A fully-adaptive smart antenna prototype: Ideal model and experimental validation in complex interference scenarios

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 96, Issue , 2009, Pages 173-191

  Benedetti, M ^a   Oliveri, G ^a   Rocca, P ^a   Massa, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

A-PARTICLES; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; IDEAL MODEL; LINEAR ARRAYS; SOFTWARE CONTROL; SYSTEM PROTOTYPE; VECTOR MODULATORS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 70350147063     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09080904     Document Type: Article

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