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The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems Vol.8 No.1 pp.30-36
Coverage Extension of the Highway Dedicated Short Range Communication System based on a Fixed Relay
Abstract
Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) systems in urban areas are used to collect traffic information from vehicles and to provide vehicles with information received from Roadside Equipment (RSE) having a range of 100 meters (m). However, it is not practical to use RSE with a range of 100 m for express highways. In this paper, we expand the standard cell coverage of RSE to 300 m, and adopt fixed relays to cover sites that cannot communicate with the RSE. We demonstrate that the system using the fixed relays is more economical than using only RSE.