Reconfigurable antennas and configuration selection methods for Mimo AD-HOC networks

Data di pubblicazione

11-07-2011

Codice

EI.10.017.A

Stato

Disponibile

Data di priorità

01-01-1970

Titolare

Politecnico di Milano e Drexel Univesity

Dipartimento

Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering

Autori

Michele D'Amico, Daniele Piazza, John Kounturiotis, Prathaban Mookiah, Kapil R. Dandekar

Descrizione

Reconfigurable antennas in an ad-hoc network are provided where all nodes employ MIMO/SIMO/MISO communication techniques. Three types of reconfigurable antennas: Reconfigurable Printed Dipole Array (RPDA), Reconfigurable Circular Patch Antenna (RCPA) and Two-Port Reconfigurable CRLH Leaky Wave Antennas are used. The RPDA, RCPA and the CRLH Leaky Wave antennas have a different number of configurations as well as different degrees of pattern diversity between possible configurations. To effectively use these antennas in a network, the performance of centralized and decentralized antenna configuration selection schemes are quantified for reconfiguration at one or both link ends. The sum capacity of the network is used as a metric to quantify the performance of these antennas in measured and simulated network channels.

Contatto

licensing.tto@polimi.it