scholarly journals Frequency Diverse Array Antennas: From Their Origin to Their Application in Wireless Communication Systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaddrack Yaw Nusenu ◽  
Abdul Basit
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Array Antenna ◽  
Wireless Communication Systems ◽  
Phased Array Antenna ◽  
Frequency Diverse Array ◽  
Near Future

Wireless communication systems have gained considerable growth rate nowadays, with the anticipation that communications will be available everywhere and anywhere in the near future. Phased array antenna whose beam steering is fixed in an angle for all range cells has been utilized for wireless communications. To mitigate this problem, a new array concept, namely, frequency diverse array (FDA), was proposed. This paper presents how FDA technology could be useful in today’s wireless communication technology. FDA is distinct from phased array in a sense that it employs frequency increment across array elements. The use of a frequency increment creates a beam steering that is a function of angle, time, and range which allows the FDA antenna to transmit the energy along the prespecified range and angle direction. In addition, we consider the time-variant beampattern aspect of an FDA, which has normally been ignored in the literature. In this study, we present the mathematical fundamentals of FDA antenna and why it could be exploited for wireless communication systems. Furthermore, FDA using Butler matrix for communication has been discussed. Performance analysis in terms of transmit beampattern, signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio (SINR), and direction of arrival has been presented and compared with that of phased array antenna.

Simultaneous beam steering of multiple signals based on optical wavelength-selective switch

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 391-398
Author(s):  
Giovanni Serafino ◽  
Antonio Malacarne ◽  
Claudio Porzi ◽  
Paolo Ghelfi ◽  
Marco Presi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Phase Shifter ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Array Antenna ◽  
Ring Resonators ◽  
Antenna Element ◽  
Phased Array Antenna ◽  
Wavelength Selective Switch

A novel, photonics-based scheme for the independent and simultaneous beam steering of multiple radio frequency signals at a wideband phased-array antenna is presented. As a proof of concept, a wavelength-selective switch (WSS) is employed both as a wavelength router to feed multiple antenna elements and as a tunable phase shifter to independently control the phase of each signal at any antenna element. In the experiment, two signals at 12.5 and 37.5 GHz are simultaneously fed to the four output ports of the WSS with independent and tunable phase shifts, emulating the independent steering of two signals in a four-element phased-array antenna. The results confirm the precision and flexibility of the proposed scheme, which can be realized both with bulk components or resorting to photonic integrated circuits, especially for wide-band applications. The architecture for a possible integrated implementation of the proposed solution is presented, employing a structure based on micro-ring resonator. Starting from these results, the feasibility of an integrated version of the presented architecture is also considered. The proposed photonic integrated circuit realizing the beam-forming network might be based on tunable true-time delay, as well as on phase shift through micro-ring resonators, and could be conveniently implemented with CMOS-compatible silicon technology.

scholarly journals Cooperative Antenna Selection Method for Directional Antenna Ad Hoc Networks Based on ALOHA

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Bowen Zheng ◽  
Songlin Sun ◽  
Guoyuan Shao
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Time Synchronization ◽  
Antenna Selection ◽  
Transmission Probability ◽  
Directional Antennas ◽  
Selection Method ◽  
Array Antenna ◽  
Phased Array Antenna ◽  
External Time

In recent years, directional antennas or phased array antennas are being widely used in communication systems due to the higher antenna gains. However, without external time synchronization and angle synchronization, the unsynchronized node usually takes a long time to synchronize with the existing nodes due to the narrow beams. Although the multibeam transmission or the digital phased array antenna can reduce this problem, it is clear that the cost of the digital phased array antenna is currently too high. Without external time synchronization and angle synchronization, a cooperative antenna selection method based on directional antennas is proposed in this paper. Our method only uses the narrow beams to transmit and to receive and reduces the time for self-synchronization. In this paper, we give the expression of the expected average time for the self-synchronization of multiple nodes, transform the problem into the problem of finding the minimum value of the infinite norm of the sequence, and then propose a cooperative antenna selection method which calculates the optimal transmission probability distribution of the node in different directions through parameter sharing and relative geometric position relationship between nodes. Finally, we verify the proposed method through simulation, and the number of beams is set between 6 and 10. In a typical scenario of five nodes, our method reduces the maximum average self-synchronization time by 50% averagely, compared with the traditional method which sends the different antenna beams at equal probability.

scholarly journals Research of the Channel Estimation in Wireless Communication Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 01002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Zhao ◽  
Peng Zhang ◽  
Qicai Dong ◽  
Xiangyang Huang ◽  
Jianhua Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Channel Estimation ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Communication Channel ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Wireless Communication Systems ◽  
Data Transfer Rate

Wireless communication technology has been developed rapidly after entering the 21st century. Data transfer rate increased significantly as well as the bandwidth became wider and wider from 2G to 4G in wireless communication systems. Channel estimation is an import part of any communication systems; its accuracy determines the quality of the whole communication. Channel estimation methods of typical wireless communication systems such as UWB, 2G and 3G have been researched.

Two-Dimensional Beam-Steering Phased-Array Antenna With Compact Tunable Phase Shifter Based on BST Thick Films

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 585-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nikfalazar ◽  
Mohsen Sazegar ◽  
Arshad Mehmood ◽  
Alex Wiens ◽  
Andreas Friederich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Shifter ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Thick Films ◽  
Array Antenna ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Phased Array Antenna
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