Radiation pattern measurement of log-periodic antenna on GNU Radio platform

Author

Ajitha, T. ; Joy, Elmi ; AnishJoyce, A. ; Gandhiraj, R.

Author_Institution

Centre for Excellence in Comput. Eng. & Networking, Amrita Sch. of Eng., Coimbatore, India

fYear

2014

fDate

6-8 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Current laboratory setup for performing radiation pattern measurement of any antenna is composed of signal generators and a spectrum analyzer. The cost of these equipment increases substantially with the demand of precision in the output. In this paper, the radiation pattern measurement of a log-periodic antenna is done on a new platform, consists of GNU Radio Companion (GRC) and Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP). This forms a simple way of performing the radiation pattern measurement at low cost, compared to the conventional methods.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; log periodic antennas; signal generators; software radio; spectral analysers; GNU radio companion; GNU radio platform; GRC; USRP; log-periodic antenna; radiation pattern measurement; signal generators; spectrum analyzer; universal software radio peripheral; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Directive antennas; Hardware; Power measurement; Transmission line measurements; GNU Radio Companion (GRC); Log-periodic antenna; Radiation pattern; Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Computing Communication and Electrical Engineering (ICGCCEE), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coimbatore

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICGCCEE.2014.6922235

Filename

6922235