Title :
Photonic beam forming of mm-wave smart antennas
Author :
Grosskopf, G. ; Kuhlow, B. ; Rohde, D. ; Przyrembel, G. ; Ehlers, H.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer-Inst. for Telecommun., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
In this contribution we present experimental results of optically controlled mm-wave array antennas which may be used in broadband mobile communication systems. Two operation principles have been investigated: downlink beam forming for transmission and uplink beam steering for optimization of the reception. In both cases the field distributions of the antennas were formed by a silica based photonic beam forming network.
Keywords :
adaptive antenna arrays; antenna phased arrays; beam steering; microwave photonics; millimetre wave antenna arrays; optical control; downlink beam forming; mobile communication; optically controlled mm-wave array antennas; photonic beam forming; reception; transmission; uplink beam steering;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2003. MWP 2003 Proceedings. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Budapest, Hungary
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8691-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2003.1422936
