Versatile reconfiguration of radiation patterns, frequency and polarization: A discussion on the potential of controllable reflectarrays for software-defined and cognitive radio systems

Author

Perruisseau-Carrier, Julien

Author_Institution

Centre Tecnol. de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2010

fDate

22-23 Feb. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The application of the reconfigurable reflectarray structure to software-defined and cognitive radio is discussed for the first time. The main idea is that the reflectarray has the potential-in addition to dynamical beamforming - of simultaneous frequency and polarization reconfiguration or diversity/multiplexing gains, at low complexity and cost. We discuss the expected benefits of this potentially universally reconfigurable antenna system in the context of (MIMO) software-defined and cognitive radio. We also deduce the requirements on the controllable reflectarray unit cell phase characteristics and feed antennas, to achieve the desired novel reconfiguration capability.

Keywords

MIMO communication; antenna feeds; array signal processing; cognitive radio; software radio; cognitive radio systems; controllable reflectarray unit cell phase characteristics; diversity gains; dynamical beamforming; feed antennas; multiplexing gains; reconfigurable antenna system; software-defined radio systems; versatile frequency reconfiguration; versatile polarization reconfiguration; versatile radiation patterns reconfiguration; Antenna radiation patterns; Application software; Array signal processing; Cognitive radio; Control systems; Costs; Frequency diversity; MIMO; Polarization; Radio control; Cognitive radio; MIMO; polarization diversity; reconfigurable antenna; reflectarray; software-defined radio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF Front-ends for Software Defined and Cognitive Radio Solutions (IMWS), 2010 IEEE International Microwave Workshop Series on

Conference_Location

Aveiro

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5751-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS.2010.5440982

Filename

5440982