A smart antenna receiver array using a single RF channel and digital beamforming

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3052-3058

  Fredrick, Jonathan D ^a   Wang, Yuanxun ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital beamforming (DBF); Smart antenna; Spatial multiplexing; Spatial Multiplexing of Local Elements (SMILE)

Indexed keywords

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

DIGITAL BEAMFORMING;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0036902767     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.805150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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