Experimental study of 802.11 based networking for vehicular management and safety

Author

Dailey, D.J. ; McFarland, K. ; Garrison, J.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

21-24 June 2010

Firstpage

1209

Lastpage

1213

Abstract

This paper focuses on the experimental aspect of short range communication between a moving vehicle and a stationary receiver. The accumulated measurements of signal to noise ratio fit a single line of site model rather well with the implication that the communications channel will function best as the distance between the radios is reduced. However, measurements of both bandwidth and packet loss suggest that when the vehicle passes nearby the stationary receiver at approximately the planned speeds (10 or 20 MPH) that the communication channel throughput is reduced.

Keywords

radio receivers; road safety; road traffic; telecommunication network management; wireless channels; IEEE 802.11a; bandwidth measurement; communication channel; moving vehicle; packet loss measurement; signal to noise ratio; stationary receiver; vehicular management; vehicular safety; Bandwidth; Communication channels; Global Positioning System; Loss measurement; Noise measurement; Position measurement; Safety; Signal to noise ratio; Throughput; Vehicles; GPS; Iperf; packet loss; signal-to-noise ratio; wireless;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1931-0587

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7866-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVS.2010.5547955

Filename

5547955