Experimental Study of Bluetooth, ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 Technologies on Board High-Speed Trains

Author

Higuera, Jorge ; Kartsakli, Elli ; Valenzuela, José L. ; Alonso, Luis ; Laya, Andres ; Martínez, Raquel ; Aguilar, Alicia

Author_Institution

Dept. of Signal Theor. & Commun., Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2012

fDate

6-9 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper studies the feasibility of using low-power wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee in high-speed railway scenarios that involve bidirectional ground-to-train communication. The presented results have been obtained through experimental tests conducted at the Madrid-Barcelona high-speed rail line. A multiplatform communication system has been installed in a high-speed train, circulating at velocities up to 300 km/h, whereas autonomous devices have been disseminated along of the railway path to communicate with the onboard devices. The conclusions drawn from this work will be used as guidelines for the future implementation of autonomous communication platforms for high-speed rail connectivity.

Keywords

Bluetooth; Zigbee; rail traffic; railway communication; Bluetooth technology; European railway lines; IEEE 802.15.4 technology; Madrid-Barcelona high-speed rail line; ZigBee technology; autonomous communication platforms; autonomous devices; bidirectional ground-to-train communication; high-speed rail connectivity; high-speed trains; multiplatform communication system; onboard devices; railway communications; railway path; Bluetooth; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Rail transportation; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Zigbee;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2012 IEEE 75th

Conference_Location

Yokohama

ISSN

1550-2252

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0989-9

Electronic_ISBN

1550-2252

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2012.6239971

Filename

6239971