Design of a V2V communications antenna based on LTE technology and IEEE802.11p standard

Abstract

This paper introduces a new antenna model designed to be applied to V2V communications. This antenna can be integrated easily into the automobiles infrastructure and was designed for VANET networks [1] based on LTE technology and IEEE 802.11p standard [2]. The design of this model is based on operating frequencies of these two technologies. In the design process, it was prioritized that each operating frequency had a bandwidth of at least 70MHz, since, VANET networks will use 7 channels of 10MHz [3] each to enable a reliable communication and to offer data traffic services. Moreover, an omnidirectional radiation pattern was obtained in the Fraunhofer zone, good gain and a radiation efficiency [4] close to 1 in all bands of interest, as we will be shown.