Numerous papers have already been published on the improvement of the channel capacity which can be obtained by using Multiple Input Multiple Output techniques. Various environments have been studied as indoor and urban environment. Since there is also a need to cover tunnels, recent works deal with the characterization of the channel transfer matrix in order to predict the performance of the l...

in this paper a new low profile substrate integrated waveguide (siw) probe-fed h-plane horn antenna structure with improved gain is proposed. the proposed antenna consists of two waveguides including a rectangular and a taper one, in which both, first and third modes of the structure are simultaneously excited leading to a uniform field distribution along the radiating aperture of the antenna a...

Microstrip antennas are low in profile and light in weight and they are now developed for many applications. The main difficulty of the microstrip antenna is its narrow bandwidth. Several modern applications like satellite communications, remote sensing and multi-function radar systems will find it useful if there is a dual band antenna operating from a single aperture. Some applications requir...

Cognitive radio (CR) is a very promising technology of future wireless communications that has greater demands for antenna designs. One practical antenna is a reconfigurable antenna that has dual mode operations, i.e. scanning a free RF spectrum and transmitting or receiving information data via a CR link. One possible compact antenna configuration is based on the dipole or monopole that has na...

This paper presents a design for a transmitting antenna array comprised of mobile antenna elements, where the Global Positioning System (GPS) is used to estimate the current location and velocity of those elements. GPS is also used to synchronize the clocks carried by the mobiles. With this information, a central algorithm can control the phase of the radio signal radiated from each element so ...

In this paper, a compact setup for measuring the radiation pattern of an arbitrary positioned antenna above the sea surface is presented. The antenna of interest was a vertical half-wave dipole. Due to impracticalities concerning the measurements using seaborne platforms, the setup was based around a shallow pool filled with actual sea water. The transmitting antenna-under-test (AUT) and the re...

An ultra-wideband (UWB) microwave system for breast cancer detection is presented. The proposed system includes monocycle pulse generator, antipodal Vivaldi antenna, breast model, and calibration algorithm for tumor detection. Firstly, our pulse generator employs transmission gate in glitch generator to achieve several advantages such as low power consumption and low ringing level. Secondly, th...

Two types of broad-band antennas are widely used for electromagnetic interference (EMI) measurements in the frequency range from 30 to 1000 MHz. Log-periodic dipole antennas (LPDA) are mainly used for the range above 300 MHz and biconical antennas for the range less than 300 MHz. These two antennas have linear polarization. However, EMI measurements can sometimes be more conveniently made with ...

The Bell Labs layered space–time (BLAST) algorithm is simple, and hence, a popular choice for a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) receiver. Because of the difficulties that arise due to the optimal ordering in terms of BER, while considering real analytical evaluations, the one and only solution is by introducing OSIC schemes to improve the performance of the system in terms of BER. In this...

Efficient simulation of wireless systems requires the development of antenna models compatible with microelectronic tools. This article describes a first behavioral antenna model using the VHDL-AMS language. Moreover, we present a complete behavioral RFID system model using this antenna model. Finally, several system simulation results demonstrate the interest of this approach. Introduction For...