Wireless Channel Measurements and Modeling of LTE Broadband System for High-Speed Railway Scenarios

In high-speed scenarios, channel model is of vital importance in Long term evolution (LTE) systems. By extensive measurements on Beijing-Tianjin railway, this paper proposes a distance-dependent channel model. Both large-scale and small-scale channel characteristics are presented in detail. The large-scale path loss is modeled under the hierarchical network structure. Small-scale channel characteristics that include channel impulse response, power delay profile and Doppler spectrum are deduced and analyzed. In particular, a new stage-wise K-factor model is proposed. Combined with the cumulative distribution function of Root-mean squared (RMS) delay spread and the number of paths, they clearly illustrate the distance dependent variances of the channel. Finally, the integrated distance-dependent channel models are proposed to give a comprehensive description of broadband LTE channel in high-speed railway scenario.