Study on the Number of Independent Beams from Planar Domains

Future communication scenarios will require massive Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) by the use of multi-beam antenna systems. Maximizing the number of beams for a given antenna size is paramount given that the space allocated to the antenna is often limited. This work aims at evaluating the maximum number of beams by analyzing the SIR in...

The Observable Field: On the estimation of the available power for antennas in reception

In this work the portion of the incident field that can be received by an antenna is investigated: the observable field. This field can be characterized only relying on the volume allocated to the antenna and thus independently from the specific antenna. The observable field is composed by a single spherical wave that first converges in the...