Korea Rail Network Authority (KR) will set up the high-speed, long-term evolution (LTE)-based railway mobile communication system (LTE-R) on the Wonju-Gangneung route. The KR designated KT, Korea’s second-largest wireless carrier, for the project.
The LTE-R is a domestically developed communication technology that applies the 4th generation LTE onto the nation’s railway platform, providing a high-quality voice service and maximum 100Mbs of mass data transmission to help communications between train controllers, operators and government officials.
The LTE-R will also be linked with Public Safety-LTE (PS-LTE), a high-speed communications network for public securities, to help streamline the nation’s safety control tower and its operations.
“Detailed designs for the LTE-R on the Wonju-Gangneung route will be completed by September, and the KR will then carry out installation and test the system to close the project by December 2017,” said KR Chairman Kang Yeong-il.
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