Evaluation of V2X Antenna Performance Using a Multipath Simulation Tool
Paper in proceeding, 2014

Antennas are one of the key components for efficient and reliable vehicular communications systems; especially for safety related applications the antenna performance is crucial. It is therefore important to be able to evaluate the antenna performance under realistic conditions so that the best antenna solution can be selected. In this paper we present a statistical method for evaluating the antenna performance by using the antennas radiation patterns and a multipath simulation tool. The multipath environment is generated by a number of incident waves with a specific angle of arrival distribution, defined by the user. In order to generate voltage samples at the antenna ports many sets of incident waves are generated. This simulates a changing environment as, e.g., when the vehicle is moving. By studying the cumulative distribution functions (CDFs) for the voltage samples we are able to compare the performance for different antenna types, positions on the vehicle, etc. The method is fast and effective and, when applied to typical vehicular propagation environments, the importance of having antennas with radiation patterns capable of covering the whole azimuth plane is demonstrated.

Measurements

Antenna Performance

V2X Antennas

Author

Edith Condo Neira

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Ulf Carlberg

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Jan Carlsson

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Kristian Karlsson

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Erik Ström

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Proceedings of the 8th European Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands, Apr. 2014

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978-889070184-9 (ISBN)

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Communication Systems

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902335

ISBN

978-889070184-9

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10/7/2017