Fast beamforming of electronically steerable parasitic array radiator antennas: theory and experiment

@article{citeulike:2431097, abstract = {A low-power consumption, small-size smart antenna, named electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR), has been designed. Beamforming is achieved by tuning the load reactances at parasitic elements surrounding the active central element. A fast beamforming algorithm based on simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation with a maximum cross correlation coefficient criterion is proposed. The simulation and experimental results validate the algorithm. In an environment where the signal-to-interference-ratio is 0 dB, the algorithm converges within 50 iterations and achieves an output signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio of 10 dB. With the fast beamforming ability and its low-power consumption attribute, the ESPAR antenna makes the mass deployment of smart antenna technologies practical.}, author = {Sun, Chen and Hirata, A. and Ohira, T. and Karmakar, N. C. }, booktitle = {Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on}, citeulike-article-id = {2431097}, doi = {10.1109/TAP.2004.831314}, journal = {Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on}, keywords = {antenna, array, beamformer, parasitic}, number = {7}, pages = {1819--1832}, posted-at = {2008-02-26 19:23:17}, priority = {2}, title = {Fast beamforming of electronically steerable parasitic array radiator antennas: theory and experiment}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2004.831314}, volume = {52}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2431097 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2431097 TI - Fast beamforming of electronically steerable parasitic array radiator antennas: theory and experiment T2 - Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on JF - Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on VL - 52 IS - 7 SP - 1819 EP - 1832 N2 - A low-power consumption, small-size smart antenna, named electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR), has been designed. Beamforming is achieved by tuning the load reactances at parasitic elements surrounding the active central element. A fast beamforming algorithm based on simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation with a maximum cross correlation coefficient criterion is proposed. The simulation and experimental results validate the algorithm. In an environment where the signal-to-interference-ratio is 0 dB, the algorithm converges within 50 iterations and achieves an output signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio of 10 dB. With the fast beamforming ability and its low-power consumption attribute, the ESPAR antenna makes the mass deployment of smart antenna technologies practical. KW - antenna KW - array KW - beamformer KW - parasitic AU - Sun, Chen AU - Hirata, A AU - Ohira, T AU - Karmakar, NC PY - 2004/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2004.831314 ER -