Research Article
Experimental demonstration of the viability of IEEE 802.11b based inter-vehicle communications
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/tridentcom.2008.3159, author={V\^{\i}ctor Gonz\^{a}lez and Alberto Los Santos and Carolina Pinart and Francisco Milagro}, title={Experimental demonstration of the viability of IEEE 802.11b based inter-vehicle communications}, proceedings={4th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks \& Communities}, publisher={ICST}, proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM}, year={2010}, month={5}, keywords={Inter-vehicular communications experimental demonstration IEEE 802.11b}, doi={10.4108/tridentcom.2008.3159} }- Víctor González
Alberto Los Santos
Carolina Pinart
Francisco Milagro
Year: 2010
Experimental demonstration of the viability of IEEE 802.11b based inter-vehicle communications
TRIDENTCOM
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/tridentcom.2008.3159
Abstract
This paper demonstrates experimentally the viability of the wireless technology IEEE 802.11b for inter-vehicle communications. Although IEEE802.11b was designed for lowmobility, indoor scenarios, we demonstrate that is possible to use it in high-mobility, outdoor scenarios where vehicles reach relative speeds of 260 km/h. For the first time, this demonstration takes into account both the speed and the presence/absence of line-of-sight in the IEEE 802.11b communication link. These are key aspects to the most aggressive vehicular scenarios for VANET communications, such as urban streets where the surrounding buildings produce constant signal reflections or high-speed freeways. The results obtained are part of the Virtual Sub-Centre developed in the European COM2REACT project, which is a novel building block to manage efficiently moving groups of vehicles in close proximity.