A full functional wireless access for vehicular environments (WAVE) prototype upon the IEEE 802.11p standard for vehicular communications and networks

In this demonstration, we will reveal a full functional wireless access for vehicular environments (WAVE) prototype, which achieves the complete functions defined by the IEEE 802.11p standard through integrating effective and novel base-band algorithms including fast time-synchronization, multiple-stage multiple Doppler detection, accurate channel estimate, and joint QAM demodulation and convolution decoding, all upon the Cyclone III field programmable gate array (FPGA) development kit from the Terasic Company. The WAVE prototype has been extensively tested under various road conditions showing satisfied performances. The WAVE prototype has an Ethernet interface to connect with a computer, upon which media control access (MAC) protocols and a vehicular network simulator operate. Meanwhile, the prototype can also connect with an Acer Iconia Tablet running on the Android system through a universal series bus (USB) to support various intelligent transportation system (ITS) applications based on vehicular communications and networks. This activity is funded by several NSF grants and the CISCO Research Grant.