DocumentCode
545932
Title
Real-time adaptive beam-forming for vibrating airborne antenna arrays
Author
Schippers, H. ; Cornelius, R. ; Hulzinga, A. ; Vos, G.
Author_Institution
Nat. Aerosp. Lab. (NLR), Amsterdam, Netherlands
fYear
2011
fDate
11-15 April 2011
Firstpage
1032
Lastpage
1035
Abstract
This paper presents a novel architecture for real-time beam-forming of an antenna array on a vibrating light-weight structure. The key technologies of this architecture are a real-time measurement system for the phase-errors related to position errors of the antenna elements and a real-time adaptive phase-shifting system for the compensation of the phase-errors. The novel antenna architecture is applied to digital data-communication.
Keywords
aircraft antennas; antenna arrays; array signal processing; data communication; digital communication; phase measurement; antenna architecture; antenna elements; digital data-communication; phase error compensation; real-time adaptive beamforming; real-time adaptive phase-shifting system; real-time measurement system; vibrating airborne antenna arrays; vibrating light-weight structure; Adaptive arrays; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Phase measurement; Real time systems;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Rome
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0250-1
Type
conf
Filename
5781679
Link To Document