relation: http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/488/ title: Validation of a Smart Antenna Prototype: Model and Experiments creator: Benedetti, Manuel creator: Oliveri, Giacomo creator: Massa, Andrea subject: TU Technical Reports and Publications description: In this paper, the architecture of a smart antenna prototype is described and its functionality assessed. The system prototype is composed by an 8-elements linear array of dipoles with a finite reflecting plane and the adaptive behavior is obtained modifying a set of array weights with electronically-driven vector modulators. In order to real-time react to complex interference scenarios, the system is controlled by a software control module based on a Particle Swarm Optimizer. To demonstrate the feasibility and the effectiveness of the proposed implementation, a set of representative results concerned with realistic interference scenarios is reported and discussed. date: 2011-01 type: Technical Report type: NonPeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/488/1/DISI-11-181.C186.pdf identifier: Benedetti, Manuel and Oliveri, Giacomo and Massa, Andrea (2011) Validation of a Smart Antenna Prototype: Model and Experiments. [Technical Report]