Performance Analysis of Connectivity for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks with Moving Obstructions

Author

Ruifeng Chen ; Zhangdui Zhong ; Leung, Victor C. M. ; Michelson, David G.

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Rail Traffic Control & Safety, Beijing Jiaotong Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

14-17 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication is widely used to improve traffic safety. However, the V2V link is easily blocked due to the low antenna height. The vehicular obstructions also lead to strong shadowing effect, which has been ignored in the V2V system performance evaluation. By incorporating channel state transition with a measurement-based dual-slope path loss model, a light-of-sight (LOS) blocked model is presented for the V2V highway scenarios. The joint effects of radio environment and traffic flow on link connectivity are investigated to represent the obstruction probability and inter-vehicle connectivity probability. All the analytical results are validated by extensive simulations under a measurement-based propagation model. The results can be used for the system design and development of a channel simulator for V2V communications.

Keywords

probability; radiowave propagation; road safety; telecommunication traffic; vehicular ad hoc networks; LOS; V2V link; channel state transition; dual-slope path loss model; intervehicle connectivity probability; light-of-sight blocked model; link connectivity; measurement-based propagation model; performance analysis; shadowing effect; traffic flow; traffic safety; vehicle-to-vehicle communication; vehicular ad hoc networks; Analytical models; Channel models; Radio propagation; Road transportation; Vehicles; Vehicular ad hoc networks; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), 2014 IEEE 80th

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTCFall.2014.6966111

Filename

6966111