Propagation at mmW Band in Metropolitan Railway Tunnels

Abstract EN

The next generation of mobile communications, 5G, will provide a wideband network based on microwave and millimeter-wave (mmW) communication radio links with the goal of fulfilling the strict and severe requirements of the future test cases.

In particular, this paper research is focused on mmW bands in metropolitan railway tunnels.

For that purpose, a propagation measurement campaign was performed at 24 GHz band in a passenger train on a realist subway environment, and these results were combined with simulations ad hoc for tunnels and a theoretical modal propagation model.

A narrowband and a wideband study have been conducted with the aim of obtaining the path loss, fading, power-delay profile, and angle of arrival, taking into consideration horizontal and vertical polarization in the receiving and transmitting antennas.

This validation can be used to design and deploy wideband mobile communication networks at mmW bands in railway scenarios.