Beamsteering in pattern reconfigurable arrays using directional modulation

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2259-2265

  Daly, Michael P ^a   Bernhard, Jennifer T ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital modulation; reconfigurable antenna; reconfigurable array; secure communication

Indexed keywords

BASEBAND MODULATION; BEAM WIDTHS; BEAM-STEERING; DIGITAL MODULATIONS; POWER LEVELS; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; RECONFIGURABLE ARRAY; SECURE COMMUNICATIONS;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77954553584     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2046854     Document Type: Article

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