Exploration of the Communication Area of Infrared Short-Range Communication Systems for Intervehicle Communication
Infrared communication in the wavelength band 780-
950 nm is very suitable for short-range point-to-point communications.
It is a good choice for vehicle-to-vehicle communication in several
intelligent-transportation-system (ITS) applications such as cooperative
driving, collision warning, and pileup-crash prevention. In this
paper, with the aid of a physical model established in our previous
works, we explore the communication area of an infrared intervehicle
communication system utilizing a typical low-cost cormmercial lightemitting
diodes (LEDs) as the emitter and planar p-i-n photodiodes
as the receiver. The radiation pattern of the emitter fabricated by
aforementioned LEDs and the receiving pattern of the receiver are
approximated by a linear combination of cosinen functions. This
approximation helps us analyze the system performance easily. Both
multilane straight-road conditions and curved-road conditions with
various radius of curvature are taken into account. The condition of
a small car communicating with a big truck, i.e., there is a vertical
mounting height difference between the emitter and the receiver, is
also considered. Our results show that the performance of the system
meets the requirement of aforementioned ITS applications in terms
of the communication area.
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architecture for safety and entertainment”, IEEE Trans. Intell.
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forward intervehicle communication”, IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport.
Syst., vol. 11, pp. 172–181, Mar. 2010.
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H. Wieker, H.-J. Hilt, S. Mammar, and G. Noecker, ”Wireless local
danger warning: cooperative foresighted driving using intervehicle communication”,
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport. Syst., vol. 11, pp. 539–553,
Sep. 2010.
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IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport. Syst., vol. 11, pp. 678–691,
Sep. 2010.
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and vehicle-to-roadside communication systems using spread-spectrum
technique”, , vol. 5, pp. 12–19, March 2004.
[9] W.-Y. Shieh,W.-H. Lee, S.-L. Tung, B.-S. Jeng, and C.-H. Liu, ”Analysis
of the optimum configuration of roadside units and onboard units
in dedicated short-range communication systems”, IEEE Trans. Intell.
Transport. Syst., vol. 7, pp. 565–571, Dec. 2006.
[10] W.-Y. Shieh, T.-H. Wang, Y.-H. Chou, and C.-C. Huang, ”Design of
the radiation pattern of infrared short-range communication systems
for electronic-toll-collection applications”, IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport.
Syst., vol. 9, pp. 548–558, Sep. 2008.
[11] W.-Y. Shieh, C.-C. Hsu, S.-L. Tung, P.-W. Lu, T.-H. Wang, and S.-
L. Chang, ”Design of infrared electronic-toll-collection systems with
extended communication areas and performance of data transmission”,
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport. Syst., vol. 12, pp. 25–35, Mar. 2011.
[12] W.-Y. Shieh, C.-C. Hsu, and T.-H. Wang, ”A problem of infrared
electronic-toll-collection systems: the irregularity of LED radiation
pattern and emitter design”, IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport. Syst., vol. 12,
pp. 152–163, Mar. 2011.
[13] W.-Y. Shieh, T.-H. Wang, H.-F. Lin, J.-Y. Chang, and C.-H. Lin, ”Design
of infrared electronic-toll-collection systems with LEDs with irregular
radiation pattern”, in Proc. 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Veh. Electro. and
Safe., Beijing, China, July 10–12, 2011, pp. 124–129.
[14] W.-Y. Shieh, H.-C. Chen, and T.-H. Wang, ”A method to withstand
high signal attenuation for infrared electronic-toll-collection systems—
equivalent strength of the received signal in the communication area”, in
Proc. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and
Safety (ICVES12), Istanbul, Turkey, July 24–27, 2012, pp.223–227.
[15] Datasheet of TSFF5200 High Speed Infrared Emitting Diode, 870 nm,
GaAlAs Double Hetero, Mar. 2005. The Vishay website, 81060.pdf.
(Online). Available: http://www.vishay.com/docs/81060/
[1] S. Kato, S. Tsugawa, K. Tokuda, T. Matsui, and H. Fujii, ”Vehicle
control algorithms for cooperative driving with automated vehicles
and intervehicle communications”, IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport. Syst.,
vol. 3, pp. 155–161, Sep. 2002.
[2] H.-S. Tan and J. Huang, ”DGPS-based vehicle-to-vehicle cooperative
collision warning: engineering feasibility viewpoints”, IEEE Trans. Intell.
Transport. Syst., vol. 7, pp. 415–428, Dec. 2006.
[3] A. Chakravarthy, K. Song, and E. Feron, ”Preventing automotive pileup
crashes in mixed-communication environments”, IEEE Trans. Intell.
Transport. Syst., vol. 10, pp. 211–225, June 2009.
[4] C. E. Palazzi, M. Roccetti, and S. Ferretti, ”An intervehicular communication
architecture for safety and entertainment”, IEEE Trans. Intell.
Transport. Syst., vol. 11, pp. 90–99, Mar. 2010.
[5] A. Kesting, M. Treiber, and D. Helbing, ”Connectivity statistics of storeand-
forward intervehicle communication”, IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport.
Syst., vol. 11, pp. 172–181, Mar. 2010.
[6] G. K. Mitropoulos, I. S. Karanasiou, A. Hinsberger, F. Aguado-Agelet,
H. Wieker, H.-J. Hilt, S. Mammar, and G. Noecker, ”Wireless local
danger warning: cooperative foresighted driving using intervehicle communication”,
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport. Syst., vol. 11, pp. 539–553,
Sep. 2010.
[7] N. M. Drawil and O. Basir, ”Intervehicle-communication-assited localization”,
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport. Syst., vol. 11, pp. 678–691,
Sep. 2010.
[8] J. S. Kwak and J. H. Lee, ”Infrared transmission for intervehicle ranging
and vehicle-to-roadside communication systems using spread-spectrum
technique”, , vol. 5, pp. 12–19, March 2004.
[9] W.-Y. Shieh,W.-H. Lee, S.-L. Tung, B.-S. Jeng, and C.-H. Liu, ”Analysis
of the optimum configuration of roadside units and onboard units
in dedicated short-range communication systems”, IEEE Trans. Intell.
Transport. Syst., vol. 7, pp. 565–571, Dec. 2006.
[10] W.-Y. Shieh, T.-H. Wang, Y.-H. Chou, and C.-C. Huang, ”Design of
the radiation pattern of infrared short-range communication systems
for electronic-toll-collection applications”, IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport.
Syst., vol. 9, pp. 548–558, Sep. 2008.
[11] W.-Y. Shieh, C.-C. Hsu, S.-L. Tung, P.-W. Lu, T.-H. Wang, and S.-
L. Chang, ”Design of infrared electronic-toll-collection systems with
extended communication areas and performance of data transmission”,
IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport. Syst., vol. 12, pp. 25–35, Mar. 2011.
[12] W.-Y. Shieh, C.-C. Hsu, and T.-H. Wang, ”A problem of infrared
electronic-toll-collection systems: the irregularity of LED radiation
pattern and emitter design”, IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport. Syst., vol. 12,
pp. 152–163, Mar. 2011.
[13] W.-Y. Shieh, T.-H. Wang, H.-F. Lin, J.-Y. Chang, and C.-H. Lin, ”Design
of infrared electronic-toll-collection systems with LEDs with irregular
radiation pattern”, in Proc. 2011 IEEE Int. Conf. on Veh. Electro. and
Safe., Beijing, China, July 10–12, 2011, pp. 124–129.
[14] W.-Y. Shieh, H.-C. Chen, and T.-H. Wang, ”A method to withstand
high signal attenuation for infrared electronic-toll-collection systems—
equivalent strength of the received signal in the communication area”, in
Proc. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and
Safety (ICVES12), Istanbul, Turkey, July 24–27, 2012, pp.223–227.
[15] Datasheet of TSFF5200 High Speed Infrared Emitting Diode, 870 nm,
GaAlAs Double Hetero, Mar. 2005. The Vishay website, 81060.pdf.
(Online). Available: http://www.vishay.com/docs/81060/
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950 nm is very suitable for short-range point-to-point communications.
It is a good choice for vehicle-to-vehicle communication in several
intelligent-transportation-system (ITS) applications such as cooperative
driving, collision warning, and pileup-crash prevention. In this
paper, with the aid of a physical model established in our previous
works, we explore the communication area of an infrared intervehicle
communication system utilizing a typical low-cost cormmercial lightemitting
diodes (LEDs) as the emitter and planar p-i-n photodiodes
as the receiver. The radiation pattern of the emitter fabricated by
aforementioned LEDs and the receiving pattern of the receiver are
approximated by a linear combination of cosinen functions. This
approximation helps us analyze the system performance easily. Both
multilane straight-road conditions and curved-road conditions with
various radius of curvature are taken into account. The condition of
a small car communicating with a big truck, i.e., there is a vertical
mounting height difference between the emitter and the receiver, is
also considered. Our results show that the performance of the system
meets the requirement of aforementioned ITS applications in terms
of the communication area.
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