Optimal Construction of Synchronizable Coding for Railway Track Circuit Data Transmission

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 390-399

  Hill, R John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSMISSION; RAILROAD SIGNALS AND SIGNALING--CENTRALIZED CONTROL; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION--COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AF RAILWAY TRACK CIRCUITS; CODING FORMAT; RAILWAY TRACK CIRCUIT DATA TRANSMISSION; REAL TIME RAILWAY CONTROL; SYNCHRONIZABLE ERROR CONTROL CODING; TRAIN POSITION DETECTION;

CODES, SYMBOLIC;

EID: 0025519355     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: 19399359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.61361     Document Type: Article

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