USE OF SURFACE WAVES IN COMMUNICATING WITH HIGH SPEED VEHICLES

The potential use of surface waves in communicating with and controlling high speed ground vehicles has been under study. Consideration was given to the Goubau line or G-line in particular, and it was found that it has many attractive features. The various facets considered include launching, line characteristics, coupling to the moving vehicle, and communication capacity. It appears that the use of surface waves shows great promise in providing the bandwidth and economy required to meet the communication demands of the high speed ground transportation problem. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. Office of High Speed Ground Transportation.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Telecommunication Sciences

  Department of Commerce
  Boulder, CO  United States  80302
• Authors:
  • Gallawa, R L
  • Beery, W M
  • Chu, T M
  • COOK, K R
  • FitzGerrell, R G
• Publication Date: 1968-6-15

Media Info

• Pagination: 155 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communications; High speed rail; Intelligent transportation systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039081
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 24 2002 12:00AM