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Path Loss Characteristics of TETRA-based KTX Train Radio Propagation

TETRA 기반 고속철도 열차무선의 전파 경로손실 특성

  • Bae, Sung-Ho (Department of Railway Electrical/Signalling Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Choi, Kyu-Hyoung (Department of Railway Electrical/Signalling Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
  • 배성호 (서울과학기술대학교 철도전기신호공학과) ;
  • 최규형 (서울과학기술대학교 철도전기신호공학과)
  • Received : 2013.05.07
  • Accepted : 2013.06.07
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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Abstract

Train radio system has been constructed in the second stage of Kyung-bu high speed railway adopting TETRA(Terrestial trunk radio) standard at 851MHz frequency band. The base stations of the train radio system should be located along railway track to ensure seamless communication between train and wayside taking the path loss of train radio propagation into consideration. This paper provides a quantitative analysis of the path loss characteristics based on the measurement results of the train radio propagation along the high speed railway. The free space propagation model and Okumura-Hata model are generally used for base station design, but they predicted 10dB lower or 20dB higher than the measured path loss. Linear regression of the field measured data by applying the log-distance model shows path loss exponent is in the 2.8-3.2 range, which can be used to predict the path loss of the train radio propagation.

경부고속철도 2단계 구간에 도입된 열차무선시스템은 TETRA 기반으로 851MHz 대의 주파수를 사용하고 있다. 이와 같은 열차무선시스템에서 운행중인 차량과 지상과의 끊임없는 정보송수신을 위하여 전파 경로손실을 감안한 기지국 설계가 필수적이다. 본논문에서는 고속철도 선로에서의 측정데이터를 토대로, 열차무선의 전파 경로손실을 정량적으로 분석하였다. 열차무선 기지국 설계에서는 자유공간 전파 경로손실모델 및 Okumura-Hata모델이 사용되고 있는데, 이 모델들에 의한 예측치는 현장측정치보다 10dB 이상 작거나 20dB 이상 크게 나타남에 따라 고속철도 열차무선의 경로손실 예측에는 적합하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 측정결과를 log-distance 경로손실모델에 적용하여 회귀분석을 수행한 결과 경로손실지수는 2.8~3.2의 범위로 나타났으며, 이 결과는 향후 고속철도 열차무선에서의 전파경로손실 예측에 적용할 수 있다.

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