6. Conclusions
Radio resource management is a powerful tool that enables high resource utilization and results in improved QoS performance. However, compared with common cellular communications, some characteristics in HSR wireless communications, such as high mobility, unique channel conditions and heterogeneous QoS requirements, impose some challenges to the RRM design. This leads to significant attention on the study of RRM under HSR scenarios. In this paper, we have provided a literature survey on HSR wireless communications from a perspective of RRM design. Firstly, we have presented an overview of the HSR communication systems with a detailed description of network architecture, railway applications and services as well as advanced transmission technologies. Then the HSR channel models and characteristics are introduced, which are vital to the cross-layer RRM design and optimization. Afterwards, we have surveyed the RRM schemes for HSR wireless communications, with an in-depth discussion on admission control, mobility management, power control and resource allocation. Finally, challenges and open issues on RRM design of HSR wireless communications have been outlined.