Research Article

Feasibility Studies on the Use of Higher Frequency Bands and Beamforming Selection Scheme for High Speed Train Communication

Table 1

Frame structure parameters for a maximum speed of 500 km/h.

Frequency (GHz) 21028303873

Frame duration (ms) 10 10 10 10 10 10
Subframe duration (ms) 1 1 1 1 1 1
Length of cyclic prefix (μs) 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2
Length of cyclic prefix (μs) 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7
Doppler frequency (kHz) 0.93 4.63 13 14 17.6 33.8
Sub-carrier spacing (kHz) 15 18.8 60 60 71.3 138.8
Length of symbol (μs) 66.7 53.2 16.7 16.7 14 7.2
Number of symbol 7 9 23 23 28 42
Resource block (RB) size (kHz) 180 225.6 720 720 855.6 1665.6
Resource elements per RB 84 108 276 276 336 504
Number of pilot symbols per RB 4 6 12 12 14 22