PTC Radio Frequency Network Design for Dense Urban Areas

Details

• Creators:
  Vieira, Paulo ; Paudel, Yudhisthir ; Catral, Jerick ; Eruvuru, Sarat ; Gonzalez-Ruiz, Alejandro
• Corporate Creators:
  Transportation Technology Center, Inc. ; United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology ; United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Positive train control
  • Radio frequency
  • Urban areas
  • Passenger trains
  • Freight trains
  • Interoperable-Electronic Train Management System
  • I-ETMS
  • Interoperable Train Control
  • ITC
  • Positive Train Control
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FRA/ORD-18/07
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Chicago (Illinois) ; Dallas (Texas) ; Kansas City (Missouri)
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology ; United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Railroad Policy and Development
• Abstract:
  Transportation Technology Center, Inc., with funding from the Federal Railroad Administration, developed the radio frequency (RF) network design of the 220 MHz Positive Train Control (PTC) RF network for three selected dense urban areas: Chicago, Kansas City, and Dallas/Fort Worth. This included: 1) Generating the RF network design plan, including all railroads that require PTC operations within the boundaries of the study with detailed configuration of site selections. 2) Generating predicted coverage range, resolution of predicted interference levels among all sites and generation of frequency reuse plan and timeslot assignments for all sites (base stations and wayside sites) for the entire study area. 3) Developing software tools and special engineering analysis to resolve challenging issues faced during the development of the project. 4) Identifying specific solutions required to address issues that failed the criteria for interoperable train control requirements with standard design methods.
• Format:
  PDF
• Alternate URL:
  https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/Details/L19446
• Funding:
  DTFR53-11-D-00008 Task Order 335
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37297/dot_37297_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.12 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e0bb3090e9dbb0acc68dd3ea8c5b438e27aaab5fc55efc74df03baa32cd0edb7