  In this paper, a deterministic channel model for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)
communication, is compared against channel measurement data collected during a
V2V channel measurement campaign using a channel sounder. Channel metrics such
as channel gain, delay and Doppler spreads, eigenvalue decomposition and
antenna correlations are derived from the ray tracing (RT) simulations as well
as from the measurement data obtained from two different measurements in an
urban four-way intersection scenario. The channel metrics are compared
separately for line-of-sight (LOS) and non-LOS (NLOS) situation. Most power
contributions arise from the LOS component (if present) as well as from
multipaths with single bounce reflections. Measurement and simulation results
show a very good agreement in the presence of LOS, as most of the received
power is contributed from the LOS component. In NLOS, the difference is large
because the ray tracer is unable to capture some of the multi bounced
propagation paths that are present in the measurements. Despite the limitations
of the ray-based propagation model identified in this work, the model is
suitable to characterize the channel properties in a sufficient manner.
