Research Article
Performance Evaluation of SIMO Techniques in IEEE 802.11p
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-51207-5_9, author={Nelson Cardoso and Muhammad Alam and Jo\"{a}o Almeida and Joaquim Ferreira and Arnaldo Oliveira}, title={Performance Evaluation of SIMO Techniques in IEEE 802.11p}, proceedings={Future Intelligent Vehicular Technologies. First International Conference, Future 5V 2016, Porto, Portugal, September 15, 2016, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={FUTURE 5V}, year={2017}, month={1}, keywords={SIMO IEEE 802.11p Vehicular communications}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-51207-5_9} }- Nelson Cardoso
Muhammad Alam
João Almeida
Joaquim Ferreira
Arnaldo Oliveira
Year: 2017
Performance Evaluation of SIMO Techniques in IEEE 802.11p
FUTURE 5V
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51207-5_9
Abstract
In this paper, we evaluate the performance of spatial diversity techniques in the scope of vehicular communications, using a IEEE 802.11p multi-antenna flexible and modular implementation. The analysis is based on the well-known Selection Combining (SC) and Equal Gain Combining (EGC) algorithms. The results obtained indicate that employing these techniques improves the system’s resilience against the fast fading multipath effect that characterizes dynamic wireless channels. The measurements performed reveal that up to 32% more frames can be decoded when compared to a single antenna system within a Non Line of Sight (NLOS) scenario. We also examine the influence of the modulation type used on the performance of the diversity combining scheme.