Time-Reversal UWB wireless communication-based train control in tunnel

Journal of Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 248-256

  Saghir, Hassane ^a,b   Heddebaut, Marc ^b   Elbahhar, Fouzia ^b   Rivenq, Atika ^a   Rouvaen, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^b French national institute for transport and safety research   (France)

Author keywords

CBTC; Channel modeling; Propagation; Railway systems; Ray tracing; Time reversal; Tunnel; UWB

Indexed keywords

OBSTACLE DETECTORS; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAY TRACING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSPORTATION; TUNNELS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); URBAN TRANSPORTATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CBTC; CHANNEL MODEL; DETERMINISTIC CHANNEL MODEL; RAILWAY SYSTEM; SIMULATION PERFORMANCE; TIME REVERSAL; URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; UWB WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

RAILROAD TUNNELS;

EID: 78651586574     PISSN: 17962021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcm.4.4.248-256     Document Type: Article

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