Smart multibeam phased array antenna for GSM, GPRS and EDGE

Author

du Toit, C.F. ; Gupta, O.P. ; Brown, W.J. ; He, D. ; Patel, J. ; Acsad, P.F. ; Sui, C. ; Peyghaleh, M. ; Ekelman, E.P.

Author_Institution

Paratek Microwave, Inc., Columbia, MD, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

14-17 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

146

Lastpage

151

Abstract

Paratek Microwave, Inc. developed a multibeam phased array antenna system at 1.8 GHz, suitable for application as a smart GSM base station antenna. The antenna is also capable of handling GPRS and EDGE extensions to the basic GSM system. The antenna array elements are phased using phase shifters based on Parasca™ voltage tunable materials. An antenna system overview and a description of the basic operation will be given, followed by system simulation and pattern measurement results.

Keywords

UHF antennas; adaptive antenna arrays; antenna phased arrays; cellular radio; multibeam antennas; packet radio networks; phase shifters; 1.8 GHz; EDGE; GPRS; GSM; Parasca™ voltage tunable materials; Paratek Microwave Inc; antenna array elements; base station antenna; phase shifters; smart multibeam phased array antenna; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Base stations; Directive antennas; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Microwave antenna arrays; Phased arrays; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Phased Array Systems and Technology, 2003. IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7827-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAST.2003.1256972

Filename

1256972