Octagonal Ring Antenna (ORA) array design for mobile base stations

Author

Ming Yang ; Yongwei Zhang ; Brown, Andrew

Author_Institution

Microwave & Commun. Syst. Group, Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 July 2014

Firstpage

241

Lastpage

242

Abstract

The original work on Octagonal Ring Antenna (ORA) was proposed as part of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project and there are opportunities to develop the technology for use in mobile communications. This paper provides a preliminary technical assessment of the ORA application to mobile base station. This involves modeling of the ORA antenna array in simulation software package Computer Simulation Technology (CST) Microwave Studio, prototyping and testing of the proposed ORA array in anechoic chamber. The good agreement between the simulation and measurement has validated the prototyped ORA array. The proposed preliminary ORA array has demonstrated its potential use for mobile industry.

Keywords

anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); antenna arrays; mobile antennas; mobile radio; CST Microwave Studio simulation software package; Computer Simulation Technology Microwave Studio; ORA antenna array modeling; ORA array design; SKA project; anechoic chamber; mobile base stations; mobile communication; octagonal ring antenna array design; preliminary ORA array; square kilometer array project; Arrays; Finite element analysis; Frequency measurement; Microwave antenna arrays; Mobile communication; Ports (Computers); Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Memphis, TN

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3538-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2014.6904452

Filename

6904452