Power-efficient directional wireless communication on small form-factor mobile devices

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 283-288

  Sani, Ardalan Amiri ^a   Dumanli, Hasan ^a   Zhong, Lin ^a   Sabharwal, Ashutosh ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile devices; Passive directional antennas

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA; DIRECTIONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEMS; POWER EFFICIENT; PROPAGATION ENVIRONMENT; WIRELESS ACCESS;

DESIGN; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; POWER ELECTRONICS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 77957958292     PISSN: 15334678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1840845.1840904     Document Type: Conference Paper

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