Reconfigurable Antennas
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Microwave and Wireless Communications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2018) | Viewed by 30902
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Interests: microwave systems and devices; RFID; modulated scattering techniques (MST); microwave antenna; microwave sensors
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Dear Colleagues,
It is my great pleasure to announce this Special Issue on “Reconfigurable Antennas”. Modern telecommunications systems, such as radio links, radars, and mobile devices, require antennas that are able to operate in different complex environments. In particular, new mobile smart phones, offer different services that require a high degree of reconfigurability in spite of the limited dimensions of the devices. The 5G generation devices offer, in addition to usual voice and other services of standard previous systems, ultra-broadband Internet connection, IP telephony, mobile web access, gaming services, and other interesting multimedia application (such as high-definition television). In such a framework, the design of a suitable radiating system could play a key role in the design of new generations telecommunication systems. The antenna system for these devices must be light, cheap and able to keep the devices performances to high levels and in any environments. In such a framework, the use of reconfigurable antennas with fully adaptive properties is mandatory to dramatically improve the performances of a telecommunication system. Such kind of antennas are commonly used in several fields of applications, such as airport surveillance, missile detection, and tracking. The objective of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of the current research on “Reconfigurable Antennas”, highlight the latest developments and innovations, and identify new challenges and opportunities of applications.
Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
- Fully adaptive array,
- phased arrays,
- MIMO antennas,
- switched beam antennas,
- multi frequency antennas.
Prof. Massimo Donelli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Phased arrays, full adaptive arrays, switched beam antenna, sum/difference arrays, MIMO antenna, reconfigurable antennas, reconfigurable antennas based on parasitic elements, MEMs reconfigurable antennas, multi beams antennas, multi frequency antennas, antenna control algorithms.
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