Application of Smart Antenna Technology in Wireless Communication Systems [chapter]

Richard H. Roy
2000 Mobile Networking with WAP  
Abstract| Wireless communications is widely recognized as one of the fastest growing industries in today's global marketplace. As with any nascent industry faced with unexpectedly large demand for its products, growing pains are inevitable. Consumers are continually pressing system providers to expand their suite of services, and to provide these services at ever-decreasing costs. Unfortunately for system providers, there is only so much product to sell and technological limitations are in many
more » ... instances becoming signi cant barriers in the quest to meet consumers' insatiable demand. In this article, a brief description of some of the current technical challenges facing wireless service providers is given, historical attempts to address these challenges are summarized, and an overview of intelligent a n tenna technology as a solution thereto is presented.
doi:10.1007/978-3-322-86790-2_6 fatcat:2nbh6beqxjflxj3ckrv2zz4kry