%0 Generic
%A Benedetti, Manuel
%A Oliveri, Giacomo
%A Rocca, Paolo
%A Massa, Andrea
%D 2009
%F elediasc12:523
%K Smart Antennas, Adaptive Array, Phased Arrays, Adaptive Control, Particle Swarm Optimizer
%T A Fully-Adaptive Smart Antenna Protype: Ideal Model and Experimental Validation in Complex Interference Scenarios
%U http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/523/
%X In this report, the architecture of a smart antenna prototype is described and its functionality assessed. The system prototype is composed by an 8-elements linear arrays 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 different interface scenarios is reported and discussed. The final version of this article is available at the url of the journal PIER http://www.jpier.org/PIER/