UWB channel measurements inside different car types

Author

Schack, Moritz ; Geise, Robert ; Schmidt, Ingo ; Piesiewiczk, Radoslaw ; Kurner, Thomas

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Nachrichtentechnik, Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Braunschweig

fYear

2009

fDate

23-27 March 2009

Firstpage

640

Lastpage

644

Abstract

Ultra-wideband (UWB) systems become attractive for the automotive environment enabling very high data rates of up to 1.32 Gbps. In this paper, a comparison of ultra-wideband (UWB) channels inside three different car types is carried out. For this study, measurements with a vector network analyzer (VNA) in the frequency band of 3-8 GHz have been conducted and the fundamental features of the in-car UWB channels in terms of large and small-scale parameters are shown. The results are presented for empty and occupied cars as well as for different transmitting antenna positions.

Keywords

mobile antennas; mobile radio; network analysers; transmitting antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; UWB channel measurements; frequency 3 GHz to 8 GHz; transmitting antenna; ultra-wideband systems; vector network analyzer; Antenna measurements; Automotive engineering; Computer aided manufacturing; Costs; FCC; Frequency measurement; Multimedia systems; Streaming media; Transmitting antennas; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4753-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-00-024573-2

Type

conf

Filename

5067704