On the design of switched-beam wideband base stations

Author

Siachalou, Eleftheria ; Vafiadis, Elias ; Goudos, Sotirios S. ; Samaras, Theodoros ; Koukourlis, Christos S. ; Panas, Stavros

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Aristotelian Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

Volume

46

Issue

1

fYear

2004

fDate

2/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

158

Lastpage

167

Abstract

A switch beam base-station antenna is presented. The antenna is an improvement on the Butler matrix. The input ports of the antenna are excited with equal or unequal amplitudes. The feed network is analyzed and presented in a simple manner. The antenna comprises the main part of a base station, and is useful for broadband communications. The architecture of the base station is described, and the services that can be provided are given. Finally, comments are made about the tradeoffs and benefits of the antenna in comparison to the classical Butler-matrix switched-beam and adaptive arrays.

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; broadband antennas; cellular radio; radio networks; Butler matrix switched-beam; adaptive arrays; broadband communications; feed network; smart antenna; switch beam base-station antenna; wideband base stations; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Base stations; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Butler matrix; Communication switching; Feeds; Switches; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2004.1296180

Filename

1296180