Smart Antenna Engineering (Artech House Mobile Communications Library)

The increasing demand for wireless services and the growing number of wireless users are pushing networks to their capacity limits. Smart antenna technology can overcome these capacity limits as well as improve signal quality and let mobile telephones operate on less power. This book arms wireless telecom engineers with a powerful design methodology that allows them to select the smart antenna approach most suitable for a particular application. It also allows wireless engineers to evaluate systems performance of a particular design and engineer smart antenna designs for optimal performance. A comprehensive and practical reference, this book offers guidance in the application of smart antennas in 2G, 3G, and advanced Mimo (multiple input and multiple output) wireless systems.