Title :
Optimizing Antenna Array Geometry for Interference Suppression
Author :
Bevelacqua, Peter J. ; Balanis, Constantine A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
fDate :
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The determination of an optimum antenna array geometry for suppressing interference is addressed. An optimization problem is derived whose solution yields an optimum array geometry for a given interference environment. A specific example is solved via the Simulated Annealing Optimization algorithm and results are presented for arrays of varying configurations
Keywords :
adaptive antenna arrays; geometry; interference suppression; optimisation; antenna array geometry; interference suppression; optimization; Adaptive arrays; Adaptive filters; Antenna arrays; Filtering; Geometry; Interference suppression; Signal processing; Signal processing algorithms; Signal to noise ratio; Simulated annealing; Adaptive antenna arrays; array geometry; simulated annealing;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2007.891509