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A Study on the High Speed Train Localization Using Doppler Frequency in the Wireless Communication

무선통신 도플러 주파수를 이용한고속열차 위치 추정에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Jungtai (Metropolitan Transportation Research Center, Korea Railroad Research Institute)
  • 김정태 (한국철도기술연구원 광역도시교통본부)
  • Received : 2017.09.29
  • Accepted : 2017.11.03
  • Published : 2017.11.30

Abstract

It is important to localize trains precisely for the purpose of controlling them and there have been many studies designed to accomplish this without the need for wayside systems. Since trains run on fixed railway lines, it is possible to search in one direction to localize them. Moreover, it is also possible to know the shape of the line in advance. In the case of high speed trains, their speed and, therefore, their Doppler frequency is relatively high and the railway line is either linear or circular with a large radius. In this study, we utilize these features and propose a train localization method using the Doppler frequency of the signals transmitted from two points (base stations). We derive localization equations for a linear line, circular line, and mixed line (linear plus circular) respectively. Though Doppler radars are usually used to measure speed, the proposed method obtains the location information and the speed successively using the ratio of the doppler frequencies of two signals without knowing the location information or the speed. Computer simulations are performed to show the variation of the estimation error according to the train's location and the measurement error level. The conditions required to obtain the target error level and the increase in the estimation error according to the measurement error are compared between the proposed and conventional methods. The results show the superior performance and robustness of the proposed method.

열차의 위치를 정확하게 추정하는 것은 열차제어를 위해 필수적이며 선로변에 시스템을 설치하지 않고 열차의 위치를 추정하기 많은 연구가 있었다. 열차는 선로 위를 움직이므로 위치 추정을 일차원적으로 검색이 가능하며 그 선로 또한 위치 정보를 미리 알 수 있다는 특징이 있다. 특히 고속열차의 경우 속도가 커서 도플러 주파수가 비교적 크며 선로 모양도 직선 혹은 반경이 큰 곡선으로 되어 있다. 본 연구에서는이를 활용하여 두 지점(기지국)에서 송신한 신호의 도플러 주파수를 이용하여 열차의 위치를 추정하는 방안에 대하여 제안한다. 직선과 곡선, 직곡선 혼합 선로 구간에 대하여 위치를 추정하는 수식을 도출한다. 일반적으로 도플러 레이더는 속도를 측정하는데 사용되나 여기에서는 속도와 위치를 모르는 상태에서 두 신호의 도플러 주파수 비율을 이용하여 위치와 속도를 순차적으로 구한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 열차 위치 및 측정 오차 수준에 따른 추정 오차의 변화를 구한다. 제안하는 방안과 기존 방안에서의 목표 추정 오차 수준을 얻기 위한 조건과 측정 오차가 커짐에 따른 오차의 증가량을 비교함으로써 성능과 강인성 면에서 제안하는 방안의 우수성을 보인다.

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