%0 Thesis %9 Masters %A Marinelli, D. %B ELEDIA Research Center@DISI %D 2012 %F elediasc12:267 %I University of Trento %K Evolutionary Optimization, Array Synthesis, ACM %T Antenna model optimization for satellite communication %U http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/267/ %X Parabolic antennas are in general very used for satellite communication systems thanks to their radiation characteristics, which allow to concentrate quite all the antenna radiation towards a precise direction. Given some radiation requirements, the objective of this activity is to model a parabolic antenna by using an optimization algorithm, which allows to enhance the radiation characteristic while complying with the imposed requirements.