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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2011
Daniele Piazza, Lodi, IT;
John Kountouriotis, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michele D'amico, Milan, IT;
Kapil R. Dandekar, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Prathaban Mookiah, San Diego, CA (US);
Daniele Piazza, Lodi, IT;
John Kountouriotis, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michele D'Amico, Milan, IT;
Kapil R. Dandekar, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Prathaban Mookiah, San Diego, CA (US);
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, IT;
Abstract
Reconfigurable antennas in an ad-hoc network are provided where all nodes employ MIMO/SIMO/MISO communication techniques. Three types of reconfigurable antennas: Reconfigurable Printed Dipole Array (RPDA), Reconfigurable Circular Patch Antenna (RCPA) and Two-Port Reconfigurable CRLH Leaky Wave Antennas are used. The RPDA, RCPA and the CRLH Leaky Wave antennas have a different number of configurations as well as different degrees of pattern diversity between possible configurations. To effectively use these antennas in a network, the performance of centralized and decentralized antenna configuration selection schemes are quantified for reconfiguration at one or both link ends. The sum capacity of the network is used as a metric to quantify the performance of these antennas in measured and simulated network channels.