@techreport{elediasc12698, publisher = {University of Trento}, year = {2016}, type = {Technical Report}, title = {Genetically-designed thinned ring arrays for effective pattern nulling with directivity control}, author = {N. Anselmi and L. Poli and P. Rocca and A. Massa}, abstract = {This document deals with a strategy for thinning the radiating elements of ring arrays in order to suppress interfering signals arriving on the antenna sidelobes. The on-off status of the array element is changed according to the optimized binary sequences determined through an evolutionary algorithm suitably customized to provide solutions with a controlled percentage of the number of active bits with respect to its total number. The proposed technique is validated with a set of experiments where arrays of different size haved been considered.}, keywords = {Evolutionary Optimization, Local Optimization, Array Synthesis, Smart Antennas, Analytic Sequences, Compressive Sensing.}, url = {http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/698/} }