Performance measurement of LTE along light rapid transit (LRT) railway track of Kelana Jaya line / Amir Hamzah Alias

This thesis presents the results of LTE signal measurements of commercial mobile devices on board of a train with the velocity of 80 to 100 km/h along the railway track. This study aimed to measure the quality of cellular LTE coverage from Kelana Jaya LRT station to Gombak LRT station considering the fact that there have been growing demands for better service quality from the subscribers. The measurement was performed by conducting a drive test at the frequency range of 1800 MHz in a commercial network where the results were obtained using the G-Net Track. The measurement results exhibited that the quality of the LTE coverage had not yet reached the standard specified by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) group in terms of Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), Signal Interference Noise Ratio (SINR), and data rate. From the measurement results presented in this study, the operators in Malaysia can acquire the benefits for future LTE deployments along the railway track.