• DocumentCode
    2522859
  • Title

    Adaptive beam pointing

  • Author

    Dybdal, R.B. ; Curry, S.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Commun. Syst. Subdiv., Aerosp. Corp., CA, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    21-24 Oct 1996
  • Firstpage
    882
  • Abstract
    A new technique to adaptively reduce main beam interference is described. Unlike conventional adaptive antenna techniques, this adaptive concept does not modify the pattern of the antenna, but rather reduces interference by repositioning the antenna beam to increase the signal to interference ratio. A closed loop technique repositions the antenna beam. Since the beam is repositioned rather than adaptively modified the technique does not require the expense of adaptive weighting circuitry and additional RF channels. This adaptive antenna technique controls main beam interference, and therefore complements traditional adaptive sidelobe cancellers that do not reduce main beam interference
  • Keywords
    adaptive antenna arrays; adaptive signal processing; array signal processing; closed loop systems; interference suppression; adaptive antenna technique; adaptive beam pointing; antenna beam repositioning; closed loop technique; main beam interference reduction; signal to interference ratio; Adaptive arrays; Adaptive control; Circuits; Directive antennas; Feeds; Interference; Programmable control; Protection; Radio frequency; Signal processing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Military Communications Conference, 1996. MILCOM '96, Conference Proceedings, IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    McLean, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3682-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MILCOM.1996.571409
  • Filename
    571409