This paper overviews a low-power beam-switched smart antenna. The antenna operates at 2.4 GHz frequency band, has low power consumption (1.5 mW), and is intended for smart world applications in communications and metering. The antenna has demonstrated 4x improvement in throughput and 2x reduction in latency, as compared to an equivalent gain omnidirectional antenna. The tests were done in a mesh network environment. In addition, the modifications made to the wireless driver permitted the antenna system to perform an automatic failover and link recovery.
Reference:
Lysko, A.A. and Mofolo, M. 2014. High-performance low-power smart antenna for smart world applications. In: 6th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2014), St. Petersburg, Russia, 6-8 October 2014
Lysko, A. A., & Mofolo, M. (2014). High-performance low-power smart antenna for smart world applications. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7868
Lysko, Albert A, and M Mofolo. "High-performance low-power smart antenna for smart world applications." (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7868
Lysko AA, Mofolo M, High-performance low-power smart antenna for smart world applications; 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7868 .
