Title :
Printed antenna for on-board unit of a DSRC system
Author :
Varum, Tiago ; Matos, João Nuno ; Pinho, Pedro
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Univ. de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
Vehicular communications, among vehicles and between vehicles and infrastructures are based on wireless communication technology known as dedicated short range communications (DSRC), which are in great development with the aim of reduce the traffic problems and improve the road safety. This study is based on the development of a solution to an antenna to be used in the mobile module, usually named On-Board Unit (OBU). The antenna should have characteristics that meet the requirements for new DSRC at 5.9 GHz band in Europe. The proposed antenna is a printed monopole with a reduced size that presents an omnidirectional radiation pattern in the horizontal plane and allows communications independently of the direction of vehicles. The wide bandwidth obtained is to enough to encompass the other band for DSRC communications used in Europe, at 5.8 GHz, and become more tolerant to manufacturing problems.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; mobile communication; monopole antennas; omnidirectional antennas; DSRC system; Europe; OBU; dedicated short range communications; frequency 5.8 GHz; frequency 5.9 GHz; mobile module; omnidirectional radiation pattern; onboard unit; printed monopole antenna; road safety; vehicular communications; wireless communication technology; Antenna radiation patterns; Broadband antennas; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; Polarization; Vehicles; dedicated short range communications; on-board unit; printed antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Spokane, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9562-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2011.5996743
