by Kountouriotis, John and Piazza, Daniele and Mookiah, Prathaban and D’Amico, Michele and Dandekar, Kapil R.
Abstract:
In this paper, we quantify the performance enhancements that can be provided by reconfigurable antennas in an ad hoc network where all nodes employ multiple input multiple output communication techniques. We present two types of reconfigurable antennas: a reconfigurable printed dipole array (RPDA), and a reconfigurable circular patch antenna (RCPA). The RPDA and RCPA 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, we introduce and quantify the performance of centralized and decentralized antenna configuration selection schemes for reconfiguration at one or both link ends. We use the sum capacity of the network as a metric to quantify the performance of these antennas in measured and simulated network channels.
Reference:
J. P. Kountouriotis, “Reconfigurable antennas and configuration selection methods for MIMO ad hoc networks”, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2011, no. 1, pp. 1–14, 2011.
Bibtex Entry:
@Article{Kountouriotis2011,
author="Kountouriotis, John
and Piazza, Daniele
and Mookiah, Prathaban
and D'Amico, Michele
and Dandekar, Kapil R.",
title="Reconfigurable antennas and configuration selection methods for MIMO ad hoc networks",
journal="EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking",
year="2011",
volume="2011",
number="1",
pages="1--14",
abstract="In this paper, we quantify the performance enhancements that can be provided by reconfigurable antennas in an ad hoc network where all nodes employ multiple input multiple output communication techniques. We present two types of reconfigurable antennas: a reconfigurable printed dipole array (RPDA), and a reconfigurable circular patch antenna (RCPA). The RPDA and RCPA 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, we introduce and quantify the performance of centralized and decentralized antenna configuration selection schemes for reconfiguration at one or both link ends. We use the sum capacity of the network as a metric to quantify the performance of these antennas in measured and simulated network channels.",
issn="1687-1499",
doi="10.1186/1687-1499-2011-147",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1687-1499-2011-147"
}