eprintid: 646 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 4 dir: disk0/00/00/06/46 datestamp: 2014-09-18 15:49:18 lastmod: 2018-02-26 15:54:42 status_changed: 2014-09-18 15:49:18 type: monograph metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Poli, L. creators_name: Rocca, P. creators_name: Salucci, M. creators_name: Massa, A. title: Reconfigurable thinning for the maximization of the SINR in adaptive linear arrays ispublished: pub subjects: MEA full_text_status: public monograph_type: technical_report keywords: Evolutionary Optimization, Array Synthesis, Smart Antennas, Local Optimization, Analytic Sequences abstract: In this report, an easily-reconfigurable and low-complexity antenna architecture is considered where a set of radio-frequency switches is exploited to either connect or disconnect the array elements for controlling the radiation pattern and generating deep nulls along the directions-of-arrival of the undesired signals. The mathematical formulation together with a preliminary validation of the adaptive nulling strategy are proposed. date: 2014 publisher: University of Trento referencetext: [1] P. Rocca, M. Benedetti, M. Donelli, D. Franceschini, and A. Massa, "Evolutionary optimization as applied to inverse problems," Inverse Problems - 25 th Year Special Issue of Inverse Problems, Invited Topical Review, vol. 25, pp. 1-41, Dec. 2009. [2] P. Rocca, G. Oliveri, and A. Massa, "Differential Evolution as applied to electromagnetics," IEEE Antennas Propag. Mag., vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 38-49, Feb. 2011. [3] P. Rocca, L. Poli, G. Oliveri, and A. Massa, "Adaptive nulling in time-varying scenarios through time-modulated linear arrays," IEEE Antennas Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 11, pp. 101-104, 2012. [4] M. Benedetti, G. Oliveri, P. Rocca, and A. Massa, "A fully-adaptive smart antenna prototype: ideal model and experimental validation in complex interference scenarios," Progress in Electromagnetic Research, PIER 96, pp. 173-191, 2009. [5] M. Benedetti, R. Azaro, and A. Massa, "Memory enhanced PSO-based optimization approach for smart antennas control in complex interference scenarios," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 56, no. 7, pp. 1939-1947, Jul. 2008. [6] M. Benedetti, R. Azaro, and A. Massa, "Experimental validation of a fully-adaptive smart antenna prototype," Electronics Letters, vol. 44, no. 11, pp. 661-662, May 2008. [7] R. Azaro, L. Ioriatti, M. Martinelli, M. Benedetti, and A. Massa, "An experimental realization of a fully-adaptive smart antenna," Microwave Opt. Technol. Lett., vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 1715-1716, Jun. 2008. [8] References M. Donelli, R. Azaro, L. Fimognari, and A. Massa, "A planar electronically reconfigurable Wi-Fi band antenna based on a parasitic microstrip structure," IEEE Antennas Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 6, pp. 623-626, 2007. [9] M. Benedetti, R. Azaro, D. Franceschini, and A. Massa, "PSO-based real-time control of planar uniform circular arrays," IEEE Antennas Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 5, pp. 545-548, 2006. [10] F. Viani, L. Lizzi, M. Donelli, D. Pregnolato, G. Oliveri, and A. Massa, "Exploitation of smart antennas in wireless sensor networks," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 24, no. 5/6, pp. 993-1003, 2010. [11] L. Poli, P. Rocca, M. Salucci, and A. Massa, "Reconfigurable thinning for the adaptive control of linear arrays," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 61, no. 10, pp. 5068-5077, October 2013. [12] G. Oliveri, F. Viani, and A. Massa, "Synthesis of linear multi-beam arrays through hierarchical ADS-based interleaving, " IET Microw. Antennas Propag., vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 794-808, Jul. 2014. citation: Poli, L. and Rocca, P. and Salucci, M. and Massa, A. (2014) Reconfigurable thinning for the maximization of the SINR in adaptive linear arrays. Technical Report. University of Trento. document_url: http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/646/1/Reconfigurable%20thinning%20for%20the%20maximization%20of%20the%20SINR%20in%20adaptive%20linear%20arrays.pdf