Title
Feasibility of In-car Wireless Sensor Networks: A Statistical Evaluation
Abstract
Statistical characterization of in-car wireless communication channels has recently gained significance, mainly due to the possibility of deploying a wireless sensor network in the vehicle. In this paper, we report different aspects of a statistical analysis of four representative in- car wireless channels based on the received power data collected from a binary phase shift keying (BPSK) transmission experiment. It is shown that the communication channel between the base station and a sensor placed under the engine compartment is the worst in terms of stability, average fade duration, and fade proportion, while the channel between the base station and a sensor placed in the trunk and the channel between the base station and a sensor placed on the hood are the best. We also show that the 4 representative in-car wireless channels can satisfy the maximum packet delay requirement of less than 500 ms and the trunk channel and the in-the-engine-compartment channels can satisfy the requirement of up to 98% packet reception rate. These statistical characteristics of the in- car wireless channels provide important guidelines for the designer of an in-car sensor system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/SAHCN.2007.4292822
SECON
Keywords
Field
DocType
packet delay,wireless communication channels,statistical analysis,vehicles,in-the-engine-compartment channels,in-car wireless sensor networks,engines,wireless channels,statistical evaluation,phase shift keying,binary phase shift keying,wireless sensor networks,trunk channel,base station,stability,satisfiability,communication channels,data collection,base stations,wireless sensor network,wireless communication
Base station,Key distribution in wireless sensor networks,Wireless,Computer science,Computer network,Communication channel,Wi-Fi array,Wireless sensor network,Phase-shift keying,Base transceiver station
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-4244-1268-4
19
1.71
References 
Authors
5
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hsin-Mu Tsai130529.74
Wantanee Viriyasitavat226020.07
Ozan K. Tonguz31641119.26
Cem U. Saraydar450454.23
Timothy Talty530235.23
Andrew Macdonald6555.09