Design aspects and performance evaluation of ATCS mobile data link

Author

Le-Ngoc, Son ; Le-Ngoc, Tho ; Bhargawa, Vijay K.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

38

Issue

4

fYear

1992

fDate

11/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

842

Lastpage

849

Abstract

A mobile data link 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 regulations and technologies. The propagation characterization of the channel is investigated. (1) The RF field strength coverage of a base station predicted for urban, suburban, quasi-open, and open environments, is given. (2) Multipath fading models are given. The probabilities of success for a single try as a function of received signal levels are presented for different train speeds. (3) System bit error rates (BERs) for different cases are shown. The use of Reed-Solomon codes for forward error correction is also included to show the improvement of the system performance

Keywords

Reed-Solomon codes; data communication systems; error statistics; fading; mobile radio systems; radiowave propagation; rail traffic; traffic computer control; ATCS; Advanced Train Control System; BER; FEC; RF field strength coverage; RS codes; Reed-Solomon codes; base station; bit error rates; channel; forward error correction; hardware limitations; mobile data link; multipath fading models; performance evaluation; propagation characterization; quasi-open environment; received signal levels; regulations; suburban environment; technologies; train speeds; urban environment; Base stations; Bit error rate; Control systems; Fading; Forward error correction; Hardware; Predictive models; Radio frequency; Reed-Solomon codes; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.179974

Filename

179974