TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RADIO ENGINEERING - 2012 Vol. 71,
No 6 		 

 

 

 

RADAR SENSORS FOR HUMP YARD AND RAIL CROSSING APPLICATIONS


G.P. Ermak1, I.V. Popov1, A.S. Vasilev1, A.V. Varavin1, V.Ya. Noskov2, & K.A. Ignatkov2
1A. Usikov Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
12, Academician Proskura St., Kharkiv 61085, Ukraine
2 Ural Federal University,
19, Mira St., Ekaterinburg, 620002, Russia
Address all correspondence to G.P. Ermak E-mail: ermak@ire.kharkov.ua

Abstract
We have developed a low-cost Ka-band radar sensor for railway applications, including the check and remote control of the track occupancy/vacancy and the car speed at hump yards and guarded and non-guarded rail crossings in an effort to reduce the risk of accident on railroads. The radar sensor is equipped with systems of remote control and internal parameter diagnostics, which provided transmission systems pass the radar and service information to the control point.
KEY WORDS: railway, radar sensor, Ka-band, speed measurement, identifying car

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