High-performance low-power smart antenna for smart world applications

Author

Lysko, Albert A. ; Mofolo, Mofolo

Author_Institution

Meraka Inst., Council for Sci. & Ind. Res., Pretoria, South Africa

fYear

2014

fDate

6-8 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

480

Lastpage

484

Abstract

This paper overviews a low-power beam-switched smart antenna. The antenna operates at 2.4 GHz frequency band, has low power consumption (1.5 mW), and is intended for smart world applications in communications and metering. The antenna has demonstrated 4× improvement in throughput and 2× reduction in latency, as compared to an equivalent gain omnidirectional antenna. The tests were done in a mesh network environment. In addition, the modifications made to the wireless driver permitted the antenna system to perform an automatic failover and link recovery.

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; microwave antennas; omnidirectional antennas; power consumption; automatic failover; equivalent gain omnidirectional antenna; frequency 2.4 GHz; high-performance low-power smart antenna; link recovery; mesh network; power 1.5 mW; power consumption; smart world application; wireless driver; Antenna arrays; Arrays; Directive antennas; Switches; Wireless communication; antenna; low power; mesh network; parasitic array;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT), 2014 6th International Congress on

Conference_Location

St. Petersburg

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUMT.2014.7002148

Filename

7002148