A millimetrewave communication system for MAGLEV application

Author

Plattner, A.

Author_Institution

Deutsche Aerosp., Ulm, Germany

fYear

1994

fDate

23-27 May 1994

Firstpage

745

Abstract

The operation of magnetic levitated vehicles (MAGLEV) require a data transmission from the vehicle to the stationary located operation control system. The reliability of this data link must be extremely high, because any transmission interrupt will cause an emergency stop of the vehicle. A radio link, operating in the millimetrewave range at about 40 GHz is well suited for this application. For the German MAGLEV research centre such a millimetrewave communication system has been built and has now been in operation for four years. The paper presents an overview of the realized system. The individual components i.e. mmwave transceiver and transceiver control units, are described. A presentation of the measurement results which were obtained after successful installation completes the paper.<>

Keywords

data communication systems; magnetic levitation; microwave links; railways; reliability; transceivers; 40 GHz; German MAGLEV research centre; MAGLEV application; data transmission; emergency stop; extremely high; installation; magnetic levitated vehicles; millimetrewave communication system; mmwave transceiver; overview; radio link; reliability; stationary located operation control system; transceiver control units; transmission interrupt; vehicle; Communication system control; Control systems; Data communication; Magnetic levitation; Radio link; Transceivers; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1994., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1778-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1994.335619

Filename

335619