DocumentCode
2905957
Title
Smart base station antenna
Author
Rambabu, K. ; Rajagopal, R.
Author_Institution
Central Res. Lab., Bharat Electron. Ltd., Bangalore, India
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
303
Lastpage
306
Abstract
This paper presents a novel hybrid beam steering scheme for mobile cellular applications. In this scheme, a linear equispaced sensor array of N antenna elements at the base station is used to form a fixed beam pattern in a fixed number of directions covering the cell area. In addition an adaptive pilot beam also is formed by using the same set of antenna elements whose direction can be made to be variable depending upon the traffic requirements. The advantages of the proposed scheme are illustrated by computer simulation results
Keywords
adaptive antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; beam steering; cellular radio; linear antenna arrays; adaptive pilot beam; fixed beam pattern; hybrid beam steering; linear equispaced sensor array; mobile cellular applications; smart base station antenna; traffic requirements; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Base stations; Beam steering; Directive antennas; Interference; Linear antenna arrays; Mobile antennas; Radar antennas; Sensor arrays;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Personal Wireless Communications, 2000 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Hyderabad
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5893-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICPWC.2000.905824
Filename
905824
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