Study of the Susceptibility of the GSM-R Communications to the Electromagnetic Interferences of the Rail Environment

The Global System for Mobile Communications-Railway (GSM-R) system is currently deployed in Europe in order to ensure the interoperability of the high-speed trains. Knowing that data related to control and command will be transmitted to trains through this communication system, the immunity of the GSM-R system against electromagnetic disturbances on board trains has to be certified. After a background about the GSM-R communication system, we will present in detail the typical disturbances that can affect this system in the railway environment. Significant differences between these disturbances and the test signals defined in the current European electromagnetic compatibility standards will be highlighted. The criteria that can be employed to evaluate the immunity of the GSM-R transmissions will then be discussed. Finally, new test signals and immunity test bench will be presented in order to expose the GSM-R transmissions to noise scenarios representative of the railway environment. Different immunity results will be presented and analyzed.

• Authors:
  • DUDOYER, Stephen
  • DENIAU, Virginie
  • ADRIANO, Ricardo
  • BEN SLIMEN, Nedim
  • RIOULT, Jean
  • MEYNIEL, Benoit
  • BERBINEAU, Marion
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p667-676
• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • Volume: 54
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data communications; Interference; Railroad transportation
• ITRD Terms: 6946: Interference electromagnetique; 8652: Transmission de donnees (telecom); 1173: Transport ferroviaire
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01497607
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
• Contract Numbers: NA, Non affecté
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 7 2013 11:46AM