Deterministic beamforming for enhanced vertical sectorization and array pattern compensation

Proceedings of 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2789-2793

  Tsakalaki, Elpiniki P ^a   De Temiño, Luis Ángel Maestro Ruiz ^b   Haapala, Tomi ^b   Román, Javier López ^c   Arauzo, Miguel Arranz ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS   (Finland)

^c Vodafone Technology Networks   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ANTENNAS; ARRAY DIAGRAMS; ARRAY PATTERNS; BASE STATION ANTENNAS; BEAM PATTERN; HARDWARE COMPLEXITY; MULTIUSER SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE GAIN; PRODUCT ARCHITECTURE; SECTORIZATION; SUM-RATE;

BEAMFORMING;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84862858654     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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