Experimental demonstration of a direction of arrival estimation algorithm for mm-wave broadband communication systems

Author

Sanchis, P. ; Polo, V. ; Herrera, J. ; Corral, J.L. ; Moon-Soon Choi ; Marti, J.

Author_Institution

Instituto ITACA, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Volume

3

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1533

Abstract

The experimental demonstration of a direction of arrival (DOA) estimation algorithm suitable for switched-beam array antenna operating in the millimeter-wave band is reported. The algorithm is based on power measurements and avoids employing the digital signal processing techniques which are commonly used in conventional DOA algorithms. Simulation and experimental results for the proposed algorithm using a four-element antenna array operating at 60 GHz have been obtained, showing an excellent agreement.

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; direction-of-arrival estimation; millimetre wave antenna arrays; power measurement; 60 GHz; MM-wave broadband communication system; direction of arrival estimation algorithm; power measurement; smart antenna system; switched-beam array antenna; Antenna arrays; Broadband communication; Communication switching; Direction of arrival estimation; Directive antennas; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Power measurement; Signal processing algorithms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7695-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1210428

Filename

1210428