Title :
Silica based beamformer for 60 GHz smart antennas
Author :
Grosskopf, G. ; Kuhlow, B. ; Przyrembel, G. ; Eggemann, R. ; Knüppel, J. ; Rohde, D.
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentechnik Berlin GmbH, Germany
Abstract :
We report on first results of a novel silica based signal processor to be used for beamforming in smart antenna environments. An experiment with some components of an envisaged 60 GHz transmission system is described.
Keywords :
adaptive antenna arrays; array signal processing; land mobile radio; millimetre wave antenna arrays; broadband mobile communication; optical beamforming; optical millimetre-wave techniques; silica based beamformer; silica based signal processor; smart antennas; transmission system; wireless access; Array signal processing; Optical beams; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical transmitters; Optical variables control; Phase control; Silicon compounds; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989408
