High-speed ultra-wide band in-car wireless channel measurements

Author

Zuazola, I. J Garcia ; Elmirghani, J.M.H. ; Batchelor, J.C.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Adv. Telecommun., Univ. of Wales Swansea, Swansea

Volume

3

Issue

7

fYear

2009

fDate

7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1115

Lastpage

1123

Abstract

Among the different wireless solutions, ultra-wide band (UWB) is a promising technology for in-car communications because of its high data rates. To optimise the UWB radio system design, knowledge of the propagation channel within the car is required. The performance of a high-speed 480 Mbps UWB radio system is studied within a real in-car environment measured under mobility. A comprehensive set of measurements is presented, including several possible non-line of sight scenarios while the vehicle is stationary and mobile, for open- and closed-window environments and with/without occupants. These measurements are used to characterise the in-car channel and evaluate the performance of a typical UWB radio system in this setting.

Keywords

automobiles; mobile radio; radiowave propagation; ultra wideband communication; wireless channels; UWB radio system design; bit rate 480 Mbit/s; closed-window environments; high-speed in-car communication; mobile vehicle; nonline-of-sight scenarios; open-window environments; propagation channel; real in-car environment; ultra-wide band in-car wireless channel measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IET

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1751-8628

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/iet-com.2008.0135

Filename

5109924