Ultrawideband antenna distortion compensation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1900-1907

  Malik, Wasim Q ^a   Stevens, Christopher J ^b   Edwards, David J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenna; Array; Direction of arrival (DOA) estimation; Distortion; Sensor localization; Ultrawideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNA ARRAYS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

BANDWIDTH REDUCTIONS; CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION; DELAY SPREAD (DS); DIRECTION ESTIMATION; DISTORTION (DEFORMATION); DISTORTION COMPENSATION; INDOOR CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS; LOCATION ESTIMATION; MULTI PATH; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; SENSOR LOCALIZATION; SMALL-SCALE FADING; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; ULTRA WIDE BAND (UWB) ANTENNAS; WAVE FORMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 47249092383     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.924690     Document Type: Article

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