TY - RPRT ID - elediasc12698 A1 - Anselmi, N. A1 - Poli, L. A1 - Rocca, P. A1 - Massa, A. KW - Evolutionary Optimization KW - Local Optimization KW - Array Synthesis KW - Smart Antennas KW - Analytic Sequences KW - Compressive Sensing. PB - University of Trento AV - public UR - http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/698/ Y1 - 2016/// TI - Genetically-designed thinned ring arrays for effective pattern nulling with directivity control N2 - 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. M1 - technical_report ER -