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An Antenna Array for the Galileo System with Beamforming Capabilities

Schittler Neves, Eduardo and Dreher, Achim (2006) An Antenna Array for the Galileo System with Beamforming Capabilities. In: Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2006. Luft- und Raumfahrt: Lehre, Forschung, Industrie - gemeinsam innovativ, 2006-11-06 - 2006-11-09, Braunschweig.

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Abstract

Future navigation services provided by the upcoming Galileo satellite system will require corresponding improvements on the navigation receiving systems. The first part of any navigation receiving system is the antenna or antenna terminal. In order to obtain the best possible navigation accuracy, exploiting the full capabilities offered by this new system, the design of state-of-the-art antenna systems must be pursuit. This contribution shows the beamforming capabilities of a broadband antenna array designed for the whole Galileo frequency band. In addition, a brief description on the front-end design is presented. The employed beamforming approach, performed by a software developed in DLR, considers a combination of an optimized Chebychev pattern with the Sample Matrix Inversion (SMI) algorithm. It allows the calculation of the excitation currents needed to steer the main beam of an antenna array at the same time it suppresses the side lobe levels to a desired value and generates nulls in the directions where interferers are incoming. The paper begins with a brief description of the antenna array and its antenna element. Then, the construction concepts are commented. Finally, a number of results concerning the beamforming capabilities of the antenna array are shown and discussed.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/43684/
Document Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Speech, Paper)
Title:An Antenna Array for the Galileo System with Beamforming Capabilities
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Schittler Neves, EduardoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dreher, AchimUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:12 May 2006
Journal or Publication Title:Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2006
Refereed publication:Yes
Open Access:Yes
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:No
In ISI Web of Science:No
Editors:
EditorsEmailEditor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt-Lilienthal-Oberth , UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Status:Published
Keywords:Antenna, Antenna Array, Beamforming, Galileo, Broadband
Event Title:Luft- und Raumfahrt: Lehre, Forschung, Industrie - gemeinsam innovativ
Event Location:Braunschweig
Event Type:international Conference
Event Start Date:6 November 2006
Event End Date:9 November 2006
Organizer:DGLR
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old)
HGF - Program:Space (old)
HGF - Program Themes:W KN - Kommunikation/Navigation
DLR - Research area:Space
DLR - Program:W KN - Kommunikation/Navigation
DLR - Research theme (Project):W - Projekt GalileoNAV (old)
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Communication and Navigation > Navigation > Navigation and Control Systems
Deposited By: Schittler Neves, Eduardo
Deposited On:12 Jan 2007
Last Modified:24 Apr 2024 19:05

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