Providing wireless bandwidth for high-speed rail operations : final report.

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• Creators:
  Wijesekera, Duminda ; Bandara, Damindra
• Corporate Creators:
  George Mason University. Dept. of Computer Science
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bandwidth
  • Case studies
  • Frequency (Electromagnetism)
  • High speed rail
  • Wireless communication systems Positive train control
  • high-speed trains
  • bandwidth allocation and management
  • cell planning for high-speed trains
  • Coast Starlight (Train)
  • Global System for Mobile Communications-Railways
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-16/28
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• Abstract:
  This project examined the possibility of providing wireless communication for train control systems on American high-speed trains. In this ; study, the key issue is that the frequencies allocated for rail operations in the U.S. and the frequencies used by GSM-R in other parts of the world ; have different capabilities. In Europe, GSM-R is transmitted over frequencies ranging from 800 MHz to 900 MHz. The U.S. has less bandwidth ; available with a lower frequency spectrum. This project was carried out in two phases: 1) A frequency analysis was done to see how the ; available frequency band should be divided to support train operations. For varying bit rates, modulation schemes and number of packets per ; handshake, models were developed to calculate the number of trains that a WIU can handle and the maximum speed the train can operate at, and ; 2) A detailed link budget analysis was used to calculate the received power level. Given that high-speed lines are currently not available, the ; project used SCRRA lines in Southern California and the Coast Starlight light rail line as case studies for the analysis. The locations of WIUs, ; points along the train line, and the terrain features were determined using existing maps; all of which were applied to calculate estimates of ; receive power for the train’s communications.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31368/dot_31368_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.77 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; Federal Railroad Administration
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