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creators_name: Benedetti, Manuel
creators_name: Oliveri, Giacomo
creators_name: Massa, Andrea
title: Validation of a Smart Antenna Prototype: Model and Experiments
ispublished: pub
subjects: TU
full_text_status: public
note: This version is a pre-print of the final version available at IEEE.
abstract: In this paper, the architecture of a smart antenna prototype is described and its functionality assessed. The system prototype is composed by an 8-elements linear array of dipoles with a finite reflecting plane and the adaptive behavior is obtained modifying a set of array weights with electronically-driven vector modulators. In order to real-time react to complex interference scenarios, the system is controlled by a software control module based on a Particle Swarm Optimizer. To demonstrate the feasibility and the effectiveness of the proposed implementation, a set of representative results concerned with realistic interference scenarios is reported and discussed.
date: 2011-01
date_type: published
institution: University of Trento
department: informaticat
refereed: FALSE
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citation:   Benedetti, Manuel and Oliveri, Giacomo and Massa, Andrea  (2011) Validation of a Smart Antenna Prototype: Model and Experiments.  [Technical Report]     
document_url: http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/488/1/DISI-11-181.C186.pdf