Hsin Mu TsaiWantanee ViriyasitavatOzan K. TonguzCem SaraydarTimothy TaltyAndrew MacdonaldCarnegie Mellon UniversityGeneral MotorsMahidol University2018-08-242018-08-242007-12-012007 4th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks, SECON. (2007), 101-1112-s2.0-48049101725https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/24392Statistical 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 incar 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 incar wireless channels provide important guidelines for the designer of an in-car sensor system. © 2007 IEEE.Mahidol UniversityComputer ScienceSocial SciencesConference PaperSCOPUS10.1109/SAHCN.2007.4292822