Research on Ship to Ship Channel Characteristics Based on Effect of Antenna Location in Inland Waterway at 5.9 GHz

• Jing Zhang,
• Changzhen Li,
• Luyao Du,
• Wei Chen,

Vol. 14, No. 8, August 31, 2020
10.3837/tiis.2020.08.011, Download Paper (Free):

• channel characteristics
• Small Scale Fading
• path loss
• Antenna Location Change
• Ship to Ship

Abstract

A considerable literature has recently grown up on the theme of ship wireless communications. However, much of the research up to now has been descriptive in the offshore area. There has been little quantitative analysis of wireless communication in inland waterways, which has received considerable attention lately. Until now, only the effects on inland river environment are examined. What is less clear is the nature of channel change caused by the antenna movement. Here we explore the moving ship-to-fixed-ship fading characteristics at 5.9 GHz for an inland waterway in the city center of China. The ship motion trajectory is designed in order to determine the effect of changes in the antenna position. We evaluate the channel fading characteristics of inland waterway, which are highly correlated with the distance between transmitter and receiver. We demonstrate that the line-of-sight component, as well as the components from multipath with obstruction reflections, contributes largely to the mean power gap. Our findings reveal critical ship-to-ship characteristics in inland waterway, which definitely contribute to the field of ship wireless communications.

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