Implementation and experimental verification of hybrid smart-antenna beamforming algorithm

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 280-283

  Celik, Nuri ^a   Kim, Wayne ^a   Demirkol, Mehmet F ^a   Iskander, Magdy F ^a   Emrick, Rudy ^b  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive smart antennas; Beamforming; Hybrid smart antennas; Low cost antenna array; Smart antenna prototype; Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

ANGLE RESOLUTION; ARRAY ELEMENTS; BEAM WIDTHS; BEAMFORMING ALGORITHMS; ELEMENT ARRAY; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; HYBRID ALGORITHMS; HYBRID BEAMFORMING; HYBRID SMART-ANTENNA; LOW-COST ANTENNA ARRAY; SIDELOBE LEVELS; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; SIMULATION DATA; SMART SWITCH; SMART-ANTENNA PROTOTYPE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; BEAMFORMING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 38049108165     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2006.875894     Document Type: Article

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