Title :
Design and Testing of a Cylindrically-Conformal Array for Semi-Smart Antenna Base Stations
Author :
Alfadhl, Yasir ; Chen, Xiaodong ; Parini, Clive G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Queen Mary-Univ. of London
Abstract :
This paper presents a novel approach for improving the system capacity performance of cellular networks by using the concept of semi-smart antennas. A cylindrically-conformal base station antenna array has been designed to test the feasibility of achieving the desired radiation patterns. In comparison to the typical smart-antenna approach, semi-smart antenna technology has proven to be of much lower complexity and has minimal impact on the cellular system architecture
Keywords :
adaptive antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; cellular radio; conformal antennas; base station antenna array; cellular network; cylindrically-conformal antenna; radiation pattern; semismart antenna; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Automatic control; Base stations; Design methodology; Electronic equipment testing; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Load management; System testing; Telecommunication traffic; Semi-smart antenna; cellular base station design; conformal arrays; smart antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Technology, 2006. The 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-5-2
DOI :
10.1109/ECWT.2006.280498
