Development of mobile communication systems for high-speed railway

Development of high-speed railways set up challenges for new communication technologies. With the increase in speed, new requirements for communication systems have emerged that HSR requires greater reliability, capacity and shorter response time for efficient and safe operations. Mobile communication systems are crucial for the competitiveness of the railway industry and therefore have become one of the priorities addressed by the participants in the railway system to take advantage of technological opportunities to improve operational processes and the quality of provided transport services. The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) uses the Global System for Mobile Communications for Railways (GSM-R) for voice and data communication to communicate between trains and control centers. The International Railway Union is exploring new ways of communicating for high-speed railways because as speed increases this system becomes unreliable in information transmission. This paperwork presents an analysis of the evolution of communications on European railways since the usage of GSM-R. In addition, an overview of the various alternative solutions proposed during the time (LTE-R, Future Railway Mobile Communication System) as possible successors to GSM-R technology is given

Development trends of mobile communication systems for railways

© 1998-2012 IEEE. With the widespread deployment of high-speed railways and the increasing speed of trains, timely and reliable wireless transmission of train control signals and passengers' mobile Internet access become critical. To meet these demands, mobile communication systems for railways is shifting from narrowband global system for mobile communications-railway (GSM-R) to broadband systems. In contrast to GSM-R, broadband LTE-R and 5G for railway system could provide more services such as real-time video surveillance, multimedia dispatching and railway Internet of Things. In this paper, we first briefly review the existing GSM-R system and discuss its limitations. Then, we discuss future development of user demands and various data services, which suggests the key performance indicators of the future mobile communication systems for railways. Afterwards, we survey the recent wireless technologies and network architectures that may be applied in mobile communication systems for railways in the near future. Finally, we summarize the technical challenges of future mobile communication systems for railways and conclude this paper