The Effect of Coupling on Antenna Array Beamforming at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies

Pablo H. Zapata Cano; Zaharias D. Zaharis; Haya Al-Kassir; Ioannis Mallioras; Pavlos Lazaridis; Traianos V. Yioultsis; Nikolaos V. Kantartzis

doi:10.1109/WPMC55625.2022.10014920

The Effect of Coupling on Antenna Array Beamforming at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies

Pablo H. Zapata Cano, Zaharias D. Zaharis, Haya Al-Kassir, Ioannis Mallioras, Pavlos Lazaridis, Traianos V. Yioultsis, Nikolaos V. Kantartzis

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Abstract

Millimeter-wave data links (at 28, 38 and 60 GHz) state as a key enabler for future communications. At these frequencies, the high propagation losses demand for the utilization of very directive antennas, which make techniques like adaptive beamforming play a big role. Among multiple existing beamforming algorithms, techniques like null steering beamforming provide with a very accurate placement of nulls and main lobe of the radiation pattern. However, these methods often remain efficient only under theoretical scenarios, in which the array is considered to be composed of uncoupled isotropic point sources. In this work, a study is conducted on the effect of antenna array coupling on the realistic performance of the null steering beamforming algorithm. Two different antenna arrays, a linear and a planar one, are designed and simulated, and the presence of mutual coupling is studied on both of them.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 25th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC 2022
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	442-446
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665473187
ISBN (Print)	9781665473194
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WPMC55625.2022.10014920
Publication status	Published - 20 Jan 2023
Event	25th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications - Herning, Denmark Duration: 30 Oct 2022 → 2 Nov 2022 Conference number: 25

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Name	International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	1347-6890
ISSN (Electronic)	1882-5621

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Conference	25th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications
Abbreviated title	WPMC 2022
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Herning
Period	30/10/22 → 2/11/22

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Zapata Cano, P. H., Zaharis, Z. D., Al-Kassir, H., Mallioras, I., Lazaridis, P., Yioultsis, T. V., & Kantartzis, N. V. (2023). The Effect of Coupling on Antenna Array Beamforming at Millimeter-Wave Frequencies. In 2022 25th International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC 2022 (pp. 442-446). [10014920] (International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications, WPMC). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/WPMC55625.2022.10014920

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