Research Article

Enhancing V2X Communication Based on a New Comb-Pilot Estimation Approach

Table 2

Comparative study of WAVE PHY and MAC proposals.

CategoryProposalMain focusPerformance evaluationResults and findingsMetrics

MAC layer[9] Eichler, 2007WAVE performanceAnalytical Evaluation(i) IEEE 802.11p std do not support heavy loads: throughput decreases while delay increases(i) Collision probability
(ii) Delay
(iii) Throughput
[10] Wang et al., 2008Two new MAC protocolsNS2 simulation(i) A poor throughput when using backoff time size(i) Throughput

PHY layer evaluation for IEEE 802.11P[11] Jafari et al., 2012Impact of packet size on V2X transmissionNS2 simulations(i) The same probability of the well-received packets when range is 136 meters
(ii) Both throughput and delay increase while the packet size increases
(i) PLR
(ii) Delay
(iii) Throughput
(iv) Range
(v) Mobility
[12] Park et al., 2013Impact of packet size on V2X transmissionNS2 simulations(i) Data packet size is very important factor in V2X communication(i) Packet size
[13] Sassi et al., 2013Real-world measurementsExperimentation
(Arada LocoMate On-Board Unit (OBU))
(i) The more the speed grows, the more the PLR increases
(ii) The maximum data transmission range is 1000 m and 300 m, respectively, for high and low data rate
(i) Range
(ii) PLR
(iii) Data rate
[14] Demmel et al., 2012Test tracks measurements
Experimentation(i) Latency remains under 4 ms
(ii) The frame loss still acceptable on most of the range, but it remains dependent on environmental conditions
(i) Range
(ii) Latency
(iii) Frame loss
[15] Gozalvez et al., 2012V2I measurementsExperimentation
(DENSO Wireless Safety Unit (WSU))
(i) Several environment metrics (trees, heavy vehicles, terrain elevation, etc.) should be considered for efficient data exchange(i) Range
(ii) Packet delivery rate (PDR)
[22] Sukuvaara et al., 2013V2X measurementsExperimentation
(NEC LinkBird-MX)
(i) IEEE 802.11p has better general performance than traditional Wi-Fi solution
(ii) Hybrid solution combining IEEE 802.11p and 3G can be attractive on commercial systems
(i) Throughput
(ii) Delay
(iii) Mobility
[17] Paier et al., 2010V2I measurementsExperimentation
(CVIS CALM M5)
(i) Environment parameters (antenna high, electromagnetic waves, traffic) affect IEEE 802.11p performance
(ii) The maximum coverage range is about 700 m for FSR > 0.25 and data rate 3 Mbits/s.
(iii) Packet length decrease can offer better performances
(i) Frame success ratio (FSR)
(ii) Data rate
(iii) Range
(iv) Speed
[18] Paier et al., 2010V2I measurementsExperimentation
(Kapsch TrafficCom (RSU) and V2X MIMO testbed (OBU))
(i) Overview of different receive techniques
(ii) Driving direction can have an effect on the V2I transmission performance (5% lower FSR)
(i) FSR
(ii) Driving direction
(iii) Frame Error Rate (FER)
(iv) Data rate
[19] Fernández-Caramés et al., 2012V2X measurementsExperimentation
(FPGA emulator)
(i) SIMO and MIMO transceivers offer better results than SISO systems: they require less transmission power to attain the same BER/FER
(ii) The deployment environment of the transmission system can affect the error ratio
(i) FER
(ii) BER
(iii) Speed

PHY layer enhancement [20] Lin et al., 2009Estimation based enhancing techniqueMatlab simulation(i) The application of the Least Square algorithm assisted by the sequence of Zadoff-Chu on the preamble field and cyclic prefix offers best results than baseline method(i) Delay
(ii) Speed
(iii) BER
[21] Zaho et al., 2013Estimation based enhancing techniqueSimulation(i) The proposed scheme outperforms BER performance
(ii) The Constructed Data Pilots (CDP) proposed scheme has the better computational complexity compared with the standardized channel estimation techniques
(i) Packet size
(ii) BER
(iii) Data rate