In order to satisfy the stringent demand for an accurate prediction of MIMO channel capacity and diversity performance in wireless communications, more effective and suitable models that account for real antenna radiation behavior have to be taken into account. One of the main challenges is the accurate modeling of antenna correlation that is directly related to the amount of channel capacity o...

This paper describes a compact triple-band monopole antenna based on Open Complementary Split Ring Resonators (OCSRRs) for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and Worldwide interoperability Microwave Access (WiMAX) applications. The monopole antenna with engraved ground plane is used to cover WLAN frequencies (2.67GHz and 5.47GHz). The resonant frequency of WiMAX (3.43GHz) is achieved by introdu...

We generally categorize the approaches for ultrawideband antenna array design, and consequently propose simplified concepts for antenna arrays for a high-precision, ultra-wideband FMCW radar 2-D local positioning system to obtain robustness against multi path interference, perform angle of arrival analysis, as well as instantaneous heading estimation. We focus on low-cost and mechanical robust,...

An optimal design of a linear antenna array is presented. The antenna array is optimized using a particle swarm optimization based method in order to produce a radiation pattern that has the minimum possible side lobe level and the maximum possible gain at the desired direction. The method has been applied to collinear wire-dipole arrays and seems to be suitable for improving the radiation patt...

The digital beamforming antenna array is one of the most important components in wireless communication systems used in defence applications to improve the system capacity and spectral efficiency. The pattern synthesis of active antenna array is required in many defence applications like radar, satellite communication, sonar, mobile communication etc., where interference signals are considered ...

In this paper, a new ultra wideband circular antenna array (UCAA) combining genetic algorithm to minimize the bit error rate (BER) is proposed. The ultra wideband (UWB) impulse responses of the indoor channel for any transmitter-receiver location are computed by applying shooting and bouncing ray/image (SBR/Image) techniques, inverse fast Fourier transform and Hermitian processing. By using the...

Last decade has seen the development of slotted-array antenna as they are the most preferred missile antenna, as they offer several significant advantages such as thin profile, light weight and ease of stabilisation. To achieve high speed tracking accuracies within fraction of a beam width, monopulse antenna is the chosen configuration. For look-down mode applications, aperture distributions ca...

High-frequency (HF) radars are routinely used for remotely sensing ocean surface currents. However, the performance of the most widely used direction-finding HF radar is degraded due to the effect of the inevitable deviations of actual antenna pattern on the direction of arrival (DOA) estimation. In this paper, we quantify the DOA estimation error resulting from the deviation of the actual ante...

Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna array (CRPA) is an effective approach for rejecting interference and enhancing the received GNSS signal power. Conventionally, the antenna array used for CRPA is designed for reducing imbalance between elements. Additionally, full calibration should be made for calculating the spacing between elements and the cabling latency before performing CRPA. Hence, th...

according to high costs of phase shifters in antenna arrays, new methods for beam steering without phase shifter were introduced. frequency diverse array (fda) concept is another approach to beam steering problem. in this structure, the subsequent antenna elements are fed with stepped discrete frequencies causing continuous scanning of space in time. so a range-angle dependent scanning is made ...