Performance Evaluation of an RVC System with Narrow Beam Antenna

In roadside-to-vehicle communication (RVC) system, especially for vehicle safety applications, it is necessary to improve the tolerance to multipath fading, shadowing, and the mutual interference of some roadside units (RSUs) or vehicles which are “hidden nodes”. As one countermeasure for the shadowing and “hidden node” problem, we have examined adaptation of the UHF-band narrow beam antenna to RSU. In this paper, firstly, the characteristic of communication area by the narrow beam antenna is shown. Moreover, the developed OFDM system for the RVC is introduced, and finally, some effects of the narrow beam antenna to “hidden node” problem are shown.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Urayama, Hirofumi
  • Shiranaga, Hideaki
  • Yamada, Masaya
  • Minakata, Toshio
• Conference:
  • 16th ITS World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services
  • Location: Stockholm , Sweden
  • Date: 2009-9-21 to 2009-9-25
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: ITS in Daily Life

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Antennas; Intelligent transportation systems; Network nodes; Radiation patterns; Ultrahigh frequency; Vehicle safety; Vehicle to infrastructure communications; Vehicle to vehicle communications
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01150595
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 19 2010 10:58AM