Virtual drive: A complete V2X communication and radar system simulator for optimization of multiple antenna systems

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1295-1310

  Reichardt, Lars ^a   Maurer, Jürgen ^a,b   Fügen, Thomas ^b,c   Zwick, Thomas ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Procitec GmbH   (Germany)

^c AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

C2X; diversity; multiple inputmultiple output (MIMO); ray tracing; V2X; vehicular antennas; virtual drive

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MIMO SYSTEMS; RAY TRACING; VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS;

ANTENNA CONFIGURATIONS; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; COMPARISON WITH MEASUREMENTS; DIVERSITY; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; MULTIPLE ANTENNA SYSTEMS; SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS; VEHICULAR ANTENNA;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 79959374875     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2011.2124430     Document Type: Article

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