A Novel Train-to-Train Communication Model Design Based on Multihop in High-Speed Railway

Railway telematics applications are currently attracting attention and are under intense research. Reliable railway telematics applications increasingly tend to require a subsidiary means to help existent control system make train operation safer and more efficient. Since 2006, train-to-train commun...

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Main Authors: Pengyu Liu, Bo Ai, Zhangdui Zhong, Xiaojuan Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/475492
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description Railway telematics applications are currently attracting attention and are under intense research. Reliable railway telematics applications increasingly tend to require a subsidiary means to help existent control system make train operation safer and more efficient. Since 2006, train-to-train communication has been studied to respond to such requirements. A key characteristic of train-to-train communication is that operation control to avoid possible accidents is conducted among trains without help of a base station. This paper proposes a novel train-to-train communication model in a physical layer based on multihop and cooperation, taking a high-speed railway propagation channel into account. The mechanism of this model lies in the idea that a source train uses trains on other tracks as relays to transmit signals to destination train on the same track. Based on occurrence of these potential relays, such mechanism can be divided into three cases. In each case, BER is applied to evaluate properties of the proposed communication model. Simulation results show that BER of the train-to-train communication model decreases to 10−6 when SNR is 10 dB and that the minimum receiving voltage of this model is −84 dBm, which is 8 dBm lower than the standards established by the International Union of Railways (UIC) in a high-speed railway scenario.
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spelling doaj-art-735c28ffb4ab4fc5b0f6ff7d485479582025-02-03T01:30:45ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772012-01-01201210.1155/2012/475492475492A Novel Train-to-Train Communication Model Design Based on Multihop in High-Speed RailwayPengyu Liu0Bo Ai1Zhangdui Zhong2Xiaojuan Zhou3State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, ChinaDepartment of Communication Engineering, University of Armed Police Force Engineering, Xian 710086, ChinaRailway telematics applications are currently attracting attention and are under intense research. Reliable railway telematics applications increasingly tend to require a subsidiary means to help existent control system make train operation safer and more efficient. Since 2006, train-to-train communication has been studied to respond to such requirements. A key characteristic of train-to-train communication is that operation control to avoid possible accidents is conducted among trains without help of a base station. This paper proposes a novel train-to-train communication model in a physical layer based on multihop and cooperation, taking a high-speed railway propagation channel into account. The mechanism of this model lies in the idea that a source train uses trains on other tracks as relays to transmit signals to destination train on the same track. Based on occurrence of these potential relays, such mechanism can be divided into three cases. In each case, BER is applied to evaluate properties of the proposed communication model. Simulation results show that BER of the train-to-train communication model decreases to 10−6 when SNR is 10 dB and that the minimum receiving voltage of this model is −84 dBm, which is 8 dBm lower than the standards established by the International Union of Railways (UIC) in a high-speed railway scenario.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/475492
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title A Novel Train-to-Train Communication Model Design Based on Multihop in High-Speed Railway
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title_short A Novel Train-to-Train Communication Model Design Based on Multihop in High-Speed Railway
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