Characteristics of a two element direction dependent antenna array

Author

Shi, HongZhe ; Tennant, Alan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

14-15 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A direction dependent communication system based on a simple two element array is described. The system is similar to a conventional phased array but the phase shifters have only 2-bit control. The basic concept of directional antenna modulation is presented and illustrative examples are given. Some of the system characteristics of direction dependent modulation are examined and compared to conventional modulation systems. A simple two element array system configured for direction dependent modulation is introduced and numerical examples are given to illustrate how transmission error rates depend on various system parameters.

Keywords

antenna arrays; directive antennas; modulation; direction dependent communication system; direction dependent modulation; directional antenna modulation; transmission error rates; two element direction dependent antenna array; word length 2 bit; Antennas and propagation; Arrays; Constellation diagram; Error analysis; Phase modulation; Phase shifters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2011 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1014-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1015-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2011.6114074

Filename

6114074