A Study on Vehicle Connectivity for VANETs Adopting Beamforming Antenna Array. (6th April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yang, Liu; Xiang, Weidong; Zheng, Guoxin
• Other Names: Chadli M. Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Mathematical problems in engineering. Volume 2017(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-04-06
• Subjects: Engineering mathematics -- Periodicals; 510.2462
• DOI: 10.1155/2017/6240984
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1024-123X

Abstract

Abstract : An analytical mobility model based on Erlang distribution is introduced to portray sparse and dense traffic scenarios in the distributions of time headway. Upon the mobility model, the connectivity probability is then derived in two-way highway when adopting store-forward strategy. Moreover, path losses with and without beamforming antenna array are compared to further study the connectivity under different traffic density scenarios. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of beamforming technology in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) is investigated and concluded through analytical study and simulations.