Title :
Analysis of the use of beam reconfigurable antennas in a homogeneous cellular network deployment
Author :
Yingjie You ; Ford, Kenneth L. ; Rigelsford, J.M. ; O´Farrell, Timothy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Abstract :
This paper assesses the use of beam reconfigurable antennas in a homogeneous cellular network deployment. The results from a previously designed reconfigurable antenna are used to understand the tradeoff between optimum cell SINR and cell edge performance. It is shown that having the capability to switch between narrow and wide antenna beamwidths can offer some performance benefit at the cell edges. System simulations are provided.
Keywords :
beam steering; broadband antennas; cellular radio; mobile antennas; radio networks; software radio; beam reconfigurable antenna design analysis; cell edge performance; homogeneous cellular network deployment; narrow antenna beamwidth; optimum cell SINR; wide antenna beamwidth; Antenna radiation patterns; Computer architecture; Interference; Microprocessors; Signal to noise ratio; Homogeneous networks; SINR; reconfigurable antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2014 Loughborough
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2014.6996348
