The present invention discloses a balise (100) being configured for transmitting a
train control signal (102) to an onboard unit of a rail vehicle, comprising: - a
control unit (116) being configured for receiving
train control data and converting the
train control data into the respective train
control signal, - an electronic driver unit comprising an
LC resonator (106) configured to transmit the train
control signal via a transmitting coil of the
LC resonator (116) to a vehicle antenna (104) aligned with the onboard unit of the rail vehicle; - a monitoring unit (112) comprising a
signal generation circuit (a) configured for generating a test
signal and further comprising a
signal transmitting antenna (b) for transmitting the test signal (B(t)) thereby inducing a response signal (b(t)) in the transmitting coil of the
LC resonator (106); - said monitoring unit (112) further comprising a receiving antenna (c) configured for receiving the response signal (b(t)), said response signal inducing an output signal in the receiving antenna (c); and - said monitoring unit (112) further comprising an evaluation unit (f) configured to evaluate the output signal with respect to its frequency and / or amplitude. Thus, the monitoring unit performs a frequency and quality supervision of the
resonance of the LC
resonator. This measure permits to send a feedback, optionally in addition of more information of the configuration and the orders received from the
control unit that controls the balise, thereby enabling the emission of more restrictive orders in case of balise failures detected by the monitoring unit integrated into the balise, and in this way avoiding rail accidents.