Antenna and receiver system with digital beamforming for satellite navigation and communications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1815-1821

  Dreher, Achim ^a   Niklasch, Norbert ^b   Klefenz, Frank ^a   Schroth, Arno ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b ViCon Engineering GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive antenna; Communication system; Digital beamforming; Navigation system; Planar antenna; Receiver technology; Smart antenna

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERROR CORRECTION; LIGHT; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

DIGITAL BEAMFORMING;

RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

EID: 0041807802     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.814309     Document Type: Article

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