Experimental demonstration of a direction-of-arrival estimation algorithm for millimeter-wave switched-beam array antennas

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 199-201

  Sanchis, P ^a   Polo, V ^a   Herrera, J ^a   Corral, J L ^a   Choi, Moon Soon ^b   Marti, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direction of arrival estimation; Millimeter wave band; Smart antennas; Switched beam array antennas

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FADING (RADIO); MATRIX ALGEBRA; MILLIMETER WAVES; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL ESTIMATION; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR; SMART ANTENNAS; SWITCHED BEAM ARRAY ANTENNAS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0141905011     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.11168     Document Type: Article

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