Multiple sector ID capture (MIDC): A novel beamforming technique for 60-GHz band multi-Gbps WLAN/PAN systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-86

  Hosoya, Ken'Ichi ^a   Prasad, Narayan ^b   Ramachandran, Kishore ^b,c   Orihashi, Naoyuki ^a   Kishimoto, Shuya ^a   Rangarajan, Sampath ^b   Maruhashi, Kenichi ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^c Zipreel Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam steering; CMOS integrated circuits; millimeter wave propagation; phased arrays; wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNA RADIATION; BEAM FORMING NETWORKS; BEAMFORMING; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

BEAM-STEERING; BEAMFORMING TECHNIQUE; CMOS TRANSCEIVERS; FAST BEAM SWITCHING; MULTIPLE ANTENNA; PLANAR PHASED ARRAYS; PROPAGATION ENVIRONMENT; SHORT DURATIONS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 84920800239     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2014.2365209     Document Type: Article

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