In ROADART, a novel Diversity Engine tailored-made for Truck-to-Truck (T2T) and Truck-to-Infrastructure (T2I) Communications was developed. The antenna (or spatial) diversity was used as the base of the diversity engine and additionally, a beampattern selection scheme was implemented with the use of reconfigurable antennas. The beampattern selection scheme was able to produce an omnidirectional pattern for broadcast – multicast transmission/reception as well as a directive pattern that can improve performance for several applications like CACC and platooning. The hybrid spatial-beamspace diversity scheme was implemented with the use of ESPAR Antennas with pattern selection capabilities.
Dr.-Ing. Christos Oikonomopoulos-Zachos
E-mail: oikonomopoulos@imst.de
Patrick Ernst
E-mail: patrick.ernst.a@man.eu
Johan van der Kamp
E-mail: johan.vanderkamp@tno.nl
Prof. Athanasios G. Kanatas
E-mail: kanatas@unipi.gr