Comparative analysis on fading characteristics of the LTE-R channel in viaduct and hilly terrain scenarios

Long Term Evolution (LTE) system used in High-Speed Railway (HSR) has gained the increasing attention therefore the measurements and analysis of the broadband wireless channel for the HSR communication is urgently needed. This paper focuses on the special fading characteristics of viaduct and hilly terrain scenarios based on the extensive and practical multiple input multiple output (MIMO) measurements which is conducted on Harbin-Dalian passenger dedicated railway line at 2.6 GHz with a bandwidth of 40 MHz. Here, we provide the power delay profiles as the first analytical results. Large-scale fading parameters such as path loss and shadow fading are given and discussed. As for small-scale fading, two similar but not identical K-factor models in different scenario are presented for comparison. Through the analysis on the two typical scenarios, this paper provides great guiding significance for promoting evaluation, simulation and design of the wireless communication system based on Long Term Evolution Railway (LTE-R).