Pattern synthesis in small phased arrays using adaptive arraytheory

A pattern synthesis technique for low sidelobe difference and scanned beams in small phased arrays is presented. The approach is based on adaptive array theory and is a development of a technique used for beam synthesis in an ideal, λ/2 spaced, isotropic array. The method has been applied to measured element pattern data from a five element linear array, which includes the effects of pattern corruption by mutual coupling. The successful synthesis of low sidelobe sum and difference beams are demonstrated, with the look direction on and scanned off boresight     

High spectral efficiency iterative multi-user detection for CDMA

An iterative multi-user detector for code-division multiple-access (CDMA) signals that is able to operate under highly loaded conditions with a non-binary modulation scheme is presented. The results presented demonstrate that the receiver is able to achieve near single-user bit error rate performance     

Difference pattern synthesis in small planar phased arrays

A pattern synthesis technique for low sidelobe arbitrarily scanned difference beams in small planar phased arrays is presented. The approach is based on adaptive array theory and is the development of a technique used for radiation pattern synthesis in linear arrays. The method has been applied to measured element pattern data from a small planar array, which includes the effects of pattern corruption by mutual coupling. The successful synthesis of low sidelobe difference beams is demonstrated, with arbitrary difference plane and scan angle