Technologies Based on Antenna Arrays and Applications

A special issue of Technologies (ISSN 2227-7080). This special issue belongs to the section "Information and Communication Technologies".

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue provides an international forum for researchers working in the antenna arrays systems field to disseminate new ideas on and recent advances in technologies based on antenna arrays and applications. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Communication systems based on smart antennas and MIMO;
  • Satellite communications systems for mobile and fixed satellite services (consumer and professional uses, communications with moving platforms like high-speed trains);
  • Unmanned air vehicles (UAVs);
  • Broadband high data-rate indoor (smart home, gigabit offices) and outdoor wireless communication systems;
  • Wireless personal area networks (WPANs);
  • Intelligent transport systems (ITSs);
  • Short-range/long-range/multi-function automotive radars and road traffic and transport Telematics for communications between vehicles;
  • Communications with high-altitude platforms (HAPs);
  • Passive and active security and surveillance systems in public areas (airports, stations, etc.);
  • Active and passive RF instruments for remote sensing and Earth Observation (e.g., real aperture and synthetic radars, radiometers, etc.);
  • Electronic surveillance and countermeasure systems);
  • Ultra-wide band systems.

The applications of these systems are highly linked with the current needs of different technologies. So, any other technology could be welcome. These and other applications could take advantage of the technologies proposed here.

Dr. Marco A. Panduro
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Keywords

  • antenna arrays
  • smart antennas
  • MIMO systems
  • satellite communications
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
  • wireless communication systems
  • Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
  • remote sensing
  • Ultra-Wideband (UWB) systems
  • radar systems

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Fibonacci Tessellation for Optimizing Planar Phased Arrays in Satellite Communications
by Juan L. Valle, Marco A. Panduro, Carlos A. Brizuela, Roberto Conte, Carlos del Río Bocio and David H. Covarrubias
Technologies 2025, 13(10), 478; https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies13100478 - 21 Oct 2025
Abstract
This article presents a novel strategy for the design of planar phased arrays using Fibonacci-based partitioning combined with a random multi-objective search. This approach intends to minimize the number of phase shifters used by the system while maintaining the radiation characteristics required for [...] Read more.
This article presents a novel strategy for the design of planar phased arrays using Fibonacci-based partitioning combined with a random multi-objective search. This approach intends to minimize the number of phase shifters used by the system while maintaining the radiation characteristics required for Ku-band user terminals in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications. This methodology efficiently tessellates a 16×16 antenna array, reducing the solution search space size and improving algorithmic computational time. From a total of 409,600 possible configurations, an optimal candidate solution was obtained in 2 h. This configuration achieves a balanced trade-off between radiation performance metrics, including side lobe level (SLL), first null beamwidth (FNBW), and the number of phase shifters. This optimal design maintains a value of SLL below 15 dB across all the azimuth scanning angles, with a beam steering capability of θ=40 and 0ϕ360. These results demonstrate the suitability of this novel approach regarding Ku-band satellite communications, providing efficient and practical solutions for high-demand internet services via LEO satellite systems. Full article
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