Smart antennas with MATLAB

The most complete, current guide to smart antenna design and performance. Featuring new coverage of reconfigurable antennas, vector antennas, and direction-finding antennas, this up-to-date resource offers a rigorous review of the basic electromagnetic principles that drive smart antenna design and development. Case studies and worked examples using MATLAB are provided. End-of-chapter assignments reinforce the concepts presented. Thoroughly revised to reflect recent developments and the latest technologies, this is a comprehensive reference for all professionals, students, and researchers in the field of smart antennas.

"Originally published as Smart antennas for wireless communications: with MATLAB, copyright 2005"--Title page verso.

A. About the author -- B. Preface -- Examples and solutions on the web -- For instructors -- C. Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- What is a smart antenna? -- Why are smart antennas emerging now? -- What are the benefits of smart antennas? -- Smart antennas involve many disciplines -- Overview of the book -- References -- 2. Fundamentals of electromagnetic fields -- Maxwell's equations -- The helmholtz wave equation -- Propagation in rectangular coordinates -- Propagation in spherical coordinates -- Electric field boundary conditions -- Magnetic field boundary conditions -- Planewave reflection and transmission coefficients -- Propagation over flat earth -- Knife-edge diffraction -- References -- Problems -- 3. Antenna fundamentals -- Antenna field regions -- Power density -- Radiation intensity -- Basic antenna nomenclature -- Friis transmission formula -- Magnetic vector potential and the far field -- Linear antennas -- Loop antennas -- References -- Problems -- 4. Array fundamentals -- Linear arrays -- Array weighting -- Circular arrays -- Rectangular planar arrays -- Fixed beam arrays -- Fixed sidelobe canceling -- Retrodirective arrays -- References -- Problems -- 5. Princ…