• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.510-518
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• 2013

These days, interest in radio networks for railways has increased both at home and abroad. In response to this trend, not only the existing radio networks which focus on railway control signals but also the next-generation integrated radio network that can send videos and manage mass storage data are actively being investigated. This paper proposes wireless communication methods to establish integrated radio networks for railways. The paper further suggests a candidate frequency band that could be allocated as the frequency band for railways among the frequency bands currently used in Korea. Based on this paper, we can expect that the domestic railroad will operate more efficiently and that security and convenience of the railroad will reach a superior level. In addition, the Korean integrated radio networks for railways, which cope with the changes in the global technology market, will be established.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.41-50
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• 2012

최근 녹색 에너지 기술이 전 산업계에 걸쳐 화두가 되고 있는 가운데, 고에너지 효율 교통수단으로 철도의 가치가 부각되고 있다. 전통적인 기계식에서 전자식으로 발전해 온 열차제어 방식에 무선통신 기술을 도입하여 철도신호 분야에 혁신을 가져옴으로써 열차운행의 안정성이 향상되었고, 더욱 정밀한 열차제어기술로 운행 중 열차 간 간격을 줄이는 것이 가능해짐에 따라 전체 노선의 이용 효율을 높일 수 있게 되었다. 본고에서는 무선통신 기반 열차제어시스템에 대하여 소개하고, 현재 사용중인 무선통신 기반 열차제어시스템의 종류와 표준화 현황에 대해 다룰 것이다. 그리고 철도 운영 현장에서 요구되고 있는 다양한 기능들을 지원하기 위해 고려되고 있는 차세대 열차제어용 무선통신 기술인 LTE-R에 대한 기술동향을 살펴보고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.262-271
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• 2013

Wireless communication networks are recently taking an important role in railroad systems as railways now require high speed and high density operation with the aid of advanced information technology to improve maintenance efficiency and to handle passenger service growth. Train control systems are consequently changing from track circuitbased systems to communication-based systems. This paper analyses the role of wireless communication networks in recent railroad systems, reviews foreign cases, and then suggests a communication network constructing policy for increased transport capacity increase, securement of safety, and efficient train control.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.17-22
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• 2004

최근에는 이동체 통신이나 컴퓨터등의 정보통신기술이 현저하게 발전을 거듭하고 있으며, 열차의 고속화 고밀도화를 위해 열차제어 분야에 무선을 이용하는 시스템의 개발이 프랑스, 독일, 영국, 이탈리아, 일본, 미국등의 철도 선진국에서 활발히 수행되어지고 있다. 무선을 이용한 열차제어시스템의 시술개발은 철도에 커다란 경제적 이득을 창출할 가능성을 지니고 있기 때문에, 전 세계적으로 많은 연구가 진행되어지고 있다. 특히 유럽의 경우 통화 단일화와 회원국간의 비과세 교역등의 경제적인 제도뿐 아니라, 철도 분야에 있어서도 유럽횡단고속철도망(Trans-European High Speed Rail Network)의 구축을 위한 신호 시스템의 표준화를 위해 유럽연합과 국제철도연합(UIC: Union Internationale des Chemins defer)의 지원화에 ETCS 프로젝트가 수행되었다(중략)

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.251-255
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• 2012

In recent years, according to improvement of various vehicle instruments, railway also has been developed in various fields. As a result, to transmit accurate information to each railway system, the efficient communication system is required. In railway communication system, mitigation of wireless fading is very important. So, in this paper we introduced the cooperative relay channel model and cooperative relay scheme. Also we analyzed and simulated the cooperative relay scheme which is suitable for railway communication systems.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.551-557
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• 2013

This research aims to conduct a study on the feasibility of the LTE communication method for developing a dedicated integrated railway wireless network. An empirical analysis was carried out by establishing a dedicated integrated railway wireless network in an approximately 12km section between Illo station and Daebul station on the Honam line. Korean wireless communication methods for railway safety are different depending on each line, which makes it difficult for railway workers to cooperate with. This causes various problems. There is the ever-present risk of accidents due to call disconnection between wireless communication systems, frequency interference from commercial networks, and crosstalk. This study verified the feasibility of the 4th generation communication system, LTE, over the dedicated integrated railway wireless network as a solution for the above mentioned problems. The result shows this communication system exceeded existing performance standards of Europe GSM-R in every test item despite the location constraint of train tracks on the base station establishment.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07b
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• pp.1138-1139
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• 2006

철도에 있어서 주행중인 열차와 지상간의 열차무선통신네트워크는 종래의 음성통화를 주축으로 하는 열차무선의 기능에 더하여, 차량상태 정보나 동영상 정보의 차량-지상간 양방향 전송을 비롯하여, 무선통신기반 열차제어시스템(CBTC : Communication Based Train Control System) 등에 확대 응용되면서 그 중요성은 점점 더 증가하고 있는 추세에 있다. 이에 따라, 향후 시스템의 발전에 따라 통화 채널의 증가, 데이터 통신 등을 가능하게 하는 새로운 시스템의 구축이 필요할 것으로 기대된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 철도 연선에 있어서의 열차와 지상 무선통신기지 간의 효과적인 핸드오프기법에 대하여 검토를 수행하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.456-467
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• 2016

Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) communication technology, which provides vehicleto-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and offers safe and convenient service, has been developed for application to an Intelligent Transport System (ITS). This paper provides field test results on a study of the feasibility of WAVE technology application to railway communication systems. A test railway communication system based on WAVE technology has been built along the Daebul line and a newly developed EMU. Field tests have been carried out according to the communication function requirements for LTE - R. The test results show that the railway communication system based on WAVE technology meets the functional requirements: maximum transmission length is 730m, maximum transfer delay is 5.69ms, and maximum interruption time is 1.36s; other tests including throughput test, video data transmission test, VoIP data test, and channel switching test also produced results that meets the functional requirements. These results suggest that WAVE technology can be applied to the railway communication system, enabling Vehicle-to-Wayside communication.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.373-378
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• 2016

Since the KTX starts operation in 2004, Korean railway system has sustained the highest safety and accuracy. In order to keep this achievement, the LTE based wireless communication system has been introduced for mobile communications and signal transmission. railway, and activities for its standardization are on the way. Railway communication system will be used as part of national safety net through interworking with safety network. This paper reviews the contents of standards and technologies in an LTE-based railway communication(LTE-R) system, and the items to be standardized to improve operational efficiency of the railway system by building a national railway radio communication system.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.402-409
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• 2014

Wireless local area network (WLAN) is a widely used wireless access method due to its easy usability and excellent performance. However, its performance degrades significantly as the number of users increases. In busy train stations, where the number of WLAN users are large and, more importantly the number of simultaneous packet transmission attempts is extremely large due to the time synchronization upon train arrival, the packet transmission delay problem is very severe and almost impossible for WLAN stations to initiate communication with WLAN networks. In this paper, a novel distributed WLAN access scheme for efficient WLAN communication in busy train stations is proposed. Using the proposed scheme, WLAN access delay can be significantly reduced under highly congested traffic environments. Therefore, a significant performance enhancement for the WLAN performance used in the Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) can be achieved.