Application of Adaptive Array Antennas to Radio Communications.

In the area of mobile communications, there has been increasing demand and development for new technologies and services such as digitalization and personalization. With this as background, this paper studies the use of adaptive antenna technology for mobile communication. In the area of mobile communications, the adaptive antenna technology has been studied with a view to reducing the fading for reception by the mobile station. In the case of microcells and indoor communication for which an expanded use is anticipated, arrivals of multiple waves tram various directions are expected even for the base station so that the application of the adaptive antennas to the base stations is effective. In the case of high-speed data transmission such as wireless local wireless networks (LAN), further reduction of fading and interference is required. Also, the frequency sharing among different radio services is an area in which the adaptive antenna is useful. Introductions of dynamic control of the systems are expected for mobile communications in time, space, and frequency domains. The adaptive antenna is effective for control in space. The dynamic zone configuration will he a new application area in which, depending on the distributions of the users, the zone shape is varied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]