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Communications for High-Speed Moving Objects: IEEE 802.16e, IEEE 802.20 and 5.9 GHz DSRC

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Practel, Inc.
Published: February 2007
Product Code: R606-54
Description
Vehicular communications are becoming a reality, driven by navigation safety requirements and by the investments of car manufacturers and Public Transport Authorities to create the “open road” concept.

In order to support mobility, a network infrastructure needs to be designed and implemented and this infrastructure has to provide reliable network access to objects traveling at high speeds. The access should be similar to what a person currently has at home, if not better. For cars and high-speed trains such communications should be supported for speeds not less than 200 km/h in a number of applications. These compunctions should also support Internet access, for example, for travelers in a bus or train.

The subject of this report is comparison and assessment of mobile technologies and markets for communications between high speed vehicles or between a vehicle and non-moving object. Particular, we are addressing:
  • Mobile WiMAX -802.16e
  • Technologies will be built on the evolving 802.20 standard
  • Technologies built on the evolving 802.11p and IEEE 1609 standards- Dedicated Short Reach Communications (WAVE-DSRC in the 5.9 GHz band).
These technologies are different, but their aims are similar in several aspects: to include applications supporting effective, reliable and secure V-to-V (vehicle-to-vehicle) or V-to-S (vehicle-to- station) communications. This communications should be sustained when vehicles operate with high-speed (such as 200 km/h).

These technologies are built on evolving standards, and, at the present time, only IEEE 802.16e is approved by the standard body. WAVE supports applications that require short-to-medium length communications spans, such as Electronic Toll Collection, safety, Automatic Vehicle Registration and others. The IEEE started to work on the 802.20 standard before it developed the 802.16e standard, but still cannot to come to consensus. The IEEE 802.20 technology is evolving as pure mobile, and its applications will include V-to-V or V-to-S communications for longer reaches. The IEEE 802.16e technology was developed based on the IEEE 802.16-WiMAX standard, and we do not expect that V-to-V and V-to-S will be in main interest for its users.

The report analyzes technological features and markets and compares these technologies applications for communications in high-speed moving objects environment.

Major Findings:
  • The analyzed technologies may find applications in communications between fast-moving objects, such as cars and trains
  • IEEE 802.16e is the only technology from the discussed three approved by the IEEE, though it, probably, find limited applications in the discussed by this report field
  • 5.9 GHz DSRC is going to be used with such applications as ETC, AVR, safety and others
  • It looks like the analyzed technologies can compliment each other rather than compete
  • The market for vehicular communications is estimated in billions in the 2010-1012 time frame.
Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction

1.1 General

1.2 WiMAX

1.3 IEEE 802.20

1.4 5.9 GHz DSRC

1.5 Structure

1.6 Research Methodology

1.7 Target Audience

2.0 802.16e Technology

2.1 General

2.2 History of 802.16 Development

2.2.1 The IEEE 802.16-2004 Standard

2.3 IEEE 802.16e Standard Specifics

2.3.1 Types of Handover

2.3.2 Sleep Mode

2.3.3 IEEE 802.16e Physical Layer

2.3.4 OFDMA

2.4 Spectrum

2.4.1 Future Spectrum for BWA/WiMAX

2.4.2 Spectrum Availability for WiMAX Mobility

2.4.3 WiMAX Forum

2.5 Beginning

2.6 ITU Activity

2.7 WiMAX End to End

2.8 Standards Evolution

2.9 Competition

2.9.1 WiBro

2.9.2 WiFi and 802.16

2.10 802.16-2004 and 802.16e

2.11 Examples: Trials and Projects

2.11.1 General

2.11.2 Alcatel

2.11.3 KDDI

2.11.4 NTT

2.11.5 Sprint

2.11.6 Samsung

2.12 Market

2.12.1 Target Market

2.12.2 Paid Subscribers Base

2.12.3 Geography

2.12.4 Applications

2.12.5 Market Forecast

2.13 Market Players

Adaptix (Platform)

Aeroflex (Test equipment)

Airspan Networks (Platform, USB)

Alcatel

Alvarion (Platform, Public Safety)

Aperto Networks (Base stations, Subscriber units)

Altera (Chipsets)

Beceem Communications, Incorporated (Chipsets)

Cambridge Consultants (Reference Design)

Comsys (Processors, chipsets)

EoNex (Wireless modem ASIC, SW)

Intel (Chipsets)

M/A-Com (Radio)

Motorola (Chipsets, radios)

Navini (Base station)

NEC (Platforms)

picoChip (Chipsets)

Posdata (Base stations, chipsets, subscriber units)

Samsung (Base stations)

STMicroelectronics (Base station modems)

Sequans (Chipsets, SW)

TI (Chipsets)

Wavesat Incorporated (Chipsets)

Wi-LAN (Modules)

Wintegra (SW, processors)

3.0 IEEE 802.20-Mobile Broadband Wireless Access

3.1 General

3.2 Technology

3.2.1 iBirst and History

3.3 IEEE 802.20 and IEEE 802.16e

3.4 IEEE 802.20 Technology Details - Current View

3.4.1 802.20 PHY Layer Overview

3.5 802.20 vs 2.5 and 3G Cellular Networks

3.6 802.22: Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRAN)

3.7 Comparison: WiMAX, IEEE 802.20 and IEEE 802.22

3.7.1 General

3.7.2 Details: IEEE 802.16e and IEEE 802.20 Comparison

4.0 5.9 GHz DSRC

4.1 General

4.2 IEEE 802.11p

4.2.1 General

4.2.2 Objectives and Status

4.2.3 5.9 GHz Transmission Advantages

4.2.4 Major Features

4.3 IEEE 1609

4.3.1 General

4.3.2 Overview

4.3.3 IEEE 1609 in Use

4.4 IEEE 1556

4.5 History

4.6 Equipment

4.7 Details: Dedicated Short Range Communications

4.7.1 Other Standards

4.7.2 Channel Designation

4.8 Place

4.9 Applications

4.10 5.9 GHz DSRC Characteristics (U.S.)

4.11 DSRC at Work

4.11.1 Service Categories

4.11.2 Requirements: DSRC

4.12 Regulation

4.12.1 Licensing

4.13 Comparison

4.14 DSRC Worldwide Standard Activity

4.14.1 General

4.14.2 Process

ERTICO

ETSI

ISO

SAE

OmniAir Consortium

North America

Japan

Korea

Brazil

4.15 5.9 GHz DSRC Benefits and Limitations

4.15.1 General

4.16 Examples

4.16.1 Demonstration

4.16.2 DaimlerChrysler Builds Car-to-Car Information Bridge

4.17 RFID and DSRC: Similarities and Differences

4.18 Market

4.18.1 Market Drivers

4.18.2 Market Requirements

4.18.3 Data

4.18.4 Market Estimate

4.19 Vendors

Arinc

Cornet

Iteris

Kapsch

Mark IV

Oki

Q-Free

Raytheon

Signalion

Sirit

TransCore

TechnoCom

5.0 Conclusions




List of Figures

Figure 1: 700 MHz Band Allocation

Figure 2: Standards Evolution

Figure 3: Projection: 802.16e Subscribers Base (M)

Figure 4: 802.16e Markets Geography

Figure 5: 802.16e Applications

Figure 6: Projection: 802.16e Service Providers Revenue ($B)

Figure 7: Projection: 802.16e Sales ($B)

Figure 8: Illustration- Wireless Standards

Figure 9: Example-802.20 Network Architecture

Figure 10: Communications Model

Figure 11: 5.9 GHz DSRC: Spectrum Allocation Details

Figure 12: Spectrum -Details

Figure 13: Major Applications Categories

Figure 14: Collision Detection/Avoidance System

Figure 15: Work Zone Warning

Figure 16: Smart Car

Figure 17: 5.9 GHz DSRC Rate vs. Distance

Figure 18: Flow Chart: Process

Figure 19: DSRC Frequencies Planning

Figure 20: Service-related Characteristics

Figure 21: 5.9 GHz SDRC Program Schedule

Figure 22: N.A. 5.9 GHz DSRC Program

Figure 23: Market Estimate: 5.9 GHz DSRC Readers ($M)

Figure 25: Market Estimate: 5.9 GHz DSRC Tags ($M)




List of Tables

Table 1: Frequencies

Table 2: WiMAX Family-Major Parameters

Table 3: Characteristics Comparison of 802.20 and 2.5/3G Cellular Networks

Table 4: Comparison - Features of WiMAX, IEEE 802.20 and IEEE 802.22

Table 5: Outline of DSRC Characteristics (Japan)

Table 6: Priorities

Table 7: Requirements

Table 8: 915 MHz and 5.9 GHz DSRC Differences

Table 9: Standards: Summary

Table 10: 5.9 GHz DSRC Advantages

Table 11: DSRC for Safety

Table 12: Comparative Characteristics

Table 13: Differences

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