Title :
Reconfigurable deployable antennas for space communications
Author :
Costantine, Joseph ; Tawk, Youssef ; Christodoulou, Christos G.
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., California State Univ. Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper discusses the merging of reconfigurable and deployable antennas for satellite and space communications. Reconfigurable antennas, normally proposed for terrestrial applications, allow deployable antennas to be more adaptive and more capable to perform additional functions. In this paper, various antenna concepts that can deploy and at the same time possess frequency tuning capability are proposed for space communications. The addition of tuning ability allows a more efficient, selective and cognitive communication schemes.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; cognitive radio; diversity reception; satellite antennas; cognitive communication scheme; frequency tuning capability; polarization diversity; radiation pattern directions; reconfigurable deployable antennas; satellite communications; selective communication scheme; space communications; terrestrial applications; tuning ability; Antenna measurements; Helical antennas; Reflector antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellites; Springs; Deployable Antennas; Reconfigurable Antennas; Satellite Communication; Space Communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology: "Small Antennas, Novel EM Structures and Materials, and Applications" (iWAT), 2014 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2331-1
DOI :
10.1109/IWAT.2014.6958623
