Title :
MIMO communication system with reconfigurable circular patch antennas
Author :
Piazza, Daniele ; Amico, Michele D. ; Dandekar, Kapil R.
Author_Institution :
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA
Abstract :
We have presented a MIMO system, equipped with MEMS reconfigurable circular patch antennas, that allows to select the antenna configuration at the receiver without the need for estimating the wireless channel for each configuration of the reconfigurable multi element antenna. Simulated results have shown that this antenna selection approach is an effective technique suitable for efficiently using pattern reconfigurable antennas in MIMO systems.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antenna arrays; multifrequency antennas; MEMS reconfigurable circular patch antennas; MIMO communication system; antenna configuration; multielement antenna; pattern reconfigurable antennas; receiver; wireless channel; Antenna radiation patterns; Feeds; MIMO; Microswitches; Patch antennas; Receiving antennas; Robustness; Switches; Throughput; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2041-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2042-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2008.4619208
