Parasitic Antenna Arrays for Wireless MIMO Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kalis, Antonis (Editor), Kanatas, Athanasios G. (Editor), Papadias, Constantinos B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Optics and Electrodynamics.

This  book covers a cross-section of two technologies: parasitic antenna arrays driven via analogue circuits; and MIMO technology for multi-antenna arrays.  The combination of these two technologies results in novel functionality. Relevant technical angles, ranging from theoretic to electromagnetic...

Table of Contents:

• MIMO Systems: Benefits and Drawbacks
• Parasitic Antenna Arrays: The Antenna Perspective
• Beamspace MIMO and Degrees of Freedom
• Transmitter Techniques
• Receiver Techniques
• Antenna System Design for Beamspace-MIMO
• Over-the-air Proof of Concepts
• Applications, Standards and Open Issues.