Research Article
An Analysis of Smart Antenna Usage for WiMAX Vehicular Communications
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29479-2_19, author={Mihai Constantinescu and Eugen Borcoci and Tinku Rasheed and David Hayes}, title={An Analysis of Smart Antenna Usage for WiMAX Vehicular Communications}, proceedings={2nd International Workshop on Multimode Wireless Access Networks}, proceedings_a={MOWAN}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={WiMAX vehicular smart antenna cross-layer optimization}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29479-2_19} }- Mihai Constantinescu
Eugen Borcoci
Tinku Rasheed
David Hayes
Year: 2012
An Analysis of Smart Antenna Usage for WiMAX Vehicular Communications
MOWAN
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29479-2_19
Abstract
WiMAX communications for vehicular use is a topic of significant interest in the research and industry communities, for both V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) and V2I (vehicle-to-infrastructure) scenarios. This paper presents results of an experimental, simulation-based study, for mobile WiMAX V2I communications for different mobile station (MS) speeds. The scenario results are applicable to both omni-directional and beam forming smart antenna use. This study describes a database consolidation process in order to determine multi-dimensional regions where different lower layer parameters have influence on the overall performance of WiMAX V2I communications. Based on the multi-dimensional graphs, optimal parameter sets and network topology information can be provided by the network operator to vehicular MS, (e.g. a car or a train), providing essential support for the mobile station’s smart antenna tracking systems and allow adaptation of the major WiMAX parameters to its speed and network topology.