The invention discloses a phased-array antenna applied to an ETC (
Electronic Toll Collection)
system. The phased-array antenna applied to the ETC
system comprises a transmitting
antenna array, a receiving
antenna array, a phased-array transmitting
assembly, a phased-array receiving
assembly, a waveform control interface, a
communication control module, a ground sensing interface, a vehicle speed computing module, a vehicle tracking module, a power supply communication adaptor and a safety
certificate module, wherein the transmitting
antenna array is composed of antenna subarrays; the receiving antenna array is composed of antenna subarrays; and the
communication control module is used for collecting a ground sensing coil
signal, estimating the position and speed of a vehicle in real time, working out a waveform control command, and respectively controlling phase positions and amplitudes of each path of radio-frequency signals of the phased-array transmitting
assembly and the phased-array receiving assembly so as to form a radio-frequency beam for tracking the vehicle in space. The invention also discloses an application method. According to the invention, dynamic and long-distance continued communication is realized, vehicle-following interference is eliminated, the transaction success rate is improved, the
traffic speed is improved, the use efficiency of the ETC
system and
cost performance for construction are improved, and the construction cost is reduced.