On the effect of vertical spatial diversity on V2V communication for three different platooning scenarios

In this paper the effect of spatial diversity in the vertical direction on V2V communications is evaluated for three different platooning scenarios. Using active ETSI ITS-G5 radios RSSI is monitored for multi links between four trucks. Three trucks drive in a consistent platooning formation and a fourth is used for creating scenarios of meeting, joining or leaving a Platoon. Conclusions are drawn about which scenarios can benefit from vertical spatial diversity and which cannot.