Video communications over IEEE 802.11p using single channel devices

IEEE 802.11p is a new communication standard for wireless access in vehicular environment (WAVE), intended to support road safety messages, electronic toll collection, infotainment services, and other as well as a number of other intelligent transportation systems (ITS) applications. In this paper, we focus on the impact of the dwelling time on the control channel (CCH) vs. that on the SCH (i.e., the duty cycle) on the performance of video communication on the service channel (SCH), using a novel analytical model. We show that a range of duty cycles allows for satisfactory performance of video traffic on SCH as well as timely delivery of safety messages on CCH.