ESPAR antenna positioning for Truck-to-Truck communication links
Leonidas Marantis, Κωνσταντίνος Μαλιάτσος, Αthanasios G. Kanatas · 2016
This work investigates various antenna configurations for Truck-to-Truck (T2T) communication links used for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). T2T links are very challenging, since the trailer may destructively affect the system performance. In addition, the use of two 3-element ESPAR antennas positioned on the truck side mirrors is proposed. The proposed configuration achieves significant performance improvement with the use of simple beam selection implemented with ON-OFF switching. Simulation results using the IST-WINNER channel model for T2T links are presented, that verify the suitability of the 3-element ESPAR for the specific application.