Binary Operating Antenna Array Elements by using Hausdorff and Euclidean Metric Distance

In this paper, the linear antenna array is designed by the usage of Woodward–Lawson method. The design procedure fits antenna array radiation pattern to a predefined/required radiation mask. In this study will be investigated the possibility of powering off some antenna elements without modifying the behavior and power ratio of the elements which remains on. The aim of powering off antenna elements is to reduce power consumption of the designed array antenna and to reduce power dissipation problems on modern full digital beam forming architecture. The choice of binary operation of antenna element (on/off) reduces computational effort required for complex beam forming techniques. The results can be stored on look-up tables, in order to be recalled on demand by antenna operator. There are used two different metrics to identify how close, to the required design, is the modified antenna pattern. Euclidean and Hausdorff distances are both used as score of the modified array performance. The obtained solutions shows the applicability of binary operations on existing antenna array and the metric can be effectively used as ranking solutions.

@article{Agastra2020,
  title     = {Binary Operating Antenna Array Elements by using Hausdorff and Euclidean Metric Distance},
  journal   = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
  volume    = {11},
  number    = {10},
  year      = {2020},
  publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
  author    = {Elson Agastra and Julian Imami and Olimpjon Shurdi},
  doi       = {10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0111030},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0111030}
}