An Empirical Path Loss Model and Fading Analysis for High-Speed Railway Viaduct Scenarios

Author

He, Ruisi ; Zhong, Zhangdui ; Ai, Bo ; Ding, Jianwen

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Rail Traffic Control & Safety, Beijing Jiaotong Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

10

fYear

2011

fDate

7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

808

Lastpage

812

Abstract

Based on the narrowband 930-MHz measurements taken along the “Zhengzhou-Xi´an” high-speed railway in China, an empirical path loss model is proposed. It is applicable to high-speed railway viaduct scenarios, considering the influences of viaduct height H and base station antenna relative height h, which are not well-covered by existing large-scale models. The path loss exponents are investigated, based on which the influence of viaduct on propagation is discussed. The fading depth up to 15.96 dB and the Ricean K -factor with mean value of 3.79 dB are obtained.

Keywords

antennas; radiowave propagation; railway communication; Ricean K -factor; Zhengzhou-Xi´an high-speed railway in China; base station antenna; empirical path loss model; fading analysis; fading depth; frequency 930 MHz; high-speed railway viaduct scenario; narrowband measurement; propagation; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Fading; Predictive models; Propagation losses; Rail transportation; Velocity measurement; Fading depth; high-speed railway; path loss exponent; path loss model; viaduct;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2011.2164389

Filename

5981374