei
is supplying a hot-standby core network. Dual-homing Mobile
Switch Center (MSC), duo-location Base Station Controller (BSC), and redundant Transceiver (TRX) guarantee
superior end-to-end redundancy for the entire network. Along the railway line, 12 tunnels reach a total
length of 30 kilometers. As in other projects, Huawei is installing DBS3900 distributed base stations to meet
customer requirements for this complex rail environment.
Opening of the Sochi railway is considered a significant milestone to meet passenger transport demands for
the Sochi Winter Olympics. After the Olympics, Huawei’s GSM-R solution will continue delivering services for
an improved rail transport system to the entire Sochi region and will play a significant role in tourism and the
economy.
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EKB Line : ERTMS L2 Multi-vendor System
for Turkey
Measuring 466 kilometers in length and designed for speeds of
up to 250 km/h, the Eskisehir, Kutahya, and Balıkesir (EKB) line is
an integral part of the “Target 2023 Plan” launched by the
Turkish State Railways (TCDD). The EKB Line will greatly enhance
interconnectivity between Eskisehir, Kutahya, and other major
Turkish cities, promoting economic development in the local
communities.
Huawei was awarded the contract in 2012 to provide wireless
access equipment for the EKB project. The EKB line winds through
42 tunnels and requires high-quality GSM-R service. The rugged
terrain poses significant challenges to construction, including site selection for base stations, comprehensive
signal coverage requirements, and smooth communication throughout each tunnel. Leveraging its latest
innovations in GSM-R, Huawei offers TCDD a unique distributed base station technology. The new technology
features the Remote Radio Unit (RRU) multi-site co-cell, which provides improved quality of service under
complex situations and maximum deployment flexibility, as well as enhanced tunnel coverage along the line.
The Turkish GSM-R system represents a typical multivendor network. For this line, Huawei’s GSM-R was fully
integrated with core networks from a Finland-based GSM-R vendor.
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Metropolitan Line, Australia
At the end of 2009, Huawei was awarded Australia’s metropolitan line
project, covering more than 690 kilometers of metropolitan tracks,
including 76 tunnels with a total length of 70 kilometers.
Huawei’s solution replaces the existing analog radio network, offering
greater coverage and more features. Huawei’s GSM-R solution consists
of Base Station Subsystem (BSS) and Network Switching Subsystem (NSS)
network elements. The design includes Huawei’s GSM-R duo-location
BSC, MGW Pool, SGSN/GGSN Pool, and BTS TRX N+1 backup. To meet
demanding customer requirements in the challenging environment inside
rail tunnels, Huawei installed its market-leading distributed base station.
The network also was designed in a way to enable the customer to easily
upgrade to ETCS L2 and operate at frequencies up to 1,800 MHz.
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Cape Town-Durban-Gauteng Line : Sub-Saharan
Africa’s First GSM-R Railway
The Cape Town-Durban-Gauteng Railway line is in the first phase of a
countrywide GSM-R project in South Africa. This first section will have a
total length of 1,200 kilometers and a designed speed of 120 km/h. The
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is replacing its traditional
MTP1327 analog system, which was deployed 15 years ago to provide
ground-to-train voice services. The GSM-R digital signaling radio system
will significantly improve passenger rail transport for large portions of
South Africa’s population.
Huawei was awarded the GSM-R contract for access and core network
architectures in 2012. Huawei’s latest evolution of wireless rail
communication technology will make available operational GSM-R voice
and data services. The new system is designed to meet Europe’s ETCS L2
train signaling system requirements. It consists of a series of network
infrastructure products and solutions, including distributed GSM-R base
stations, IP-core network, and optical transmission equipment.
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Shah-Habshan-Ruwais Railway : The First
ETCS L2 Line for New UAE Railway Network
Etihad Rail, developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network, plans a
1,200-kilometer network to extend across the country by 2018. The first stage is
the essential Shah-Habshan-Ruwais line. It will connect urban and industrial areas, opening new links to Saudi
Arabia in the west and Oman in the east. The first section is 264 kilometers, with a designed speed of up to
120 km/h (freight) and up to 200 km/h (passenger). Railway scheduling will use the advanced ETCS L2
signaling system.
Huawei was awarded the contract in 2012 to provide an
end-to-end GSM-R solution, including wireless access
network and core network equipment, design,
installation, joint commissioning, and other professional
services. Huawei’s GSM-R network must withstand
demanding environmental conditions. Huawei GSM-R will
provide an end-to-end network redundancy solution that
includes a transmission backbone, core, and wireless
access networks. The core network uses the industry’s first
network hot-standby techniques. Huawei’s BSS
single-frequency, double-coverage solution simultaneously
meets frequency and backup requirements.
After completion of the first project, UAE railway passenger and cargo capacity will be greatly improved and
play a leading role in determining planning for subsequent second and third stages.
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North-South and East-West Lines : Turkmenistan
Telecommunication Upgrade Project
Turkmenistan is an important transport hub for the entire
Eurasia region. The national railway system in Turkmenistan
extends more than 3,600 kilometers with rail corridors
facing east to west and north to south.
The north-south line and the 590-kilometer east-west line
are the first and third phases in a total of seven phases of
Turkmenistan’s Rail communications upgrade plan. Huawei
was awarded this GSM-R contract in 2012 to implement an
end-to-end solution, including wireless access, core
network, and terminals. The core network is considered the
industry’s most integrated GSM-R core, with superior
reliability based on Huawei’s eCNS300 equipment, in a
compact, single cabinet.
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Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express
In December 2007, Huawei Technologies was selected to design and build a GSM-R voice and data
communication system for the high-speed line between the cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou. The
Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong line, using a CTCS-3 train signaling system (coherent to ETCS L2),
was China’s first operational GSM-R line with a speed designed to reach 350 km/h.
About one-third of the high-speed line runs through hilly terrain that required extensive construction
of bridges, cuttings, and tunnels. The 10.8-kilometer Shiziyang tunnel, the longest in the system, is an
underwater dual-cave shield tunnel that reflects the shape of the shuttle and leaves very little room
for Radio Frequency (RF) equipment.
Huawei’s BSS solution for this challenging environment consists of a combination of conventional BTS
and repeater equipment, as well as distributed base stations. Huawei GSM-R is compatible with the
two signaling systems of the mainland and Hong Kong and interworks with NSS equipment provided
by other vendors. This project speeds rail access from Hong Kong to 16 mainland cities.
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Hada Line : High-speed Railway at 350 km/h
The Hada Railway project is a major high speed rail construction
project connecting the cities of Harbin in Heilongjiang Province
with Dalian in Liaoning province. The total length is 895
kilometers of GSM-R track. The system is designed for train
speeds of 350 km/h. To ensure safe operation of this network, the
line is controlled by the Chinese Train Control System-3 (CTCS-3),
which is compliant with the European Train Control System Level
2 (ETCS L2).
Huawei was awarded the contract in July 2010 to design and
supply a GSM-R access and core network solution as part of the
National Eleventh Five-Year Plan. Huawei designed the network to
be fully compliant with the stringent requirements of the CTCS-3
signaling system. Components include Huawei’s Softswitch core
network with MSC dual-homing and distributed base station
system.
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Chengguan Railway: First GSM-R Softswitch
in Rail Operation
Huawei Technologies was chosen to design and supply a GSM-R
access and core network solution for the Chengguan Railway
project, which runs between the cities of Chengdu and
Dujiangyan in Sichuan Province. It is a railway line designed for
train speeds of up to 250 km/h.
Huawei’s R4 Softswitch core network was successfully installed on
this line, proving its market-leading network reliability. The
Chengguan project was the very first GSM-R project in China
equipped with R4 Softswitch technology, underscoring Huawei’s
lead in transportation technology. Huawei not only designed,
built, and put this network into operation, but also interconnected
and integrated the Chengguan GSM-R system with other vendors’
GSM-R core networks located in Beijing and Wuhan.
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Daqin Line : First Commercial GSM-R Application Jingjiu Line: The Longest Railway in China
over GPRS to be Upgraded to IP-core
The Daqin Railway connects the city of Datong with the city of Qinhuangdao and, in 2005, became China’s first railway The Jingjiu Railway project is the largest single rail project in
line to be equipped with Huawei’s GSM-R technology. China, with a total length of 2,553 kilometers. This rail project
connects the cities of Beijing and Jiulong in Hong Kong with a
The Daqin line is mainly used for coal transportation and is recognized as one of the most important heavy-haul railways railway line designed for train speeds of up to 200 km/h. The
in China. Trains traveling a total length of 2,700 meters, with up to 214 coaches, operate on multiple engines distributed Jingjiu Railway is considered to be a significant section of the
between the individual coaches. These traction units are operated and synchronized from a single driver using Huawei’s national railway network, since it connects northern and
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) data solution. The Daqin line was the first to use this GPRS-based solution, and, southern China.
since the commercial launch of the line, its freight throughput has increased by 400 percent and annual capacity has
reached 400 million tons. Huawei Technologies was selected in 2009 for the design and
supply of a GSM-R radio solution for the northern section of the
To further improve operational reliability of the end-to-end system, the Daqin railway line was successfully migrated from Jingjiu Railway project. Following the success of implementation
its R99 platform to a modern R4 Softswitch platform in January 2011. Huawei designed and carried out the GSM-R core on the initial northern section, Huawei Technologies was then
network upgrade without disrupting the Daqin line rail operations. The successful migration of the Daqin 3GPP GSM-R awarded in late 2010 to also design and supply the southern
network represents an important milestone for GSM-R network operators around the world, since many GSM-R section of this GSM-R network.
networks today would greatly benefit from the additional features offered by an R4 platform. This project demonstrates
that high-reliability GSM-R networks can be migrated while maintaining full rail operation.

Due to the large number of tunnels, long slopes, and other complex terrain making up the
Daqin railway, traditional repeaters were installed during the initial phase of the project to meet wireless coverage
requirements. As cargo throughput increased, demands on wireless reliability also increased. In May 2013, the railway’s
original mobile repeater solution was replaced by Huawei’s distributed BTS DBS3900. It was the first time anywhere that
any railroad had replaced repeaters with the Huawei GSM-R DBS3900.

Huawei installed 70 sets of DBS3900 distributed base stations over more than 20 long slopes, tunnels, and regions with
complex RF situations. The replacement of mobile repeaters by DBS3900 stations has greatly enhanced network
performance, improving efficiency and safety on the heavy-load Daqin Railway.
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Zambia Line: first railway line to attain the ERTMS
Regional standard
Huawei offers a cutting-edge GSM-R solution for Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) to
build Africa’s first railway that complies with the European Train Control System Level
3 (ETCS L3) standard component of the European Rail Traffic Management System
(ERTMS). Upgrading the communication system for the 950 km-long Livingstone to
Chingola railway is now in progress.
Huawei’s GSM-R solution interconnects with the existing communications system,
ensures system reliability and availability, and also complies with the industry’s leading
ETCS L3 standard. Compared to ETCS L1 and L2, ETCS L3 features fewer trackside
devices, lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and increased dependability.
The GSM-R solution provided by Huawei enables full wireless coverage over the entire railway. The solution enables hot
standby for all Network Elements (NEs), including core network devices, by using a variety of approaches, such as Mobile
Switching Center (MSC) server dual homing, and Base Station Controller (BSC) geographical and transceiver redundancy.
To address the considerable distance between railway stations, GSM-R leverages industry-leading Power-Boost
Technology (PBT) and “soft-splitter” technology to expand base station coverage by more than 25 percent. Dual-channel
microwave transmission replaces optical fiber transmission, reducing ZRL’s construction costs while ensuring system
availability.
More importantly, the solution seamlessly integrates UHF and VHF wireless networks and makes full use of existing
communication resources, such as towers, equipment rooms, and power supply systems. End-to-end resource migration
dramatically improves migration efficiency.
Huawei has strong service capabilities in Zambia. Huawei has deployed several 2G and 3G Zambian networks and has a
proven track record of delivering a full range of railway projects worldwide, ensuring successful project implementation.
During project delivery, Huawei will host a series of training courses for ZRL technicians to improve technical skills and
ensure smooth system O&M.
Upon completion of this project, Huawei’s GSM-R solution will enhance transport capabilities for the Livingstone to
Chingola railway and promote economic diversity along the line. ZRL wants to improve the annual freight capacity of the
railway by more than 50 percent.
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Morocco line: Helps Morocco ONCF Traverse the
Atlas Mountains
To effectively enable nationwide, all-weather, and real-time railway operations in
Morocco, Huawei has offered the GSM-R solution that complies with the European
Train Control System Level 2 (ETCS L2) standard. The solution operates reliably in
the harsh conditions of the Atlas Mountains, to modernize the railway network.
The existing railway network uses analog voice systems from various vendors, and
the new GSM-R network must seamlessly integrate these existing voice systems into
a unified network.
ONCF requires the new scheduling network to deliver five-nines reliability (99.999
percent) for high-speed railways and three-nines reliability (99.9 percent) for other
railways. Built upon many years of technical innovations, Huawei is able to offer a GSM-R network tailored to the
needs of ONCF.
Huawei has deployed core equipment rooms in three major cities across Morocco — Rabat, Casablanca, and
Tangier. Using a single optical transmission network, the three equipment rooms connect wireless base stations
along the railway, implementing unified railway scheduling. During routine operation, dispatchers can schedule
nationwide railway resources from these three equipment rooms, delivering instructions efficiently and
conveniently.
The GSM-R network offers hot-standby redundancy for all Network Elements (NEs): geographical redundancy for
core network devices and Base Station Controllers (BSCs); dual wireless networks along high-speed railways;
board-level redundancy for base stations along other railways; and ring-shaped networking for the entire GSM-R
network. With these compelling features, the GSM-R network delivers 99.999 percent reliability for high-speed
railways and 99.9 percent reliability for other railways.
The GSM-R network offers a customized module that complies with all frequency bands specified by GSM-R and
ONCF, allowing ONCF to smoothly migrate frequency bands without purchasing new hardware or interrupting
railway operations.
To adapt to the harsh conditions along the railway, the GSM-R network offers differentiated base stations, such
as distributed and macro base stations, meeting diverse network requirements in a range of situations. This
flexibility also delivers high network reliability, availability, and maintainability.
Upon completion, Huawei’s GSM-R network is expected to improve railway scheduling efficiency by more than
100 percent and promote intercity communication, thereby stimulating economic growth in Morocco.
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