Design aspects and performance evaluation of ATCS mobile data link

Author

Le-Ngoc, Son ; Le-Ngoc, Tho ; Slimane, S. Ben ; Bhargawa, Vijay K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John´´s, Nfld., Canada

fYear

1989

fDate

1-3 May 1989

Firstpage

860

Abstract

The Mobile Data Link (MDL) System for the North American Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) is proposed and analyzed with respect to the ATCS preliminary requirements. Design aspects of mobile data radios are discussed to point out the hardware limitations due to DOC (US Department of Communications) and FCC (US Federal Communications Commission) regulations and technologies. The propagation characteristics of the channel are investigated. The RF field strength coverage of a base station predicted for urban, suburban, quasiopen, and open is given. Multipath fading models are also given. The probabilities of success for a single try as a function of received signal levels are presented for different trains´ speeds. System bit error rates (BER) for different cases are also shown. The use of Reed-Solomon codes for forward error correction is also included to show the improvement of the system performance

Keywords

data communication systems; digital radio systems; error correction codes; fading; mobile radio systems; rail traffic; traffic control; ATCS; Advanced Train Control System; BER; Canada; North America; RF field strength coverage; Reed-Solomon codes; USA; base station; bit error rates; design aspects; forward error correction; hardware limitations; mobile data link; mobile radio; multipath fading models; performance evaluation; propagation characteristics; Base stations; Bit error rate; Communication system control; Control systems; FCC; Fading; Hardware; Mobile communication; Radio frequency; Reed-Solomon codes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1989, IEEE 39th

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1090-3038

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1989.40175

Filename

40175