Title :
Experimental study of adaptive antennas for handheld terminal applications
Author :
Choy, Faith ; Chemiakov, M. ; Homer, John
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Software Eng., Queensland Univ. of Technol., Brisbane, Qld., Australia
Abstract :
Two-element adaptive antenna and associated multi-element antenna systems are examined under a unique test-bed which can generate effects similar to terrestrial and low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite environments. The results show that the adaptive antenna and associated systems can effectively reduce errors even if the experimental environments include human body influence and incoming signals at high elevation angles
Keywords :
adaptive antenna arrays; antenna testing; cochannel interference; diversity reception; fading; interference suppression; mobile antennas; multipath channels; telecommunication terminals; LEO satellite environments; adaptive antennas; co-channel interference; handheld terminal applications; high elevation angle incoming signals; human body influence; low Earth orbit satellite environments; multi-element antenna systems; multipath fading; terrestrial environments; two-element antenna systems; Adaptive arrays; Fading; Frequency; Hardware; Humans; Low earth orbit satellites; Radio transmitters; Receiving antennas; System testing; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Spring. IEEE VTS 53rd
Conference_Location :
Rhodes
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6728-6
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2001.944795
