An overview of smart antenna technology for wireless communication

Author

Bhobe, Alpesh U. ; Perini, Patrick L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Abstract

Interest in Smart Antenna Technology for wireless communication systems is increasing in recent years. Considerable amount of research and fields trials is being conducted to improve the performance of the system in terms of increasing the capacity and range. In this paper we attempt to discuss the current and future Smart Antenna technology for mobile communication system and illustrate how they allow the wireless service providers to reduce interference and increase capacity. We discuss the different types of Smart Antenna systems using switched beam and adaptive antenna array techniques and describe how they can be used in different multiple access schemes in wireless communications, like FDMA, TDMA and CDMA

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; code division multiple access; frequency division multiple access; interference (signal); mobile radio; time division multiple access; CDMA; FDMA; TDMA; adaptive antenna array; mobile communication; smart antenna; switched beam; wireless communication; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Communication switching; Communications technology; Frequency division multiaccess; Interference; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Time division multiple access; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2001, IEEE Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6599-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2001.931268

Filename

931268