TY - GEN
T1 - Investigation of beamforming patterns from volumetrically distributed phased arrays
AU - Overturf, Drew
AU - Buchanan, Kris
AU - Jensen, Jeff
AU - Flores-Molina, Carlos
AU - Wheeland, Sara
AU - Huff, Gregory H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/12/7
Y1 - 2017/12/7
N2 - This work presents distributed beamforming using three dimensional randomly distributed volumetric arrays. This work examines a statistical ensemble (mean-valued) of average beampattern behavior for canonical and non-canonical volumetrically bound distributed (random) antenna arrays. Cubical, cylindrical, and spherical topologies of isotropic elements are analyzed to show beamforming and scanning from zenith to meridian for canonical topologies. In addition, small amounts of work have previously been investigated and therefore this work helps to enlighten with illustrations of the beampattern phenomena of a select few non-conically bound distributed and volumetric structures. To validate the distributed array pattern behavior, the manifold is composed of one million isotropic radiators densely populated amongst geometrical bounds to examine characteristic pattern behavior. This provides faithful convergence of numerical beampatterns to their expected (mean) patterns. Last of all, results show an increasing complexity of pattern behavior for use in many spatial advancements in distributed beamforming.
AB - This work presents distributed beamforming using three dimensional randomly distributed volumetric arrays. This work examines a statistical ensemble (mean-valued) of average beampattern behavior for canonical and non-canonical volumetrically bound distributed (random) antenna arrays. Cubical, cylindrical, and spherical topologies of isotropic elements are analyzed to show beamforming and scanning from zenith to meridian for canonical topologies. In addition, small amounts of work have previously been investigated and therefore this work helps to enlighten with illustrations of the beampattern phenomena of a select few non-conically bound distributed and volumetric structures. To validate the distributed array pattern behavior, the manifold is composed of one million isotropic radiators densely populated amongst geometrical bounds to examine characteristic pattern behavior. This provides faithful convergence of numerical beampatterns to their expected (mean) patterns. Last of all, results show an increasing complexity of pattern behavior for use in many spatial advancements in distributed beamforming.
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U2 - 10.1109/MILCOM.2017.8170756
DO - 10.1109/MILCOM.2017.8170756
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85042354253
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM
SP - 817
EP - 822
BT - MILCOM 2017 - 2017 IEEE Military Communications Conference
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 IEEE Military Communications Conference, MILCOM 2017
Y2 - 23 October 2017 through 25 October 2017
ER -