Title :
Evaluation of Vehicle Penetration Loss at Wireless Communication Frequencies
Author :
Tanghe, Emmeric ; Joseph, Wout ; Verloock, Leen ; Martens, Luc
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol. (IBBT-Ugent/INTEC), Ghent Univ., Ghent
fDate :
7/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Measurements and simulations of the vehicle penetration loss (VPL) at 600, 900, 1800, and 2400 MHz are presented. The measured average penetration loss varies from 3.2 to 23.8 dB, depending on frequency, illuminated vehicle side, and in-vehicle antenna orientation. VPL tends to follow a lognormal distribution. Reported penetration loss values are compared to previous measurements from the literature.
Keywords :
log normal distribution; mobile antennas; mobile radio; frequency 1800 MHz; frequency 2400 MHz; frequency 600 MHz; frequency 900 MHz; in-vehicle antenna; lognormal distribution; vehicle penetration loss; wireless communication frequencies; Antenna orientation; Vehicle penetration loss; antenna orientation; coverage; measurement; simulation; vehicle penetration loss (VPL);
Journal_Title :
Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TVT.2007.912164
