Project number: MT-14-11

Funding source: Caltrans

Contract number: 65A0533

Funding amount: $89,592

Performance Period: 1/1/2015 to 12/31/2015

Project description

Implementation outcomes: A database of measured propagation channel characteristics will be made freely available to the METRANS partners, including the descriptions of the measurement environments, the types of vehicles and their antenna arrangements, distances between the vehicles, received powers over time and impulse responses.

A channel model will be coded and completely parameterized based on the measured data. A simulator will be created, taking into account both the PHY and the MAC structure of 802.11p compliant transmissions. Finally, the performance of an 802.11p system over realistic channels will be provided, in terms of packet failure rates and packet latency.

Research outcomes: The simulation of IEEE 802.11p compliant system performance in vehicular environments will be of significant interest for designers of convoy controls and policymakers, since they allow to assess the technical limits of convoy travel. It will also constitute an important input for the design of convoy policies, enhanced automated driver assistance, and even self-driving cars.