An Experimental Study of 2.4GHz Frequency Band Leaky Coaxial Cable in CBTC Train Ground Communication

Author

Wang, Hongwei ; Ning, Bin ; Jiang, Hailin

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Rail Traffic Control & Safety, Beijing Jiaotong Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

15-18 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Leaky Coaxial Cables (LCXs) are widely used in tunnels and underpasses for smoother electric field coverage in wireless communication systems. But there are very few studies on LCXs working in 2.4GHz, which are the frequency bands used in 802.11b/g. The paper shows characteristics of 2.4GHz LCX through simulations and field tests. The results show that the communication through 2.4GHz frequency band LCX can provide stronger radio signals and thus better throughput compared with free space in tunnels. What´s more, the handover interruption time between APs can be reduced because the Ping-Pong handover is avoided through LCX.

Keywords

coaxial cables; mobility management (mobile radio); railway communication; 802.11b; 802.11g; CBTC train ground communication; LCX; Ping-Pong handover; electric field coverage; frequency 2.4 GHz; handover interruption time; leaky coaxial cable; radio signals; tunnels; underpass; wireless communication systems; Antenna measurements; Coaxial cables; Couplings; Dielectric losses; Loss measurement; Propagation losses; Receiving antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2011 IEEE 73rd

Conference_Location

Yokohama

ISSN

1550-2252

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8332-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2011.5956389

Filename

5956389