Title :
Data-transmission characteristics of railway track
Author_Institution :
University of Birmingham, Department of Elecronic & Electrical Engineering, Birmingham, UK
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19730405