The performance of a previously developed analog combining network (ACN) of phase shifters for periodic broadcast vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication is investigated. The original ACN was designed to maximize the sum of signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) for $K$ consecutive cooperative awareness messages (CAMs). The design was based on the assumption of a dominant propagation path with an angle of arrival (AOA) that is constant for $K$ messages. In this work, we relax this assumption by allowing the AOA and path-loss (PL) of the dominant path to be time-variant. Assuming a highway scenario with a line of sight (LOS) propagation between vehicles, we use affine approximations to model the time variation of different path quantities, including the PL, the relative distance-dependent phase shift between antennas, and the AOA-dependent far-field function of the antennas. By leveraging these approximations, we analytically derive the ACN sum- SNR as each one of these quantities varies over $K$ CAMs. Moreover, we suggest a design rule for a phase slope that is robust against time variation of the dominant path and optimal under time-invariant conditions. Finally, we validate this design rule using numerical computations and an example of vehicular communication antenna elements.
Antenna Combiner for Periodic Broadcast V2V Communication Under Relaxed Worst-Case Propagation
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems ; 24 , 9 ; 9817-9834
2023-09-01
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