{"title":"The Impact of Novel RF MEMS and SDCs on Smart Antenna Technologies","authors":"N. Crisan, L. Cremene","doi":"10.1109/ICWMC.2008.76","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper evaluates the impact of the newest micro & nanotechnologies on smart antenna systems. After analyzing the key features of the main mobile wireless systems of the present - UMTS, CDMA2000, WiMax 802.16e, and MBWA 802.20, we have identified some common issues, requirements and limitations. Dwelling on the SDC -Software-Defined Component perspectives we have analyzed the impact of novel RF MEMS on reconfigurable circuits, namely on smart antenna systems. This lead us to imagine a software-defined autonomous antenna - SDAA, which includes the RF module. This in turn, integrated on a SDR platform, will prototype the idea of extending the SDR concept over the RF module. This paper introduces our proposed SDR & SDAA architecture and its benefits.","PeriodicalId":308667,"journal":{"name":"2008 The Fourth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2008 The Fourth International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICWMC.2008.76","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper evaluates the impact of the newest micro & nanotechnologies on smart antenna systems. After analyzing the key features of the main mobile wireless systems of the present - UMTS, CDMA2000, WiMax 802.16e, and MBWA 802.20, we have identified some common issues, requirements and limitations. Dwelling on the SDC -Software-Defined Component perspectives we have analyzed the impact of novel RF MEMS on reconfigurable circuits, namely on smart antenna systems. This lead us to imagine a software-defined autonomous antenna - SDAA, which includes the RF module. This in turn, integrated on a SDR platform, will prototype the idea of extending the SDR concept over the RF module. This paper introduces our proposed SDR & SDAA architecture and its benefits.