Development of a Circuit-Type Multiple-Agile Beamforming and Interference Mitigation Network

An innovative reconfigurable beamforming network concept for multiple high-gain agile and mutually zero-forced beam generation is proposed. Four-port couplers and variable phase shifters are used to synthesize the network. A 2 beam by 7 element beam former is designed and fabricated as proof of concept. A static scenario with the two beams...

Beamforming for a Fast Scanning Phased Array Weather Radar

At the airports, fast-scanning phased array radars are used to detect point-like targets, e.g., birds and drones. However, these radars do not possess Doppler processing and thus are not used for observation of the weather targets like precipitation events. A series of steps need to be performed, such as beamforming in elevation, target masking...

Performance Comparison of Single- and Multi-Lobe Antenna Arrays in 5G Urban Outdoor Environments at mm-Waves via Intelligent Ray Tracing

The effect of forming single and multi-lobe beam<br/>patterns at mm-wave base station antennas on the received signal<br/>strength and co-channel interference is studied for mm-wave urban outdoor environments. A sample, simplified urban city model is used with randomly selected user positions. Ray tracing simulations are performed to analyze the...