Digital beam forming (DBF) antenna system for mobile communications

Author

Chiba, Isamu ; Miura, Ryu ; Tanaka, Toyohisa ; Karasawa, Yoshio

Author_Institution

Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Japan

Volume

12

Issue

9

fYear

1997

fDate

9/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

41

Abstract

We demonstrate the feasibility of a digital beam forming (DBF) and beam space CMA (Constant Modulus Algorithm) adaptive array antenna by implementing a digital signal processor (DSP) in ASICs using field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), this DBF can synthesize 16 multi-beams and eliminate interference signals by CMA adaptive processing. The whole function was implemented in 10 DSPs about 127,000 equivalent gates. Simple experimental results have confirmed the basic function of the DBF and BSCMA adaptive array antenna

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; antenna phased arrays; application specific integrated circuits; digital signal processing chips; field programmable gate arrays; mobile communication; ASIC; Constant Modulus Algorithm; adaptive array antenna; adaptive processing; digital beam forming antenna; digital signal processor; feasibility; field programmable gate arrays; interference signals; mobile communication; multi-beam; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Digital signal processing; Digital signal processors; Field programmable gate arrays; Interference elimination; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Signal processing algorithms; Signal synthesis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.618017

Filename

618017