Progress in retrodirective arrays for wireless communications

Author

Shiroma, Wayne A. ; Miyamoto, Ryan Y. ; Shiroma, Grant S. ; Tuovinen, Jussi ; Forsyth, William E. ; Murakami, Blaine T. ; Tamamoto, Michael A. ; Ohta, Aaron T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hawaii Univ. Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

15-17 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

81

Abstract

Summary form only given. In contrast to conventional beam steering in a phased-array antenna, a retrodirective antenna is self-steering, and does not require any externally controlled phase shifters. This feature has attracted recent interest for wireless and satellite communication applications. This paper reviews retrodirective antenna array research at the University of Hawaii (Ah Yo et al. (2000); Forsyth et al. (2002)). Applications include picosatellite crosslinks and a method for using multipath signals to enhance communications in severe multipath environments.

Keywords

antenna arrays; beam steering; directive antennas; satellite links; University of Hawaii; multipath signals; picosatellite crosslinks; retrodirective arrays; satellite communication; self-steering antenna; wireless communications; Antenna arrays; Beam steering; Directive antennas; Fading; Information technology; Local oscillators; Phased arrays; Radio frequency; Transmitting antennas; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communication Technology, 2003. IEEE Topical Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8196-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCT.2003.1321438

Filename

1321438