• DocumentCode
    924751
  • Title

    Data-transmission characteristics of railway track

  • Author

    Mellitt, B.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Birmingham, Department of Elecronic & Electrical Engineering, Birmingham, UK
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    1973
  • Firstpage
    550
  • Lastpage
    551
  • Abstract
    Command data may be transmitted to a train by using the track as an inductive link. The letter gives measurements of the transmission characteristics of the track, and proposes a method of reducing signal attenuation that uses capacitors connected between the rails.
  • Keywords
    data transmission systems; rail traffic; railways; telecontrol; data transmission systems; railways; signal attenuation; telecontrol;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19730405
  • Filename
    4236360