Positive Train Control Radio Desense Mitigation Test: Research Phase 1

Final report for Positive Train Control (PTC) Desense Mitigation Test Research project includes description of Northeast Corridor (NEC) PTC deployments, PTC radio desense scenarios, PTC radio desense mitigation approaches, PTC radio desense mitigation trade study, and recommendations. The trade study identified adaptive interference canceller (AIC) technology and radio frequency (RF) filters, hardened to withstand locomotive environmental conditions, as solutions with the potential to mitigate each of the PTC radio desense scenarios affecting locomotives operating on the NEC, with minimal impact of existing PTC system hardware and software. Signal cancellation via phased antenna placement was identified as a method that can be used in conjunction with either AIC technology or RF filters to enhance PTC radio desense mitigation performance.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/details/L17470
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Cover title: Positive Train Control Desense Mitigation Test: Research Phase 1.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Technology Center, Incorporated

  55500 DOT Road
  Pueblo, CO  United States  81001

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Railroad Policy and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Office of Research, Development, and Technology
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Nast, Thomas
  • Baker, Jennifer
  • Ramos, Aaron
• Publication Date: 2016-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 94p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Locomotives; Positive train control; Radio frequency interference; Recommendations
• Geographic Terms: Northeast Corridor
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01603518
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/FRA/ORD-16/15
• Contract Numbers: DTFR53-11-D-00008; Task Order 367
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 28 2016 4:41PM