109 urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:3dc5f44e-8666-58db-bc76-a455210e8891 JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science jucs 0948-695X 0948-6968 Journal of Universal Computer Science 10.3217/jucs-018-09-1194 23458 Research Article C.2.1 - Network Architecture and Design C.2.5 - Local and Wide-Area Networks Network Planning for WiMAX-R Networks Liu Qiang liuq@bjtu.edu.cn 1 Chen Min 2 Zhang Jie 1 Shen Bingwen 1 Chu Zhong 1 Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing China Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Seoul National University Seoul Republic of Korea

Corresponding author: Qiang Liu (liuq@bjtu.edu.cn).

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2012 01 05 2012 18 9 1194 1217 FB25D272-6F0A-537E-84DC-5934C56C9CAA 5505495 01 12 2011 28 04 2012 Qiang Liu, Min Chen, Jie Zhang, Bingwen Shen, Zhong Chu This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.

In this paper, a novel network planning process of the Mobile WiMAX for Railway (WiMAX-R) network is proposed. We first analyze the factors need considered in network planning. After introducing the WiMAX-R network architecture, the WiMAX-R network planning process is presented in detail. The process comprises application analysis, capacity prediction, network parameters configuring, coverage planning, handover planning and network simulation validation. In each step, Mobile WiMAX technical features and railway environment characters are both take into consideration. Finally, we simulated a WiMAX-R planning example based on OPNET platform. The simulation results showed that the designed WiMAX-R network can perfectly satisfy the applicationsÂ’ QoS requirements.