Design and implementation of a wireless link coupled channel emulator for DSRC wireless systems

Author

Faseth, Thomas ; Winkler, Michael ; Schuberth, Christian ; Arthaber, Holger ; Magerl, Gottfried

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electrodynamics, Microwave & Circuit Eng., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria

fYear

2010

fDate

23-28 May 2010

Firstpage

1632

Lastpage

1635

Abstract

In this paper a hardware channel emulator for the European version of Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) systems operating in the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency band from 5.725 GHz to 5.875 GHz is presented. The emulator allows reproducible tests in the design process as well as conformance and performance evaluations of mass production equipment of different suppliers. It can also be used as support to quality assurance. The paper discusses the design process and requirements for a two-sided antenna-coupled RF channel emulator system. Furthermore, the design of the necessary anechoic chambers and the system calibration process are described. Finally, measurement results are presented showing the performance of the emulator system.

Keywords

antennas; calibration; radio links; wireless channels; DSRC wireless systems; ISM frequency; anechoic chambers; dedicated short range communication; hardware channel emulator; industrial scientific and medical frequency; system calibration process; two-sided antenna-coupled RF channel emulator system; wireless link coupled channel emulator; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Calibration; Communication industry; Hardware; Mass production; Process design; Quality assurance; Radio frequency; Testing; System analysis and design; communication system performance; manufacturing testing; nondestructive testing; time-varying channels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2010 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6056-4

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2010.5517792

Filename

5517792