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ZTE Communications ›› 2016, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (S1): 7-13.DOI: DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2016.S1.002

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Millimeter Wave and THz Propagation Channel Modeling for High-Data Rate Railway Connectivity—Status and Open Challenges

Thomas Kürner1, GUAN Ke2, 1, Andreas F. Molisch3, 4, AI Bo2, HE Ruisi2, LI Guangkai2, TIAN Li5, DOU Jianwu5,and ZHONG Zhangdui2   

  1. 1. Technische Universit?t Braunschweig, Braunschweig 38106, Germany;
    2. Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China;
    3. Cohere Technologies, Santa Clara CA 95051, USA;
    4. University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA 90089, USA;
    5. ZTE Corporation, Shanghai 201210, China
  • Received:2016-06-15 Online:2016-12-01 Published:2019-11-29
  • About author:Thomas Kürner (Kuerner@ifn.ing.tu-bs.de) received his Dipl-Ing degree in electrical engineering in 1990, and his Dr-Ing degree in 1993, both from Universitaet Karlsruhe, Germany. From 1994 to 2003, he was with the Radio Network Planning Department at the headquarters of the GSM 1800 and UMTS operator E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co KG, Düsseldorf, where he was finally the team manager of radio network planning support. Since 2003 he is professor for mobile radio systems at the TU Braunschweig. His working areas are propagation, self-organization of cellular networks, as well as indoor channel characterization for high-speed short-range systems including future terahertz communication systems and accuracy of satellite navigation systems. Currently he chairs the IEEE 802.15 Task Group 3d and the WG Propagation of the European Association on Antennas and Propagation. Since 2008 he is an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
    GUAN Ke (kguan@bjtu.edu.cn) received his BE and PhD degrees from Beijing Jiaotong University, China in 2006 and 2014, respectively. He is an associate professor in State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University. In 2015, he was awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship. He was the recipient of a 2014 International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Young Scientist Award. His paper received the honorable mention in the third International URSI student prize paper competition in 2014 URSI GASS. His current research interests are in the field of channel characterization for future millimeter wave and terahertz communication systems. He has authored or co-authored over 100 research papers in international journals and conferences.
    Andreas F. Molisch (andreas.molisch@coheretechnologies.com) is a professor of electrical engineering at The University of Southern California, USA. Previously he was at TU Vienna, FTW, AT&T (Bell) Labs, Lund University, and Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs. His research interest is wireless communications, with emphasis on wireless propagation channels, multi-antenna systems, ultra-wideband signaling and localization, novel cellular architectures, and cooperative communications. He is the author of four books, 18 book chapters, more than 470 journal and conference papers, as well as 80 patents. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, IEEE, AAAS, and IET, as well as member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and recipient of numerous awards.
    AI Bo (boai@bjtu.edu.cn) received his Master and PhD degrees from Xidian University, China in 2002 and 2004 in China, respectively. He is now working with Beijing Jiaotong University as a professor and advisor of Ph.D. candidates. He is a deputy director of State Key Lab of Rail Traffic Control and Safety of the university. He has authored or co-authored 6 books, 140 scientific research papers and 26 invention patents in his research area till now. His current interests are the research and applications OFDM techniques, HPA linearization techniques, radio propagation and channel modeling, and LTE for railway systems. He is an IET fellow and an IEEE senior member.
    HE Ruisi (ruisi.he@bjtu.edu.cn) received the BE and PhD degrees from Beijing Jiaotong University, China, in 2009 and 2015, respectively. He was a visiting scholar with Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, The University of Southern California, USA, and Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, from 2010 to 2014. He has been an associate professor with the State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, since 2015. He has authored or co-authored over 80 research papers in international journals and conferences. His current research interests include measurement and modeling of wireless propagation channels and vehicular and high-speed railway communications.
    LI Guangkai (gkli.rcs@bjtu.edu.cn) is a PhD student at State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety in Beijing Jiaotong University, China. His research focuses on optimizing ray tracing algorithms based on measurements and deterministic modeling for mmWave and terahertz channel in dynamic scenarios.
    TIAN Li (tian.li150@zte.com.cn) received the bachelor degree in communication engineering and the PhD degree in control science and control engineering from Tongji University, China, in 2009 and 2015, respectively. From 2013 to 2014, he was a visiting PhD student at the Department of Electronics and Information Systems (DEIS), University of Bologna, Italy working with Prof. Vittorio Degli-Esposti. He participated in the 5G project sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China. He is now a senior engineer at the Department of Algorithms, ZTE Corporation. His current research interests are in the field of 5G channel modeling and new air-interface. He has authored or co-authored over 30 scientific research papers.
    DOU Jianwu (dou.jianwu@zte.com.cn) received the PhD degree in robotic mechanism from Beijing University of Technology, China in 2001. He is currently in charge of a National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and participated in the 5G project sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He is the vice director of the Department of Algorithms in ZTE Corporation. His current research interests are in the field of 5G channel modeling, new air-interface, and high-layer design. Dr. Dou received the Science and Technology Awards (First Level) from the China Institute of Communications in 2014 and 2015. In 2011, he received the WIPO-SIPO Award for Chinese Outstanding Patented Invention.
    ZHONG Zhangdui (zhdzhong@bjtu.edu.cn) is a professor and advisor of PhD candidates in Beijing Jiaotong University. He is a chief scientist of State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety in Beijing Jiaotong University. He is also a director of the Innovative Research Team of Ministry of Education, China. His interests are wireless communications for railways. His research has been widely used in Qinghai-Xizang railway, Datong-Qinhuangdao Heavy Haul railway, and many highspeed railway lines of China. He has authored or co-authored 7 books, 5 invention patents, and over 200 scientific research papers in his research area. He received MaoYiSheng Scientific Award of China, ZhanTianYou Railway Honorary Award of China, and Top 10 Science/Technology Achievements Award of Chinese Universities.
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by the NNSF of China under Grant 61501021; the ZTE Corporation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2014JBM075); State Key Lab of Rail Traffic Control and Safety Project under Grant RCS2016ZT021; Natural Science Base Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China under Grant no. 2015JM6320; Key Project from Beijing science and Technology Commission under Grant D151100000115004.

Millimeter Wave and THz Propagation Channel Modeling for High-Data Rate Railway Connectivity—Status and Open Challenges

Thomas Kürner1, GUAN Ke2, 1, Andreas F. Molisch3, 4, AI Bo2, HE Ruisi2, LI Guangkai2, TIAN Li5, DOU Jianwu5,and ZHONG Zhangdui2   

  1. 1. Technische Universit?t Braunschweig, Braunschweig 38106, Germany;
    2. Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China;
    3. Cohere Technologies, Santa Clara CA 95051, USA;
    4. University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA 90089, USA;
    5. ZTE Corporation, Shanghai 201210, China
  • 作者简介:Thomas Kürner (Kuerner@ifn.ing.tu-bs.de) received his Dipl-Ing degree in electrical engineering in 1990, and his Dr-Ing degree in 1993, both from Universitaet Karlsruhe, Germany. From 1994 to 2003, he was with the Radio Network Planning Department at the headquarters of the GSM 1800 and UMTS operator E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co KG, Düsseldorf, where he was finally the team manager of radio network planning support. Since 2003 he is professor for mobile radio systems at the TU Braunschweig. His working areas are propagation, self-organization of cellular networks, as well as indoor channel characterization for high-speed short-range systems including future terahertz communication systems and accuracy of satellite navigation systems. Currently he chairs the IEEE 802.15 Task Group 3d and the WG Propagation of the European Association on Antennas and Propagation. Since 2008 he is an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
    GUAN Ke (kguan@bjtu.edu.cn) received his BE and PhD degrees from Beijing Jiaotong University, China in 2006 and 2014, respectively. He is an associate professor in State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University. In 2015, he was awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship. He was the recipient of a 2014 International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Young Scientist Award. His paper received the honorable mention in the third International URSI student prize paper competition in 2014 URSI GASS. His current research interests are in the field of channel characterization for future millimeter wave and terahertz communication systems. He has authored or co-authored over 100 research papers in international journals and conferences.
    Andreas F. Molisch (andreas.molisch@coheretechnologies.com) is a professor of electrical engineering at The University of Southern California, USA. Previously he was at TU Vienna, FTW, AT&T (Bell) Labs, Lund University, and Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs. His research interest is wireless communications, with emphasis on wireless propagation channels, multi-antenna systems, ultra-wideband signaling and localization, novel cellular architectures, and cooperative communications. He is the author of four books, 18 book chapters, more than 470 journal and conference papers, as well as 80 patents. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, IEEE, AAAS, and IET, as well as member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and recipient of numerous awards.
    AI Bo (boai@bjtu.edu.cn) received his Master and PhD degrees from Xidian University, China in 2002 and 2004 in China, respectively. He is now working with Beijing Jiaotong University as a professor and advisor of Ph.D. candidates. He is a deputy director of State Key Lab of Rail Traffic Control and Safety of the university. He has authored or co-authored 6 books, 140 scientific research papers and 26 invention patents in his research area till now. His current interests are the research and applications OFDM techniques, HPA linearization techniques, radio propagation and channel modeling, and LTE for railway systems. He is an IET fellow and an IEEE senior member.
    HE Ruisi (ruisi.he@bjtu.edu.cn) received the BE and PhD degrees from Beijing Jiaotong University, China, in 2009 and 2015, respectively. He was a visiting scholar with Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, The University of Southern California, USA, and Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, from 2010 to 2014. He has been an associate professor with the State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing Jiaotong University, since 2015. He has authored or co-authored over 80 research papers in international journals and conferences. His current research interests include measurement and modeling of wireless propagation channels and vehicular and high-speed railway communications.
    LI Guangkai (gkli.rcs@bjtu.edu.cn) is a PhD student at State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety in Beijing Jiaotong University, China. His research focuses on optimizing ray tracing algorithms based on measurements and deterministic modeling for mmWave and terahertz channel in dynamic scenarios.
    TIAN Li (tian.li150@zte.com.cn) received the bachelor degree in communication engineering and the PhD degree in control science and control engineering from Tongji University, China, in 2009 and 2015, respectively. From 2013 to 2014, he was a visiting PhD student at the Department of Electronics and Information Systems (DEIS), University of Bologna, Italy working with Prof. Vittorio Degli-Esposti. He participated in the 5G project sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China. He is now a senior engineer at the Department of Algorithms, ZTE Corporation. His current research interests are in the field of 5G channel modeling and new air-interface. He has authored or co-authored over 30 scientific research papers.
    DOU Jianwu (dou.jianwu@zte.com.cn) received the PhD degree in robotic mechanism from Beijing University of Technology, China in 2001. He is currently in charge of a National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and participated in the 5G project sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He is the vice director of the Department of Algorithms in ZTE Corporation. His current research interests are in the field of 5G channel modeling, new air-interface, and high-layer design. Dr. Dou received the Science and Technology Awards (First Level) from the China Institute of Communications in 2014 and 2015. In 2011, he received the WIPO-SIPO Award for Chinese Outstanding Patented Invention.
    ZHONG Zhangdui (zhdzhong@bjtu.edu.cn) is a professor and advisor of PhD candidates in Beijing Jiaotong University. He is a chief scientist of State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety in Beijing Jiaotong University. He is also a director of the Innovative Research Team of Ministry of Education, China. His interests are wireless communications for railways. His research has been widely used in Qinghai-Xizang railway, Datong-Qinhuangdao Heavy Haul railway, and many highspeed railway lines of China. He has authored or co-authored 7 books, 5 invention patents, and over 200 scientific research papers in his research area. He received MaoYiSheng Scientific Award of China, ZhanTianYou Railway Honorary Award of China, and Top 10 Science/Technology Achievements Award of Chinese Universities.
  • 基金资助:
    This work is supported by the NNSF of China under Grant 61501021; the ZTE Corporation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2014JBM075); State Key Lab of Rail Traffic Control and Safety Project under Grant RCS2016ZT021; Natural Science Base Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China under Grant no. 2015JM6320; Key Project from Beijing science and Technology Commission under Grant D151100000115004.

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Abstract: In the new era of railways, infrastructure, trains and travelers will be interconnected. In order to realize a seamless high-data rate wireless connectivity, up to dozens of GHz bandwidth is required. This motivates the exploration of the underutilized millimeter wave (mmWave) as well as the largely unexplored THz band. In this paper, we first identify relevant communication scenarios for railway applications. Then the specific challenges and estimates of the bandwidth requirements for high-data rate railway connectivity in these communication scenarios are described. Finally, we outline the major challenges on propagation channel modeling and provide a technical route for further studies.

Key words: millimeter wave, radio channel, railway communications, THz communications

摘要： In the new era of railways, infrastructure, trains and travelers will be interconnected. In order to realize a seamless high-data rate wireless connectivity, up to dozens of GHz bandwidth is required. This motivates the exploration of the underutilized millimeter wave (mmWave) as well as the largely unexplored THz band. In this paper, we first identify relevant communication scenarios for railway applications. Then the specific challenges and estimates of the bandwidth requirements for high-data rate railway connectivity in these communication scenarios are described. Finally, we outline the major challenges on propagation channel modeling and provide a technical route for further studies.

关键词: millimeter wave, radio channel, railway communications, THz communications