Title :
Near field smart array antenna for IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN II
Author :
Abreu, Giuseppe ; Kohno, Ryuji
Author_Institution :
Div. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Japan
Abstract :
The worldwide availability of the unlicensed 2.4-GHz industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band has propelled the IEEE to issue the 802.11 standard for wireless LAN II. On the other hand, smart antenna technology is a valuable add-in feature to wireless LAN systems. However, the problem of near-field distortion that upsurges from the indoor channel characteristics at the mentioned band has been overlooked. In this paper we evaluate the performance of the proposed near field distortion-compensated smart antenna for indoor wireless systems under the IEEE 802.11 standard´s specifications for the 2.4-GHz band
Keywords :
IEEE standards; UHF radio propagation; adaptive antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; array signal processing; direction-of-arrival estimation; indoor radio; linear antenna arrays; multipath channels; signal sampling; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; 2.6 GHz; DOA estimate; IEEE 802.11 standard; IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN II; ISM band; UHF; adaptive sampling; distortion-compensated smart antenna; indoor channel characteristics; indoor propagation model; indoor wireless systems; industrial scientific medical band; multipath channel model; near field smart array antenna; near-field distortion; performance; smart antenna technology; uniform linear array; Antenna arrays; Biomedical engineering; Computer industry; Direction of arrival estimation; Downlink; Information filtering; Information filters; Local area networks; Propulsion; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, 2000 IEEE Sixth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Parsippany, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6560-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISSSTA.2000.878074