Compact antenna arrays for HF MIMO applications

Author

Feeney, S.M. ; Salous, S. ; Warrington, E.M. ; Gunashekar, S.D. ; Abbasi, N. ; Bertel, L. ; Lemur, D. ; Oger, M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Centre for Commun. Syst., Durham

fYear

2009

fDate

28-30 April 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper describes the practical development of compact antenna arrays to support the investigation of MIMO systems exploiting ionosheric propagation in the HF band. Three candidate arrays have been developed for receiver applications based on active electronics to provide broadband non-tuned operation with electrically small receiving elements. A crossed resonant loop is under development for use as a transmitting antenna. Transmission results demonstrating the operation of the antennas is included.

Keywords

HF antennas; MIMO communication; antenna arrays; broadband antennas; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; HF MIMO applications; active electronics; broadband nontuned operation; compact antenna array; crossed resonant loop; ionosheric propagation; receiver applications; transmitting antenna; Antennas; Arrays; HF; MIMO;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Ionospheric radio Systems and Techniques, 2009. (IRST 2009). The Institution of Engineering and Technology 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

978-1-84919-123-4

Type

conf

Filename

5235595