A simple target tracking architecture for wireless communication applications

Author

Xu, Hantao ; Aliakbarian, Hadi ; Vandenbosch, Guy A E ; Volski, Vladimir

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. (ESAT), Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

1028

Lastpage

1032

Abstract

This paper presents a simple and compact architecture to realize DoA estimation for wireless communications. The system is based on a phased array, realized through digital beamforming. The physical displacement between the elements is less than ½ wavelength, which leads to a compact design. A prototype 1 × 2 array, including a proper analog front end and an FPGA based embedded system, controlled by a computer is assembled and measured.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; direction-of-arrival estimation; radiocommunication; target tracking; DoA estimation; FPGA based embedded system; analog front end; antenna array; digital beamforming; phased array; target tracking architecture; wireless communication applications; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Array signal processing; Arrays; Direction of arrival estimation; Estimation; Wireless communication; Antenna Array; DoA estimation; Multiple beamforming; Tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206244

Filename

6206244