Antennas and Propagation for Future Transportation Systems

Ai, Bo [Beijing Jiaotong University] Oestges, Claude [UCL]

Future transportation systems (FTS) are advanced applications that aim to provide innovative services relating to different modes of transport and to enable various users to become safer and better informed. Compared to intelligent transportation systems, which are mainly defined in the field of road transport, FTS refers to all modes of transport, such as railway, road, air,water, and space, and the field is divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Recent advances in FTS have led to requirements for improvements and enhancements to systems used for communications. As with any communication system, the performance is ultimately determined by the antenna system and propagation channel, and the design, testing, and improvement of the system hinges critically on our understanding of the antenna theory and propagation characteristics.