Characterization of temporal fading for a traffic monitoring system

Author

Tanghe, Emmeric ; Joseph, Wout ; Verloock, Leen ; Martens, Luc ; Capoen, Henk ; Van Herwegen, Kobe ; Vantomme, Wim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent

fYear

2008

fDate

5-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, temporal fading characteristics at 900 MHz and 2400 MHz for a traffic monitoring system are presented. Due to the low receiving antenna heights, deep fades caused by heavy truck traffic can be observed. By determination of the level crossing rate, it was found that the impact of traffic on temporal fading diminishes when the receiving antenna is placed higher. Ricean K-factors were found to be lognormally distributed with median 13 dB and standard deviation 6 dB.

Keywords

Rician channels; log normal distribution; mobile antennas; road traffic; Ricean K-factors; frequency 2400 MHz; frequency 900 MHz; heavy truck traffic; lognormally distribution; low receiving antenna heights; temporal fading characterization; traffic monitoring system; Antenna measurements; Cameras; Fading; Frequency measurement; Monitoring; Performance evaluation; Position measurement; Power measurement; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2041-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2042-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2008.4619030

Filename

4619030