Title :
Printed DSRC antennas for enhanced gain coverage towards front and rear of vehicle for automotive applications
Author :
Aloi, D.N. ; Possa, Manuel ; Barghouti, Adham ; Tlusty, Josef ; Sharawi, Mohammad S.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Oakland Univ., Rochester, MI, USA
Abstract :
Dedicated Short Range Communications is a wireless protocol that will be used for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications and requires an omni-directional radiation pattern at the horizon. This paper investigates the radiation pattern at the horizon of a raised monopole antenna on a printed circuit board with 1 director, 2 directors and 3 directors. The intent of this research was to create an omni-directional pattern at the horizon albeit with increased gain towards the front and rear of the vehicle to extend the range of communication for vehicle-to-vehicle communication situation as this link offers critical safety applications.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; mobile antennas; mobile communication; monopole antennas; omnidirectional antennas; printed circuits; protocols; automotive applications; dedicated short range communications; gain coverage; monopole antenna; omnidirectional radiation pattern; printed DSRC antennas; printed circuit board; vehicle-to-infrastructure communications; vehicle-to-vehicle communications; wireless protocol; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Frequency measurement; Gain; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2014 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
Palm Beach
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5690-9
DOI :
10.1109/APWC.2014.6905555
