An architecture for transmit beamforming for rapidly deployable radio networks
- Telecommunications Information Sciences Lab Department of Electrical Engineering Computer Science University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas66045 (United States)
Beamforming Technology will be an essential element in tactical battlefield communication systems of the next generation. Only with beamforming will the demands of communication quality, network access and covertness be jointly achieved. This paper focuses on the signal processing features of one element of this technology-transmitter beamforming. A flexible beamforming architecture such as the one described here will facilitate ongoing research into the development of a high speed ATM-based wireless communication system currently being investigated at the University of Kansas. This system provides for spatial frequency reuse by allowing multiple transmit beams to be steered to mobile end users. The modulation and the steering angles of the beams adapt under software control in response to the demands of the communications environment and the user{close_quote}s {ital requirements}. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 627595
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970115-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 9808M0012
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 387, Issue 1; Conference: Space technology and applications international forum (STAIF - 97), Albuquerque, NM (United States), 26-30 Jan 1997; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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