Parasitic Antenna Arrays for Wireless MIMO Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Antenna Arrays: The Conventional Paradigm and an Emerging New Approach

   • Constantinos B. Papadias

   Pages 1-19

3. Parasitic Antenna Arrays: The Antenna Perspective

   • Antonis Kalis

   Pages 21-44

4. Beamspace MIMO and Degrees of Freedom

   • Athanasios G. Kanatas

   Pages 45-84

5. Transmitter Techniques

   • Vlasis I. Barousis

   Pages 85-117

6. Receiver Techniques

   • Robert Bains, Ralf Müller

   Pages 119-148

7. Design and Implementation of Parasitic Antenna Arrays for Beamspace-MIMO

   • Julien Perruisseau-Carrier, Mohsen Yousefbeiki

   Pages 149-170

8. Over-the-Air Proof of Concepts

   • Philippos Tragas

   Pages 171-195

9. Multiple-Active Multiple-Passive Antenna Systems and Applications

   • Elpiniki Tsakalaki

   Pages 197-236

10. Back Matter

    Pages 237-246

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This book unites two different technologies: parasitic antenna arrays driven via analogue circuits that control the electromagnetic waves generated by the antenna array; and MIMO technology for multi-antenna arrays, typically driven by digital techniques in the baseband domain. The combination of these two technologies has revealed a novel functionality that breaks through the conventional MIMO paradigm, allowing MIMO transmission over the air with the use of antenna arrays that may consist of only a single active element, that is surrounded by a number of passive neighboring antennas. The contributions in the book show the capability of such systems to also perform MIMO transmission. This fact holds the potential of revolutionizing the way small-form wireless terminals operate and seems to set the scene for a win-win situation, achieving MIMO transmission with very small and cheap antenna arrays. The book is structured to provide a well-rounded treatment of the various facets of this newly discovered wireless communication capability. All relevant technical angles, ranging from information theoretic to electromagnetic considerations; from analogue circuit to digital baseband control for signal generation; and from channel modeling to communication theoretic aspects are taken into account. A good balance between theory, practical considerations and over-the-air experimentation is proposed and reflected in the chapter outline. Finally, a discussion and early evidence related to potential applications as well as the relevance to current and upcoming wireless standards is provided.

• Antennas
• Beamspace-MIMO
• MIMO systems
• MIMO transmission
• Multi-antenna arrays
• Parasitic antenna arrays
• Transmitter techniques
• wireless standards

Book review excerpts:

a.      Topics are well structured and are explained in depth.

b.      Each chapter is written by experts and contains a nice introduction and conclusion. The book addresses an important topic of physical aspects of MIMO antennas and and their economic implementation.

c.       The practical view is one the most important strengths of this manuscript. The results are confirmed by real tests. The antenna design and adjustable impedances are included.

• Broadband Wireless & Sensor Networks (B-WiSE) Research Group, Athens Information Technology, Peania, Greece

  Antonis Kalis, Constantinos B. Papadias

• Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece

  Athanasios G. Kanatas

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