A Wideband Channel Sounder for Car-to-Car Radio Channel Measurements at 5.7 GHz and Results for an Urban Scenario

Author

Paschalidis, Panagiotis ; Wisotzki, Mike ; Kortke, Andreas ; Keusgen, Wilhelm ; Peter, Michael

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer-Inst. fur Nachrichtentechnik, Berlin

fYear

2008

fDate

21-24 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A channel sounder for wideband car-to-car 2 x 2 multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radio channel measurements at 5.7 GHz with a bandwidth of 1 GHz has been developed. With the use of highly accurate synchronization units a high degree of coherence was achieved. The HHI-channel-sounder has been used in a measurement campaign in typical urban traffic scenarios in Berlin, Germany. This paper presents the basic operating concept of the system, followed by first results from the campaign.

Keywords

MIMO communication; broadband networks; mobile radio; synchronisation; wireless channels; Berlin; Germany; bandwidth 1 GHz; car-to-car radio channel measurements; frequency 5.7 GHz; multiple input multiple output radio channel measurements; synchronization units; wideband channel sounder; Bandwidth; Coherence; Discrete Fourier transforms; MIMO; Receiving antennas; Time measurement; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas; Vehicles; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2008. VTC 2008-Fall. IEEE 68th

Conference_Location

Calgary, BC

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1721-6

Electronic_ISBN

1090-3038

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2008.62

Filename

4656894