5G key technologies for smart railways

B Ai, AF Molisch, M Rupp, ZD Zhong - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Railway communications has attracted significant attention from both academia and
industries due to the booming development of railways, especially high-speed railways …

A hybrid ray-tracing/vector parabolic equation method for propagation modeling in train communication channels

X Zhang, N Sood, JK Siu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, various techniques have been applied to modeling radio-wave propagation
in railway networks, each one presenting its own advantages and limitations. This paper …

A Gaussian beam approximation approach for embedding antennas into vector parabolic equation-based wireless channel propagation models

X Zhang, CD Sarris - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vector parabolic equation (VPE) methods have been widely applied to the modeling of radio-
wave propagation in tunnel environments, offering high computational efficiency and fidelity …

Physics-based optimization of access point placement for train communication systems

X Zhang, A Ludwig, N Sood… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Communication-based train-control (CBTC) systems are aimed at replacing conventional
rail signaling with train control enabled by wireless communication between the train and a …

Fast radio-wave propagation modeling in tunnels with a hybrid vector parabolic equation/waveguide mode theory method

X Zhang, N Sood, CD Sarris - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio-wave propagation modeling in tunnels plays an important role in designing reliable
train communication systems. In recent years, various channel modeling techniques have …

Statistical modeling of electromagnetic wave propagation in tunnels with rough walls using the vector parabolic equation method

X Zhang, CD Sarris - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The vector parabolic equation (VPE) method is a very efficient methodology for high-fidelity
modeling of electromagnetic wave propagation. While the VPE has been widely applied to …

Hybrid numerical modeling of electromagnetic interference in train communication systems

W Hou, X Zhang, J Wang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is an important issue that needs to be considered for the
safe operation of communication-based train control (CBTC) systems in railway …

Vector parabolic equation-based derivation of rectangular waveguide surrogate models of arched tunnels

X Zhang, CD Sarris - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio-wave propagation in tunnels and mines can be qualitatively understood by
representing these environments as overmoded waveguides. Waveguide models are fast …

Two-way parabolic equation method for millimeter-wave propagation modeling in tunnels

H Qin, X Zhang - 2022 IEEE 8th International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless propagation in tunnels has been a decades-old topic of interest. The parabolic
equation (PE) method is an established numerical technique that can offer high-fidelity …

Advances in computational modeling of EMC/EMI effects in communication-based train control (CBTC) systems

X Zhang, W Hou, CD Sarris - IEEE Electromagnetic …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Communication-based train control (CBTC) systems are aimed at providing control and
signaling for rail transportation. These operate in environments that include tunnel and open …