• DocumentCode
    2148458
  • Title

    Reduction of DoA Estimation Errors Caused by Antenna Array Imperfections

  • Author

    Sommerkom, Gerd ; Hampicke, Dirk ; Klukas, Ralf ; Richter, Andreas ; Schneider, Axel ; Thomä, Reiner

  • Author_Institution
    FG EMT, Ilmenau University of Technology, P.O.Boxl00565, D-98684 Ilmenau, Germany. Phone: +49 3677 69 1157 Fax: +49 3677 69 1113, eMail: som@e-technik.tu-ilmenau.de
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    Oct. 1999
  • Firstpage
    287
  • Lastpage
    290
  • Abstract
    Antenna arrays are expected to be widely used for future mobile radio applications. Therefore implementation issues are a matter of concern. Since real antenna arrays suffer from different impairments, sophisticated calibration procedures are required in order to enhance the performance. For that aim a promising calibration approach is described Its performance has been verified by simulations and measurements. Especially, the application for the direction of arrival estimation in wideband radio vector channel sounders is addressed.
  • Keywords
    Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Calibration; Direction of arrival estimation; Estimation error; Linear antenna arrays; Mobile antennas; Mutual coupling; Optical reflection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1999. 29th European
  • Conference_Location
    Munich, Germany
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1999.338467
  • Filename
    4139496