WSEAS Transactions on Communications
Print ISSN: 1109-2742, E-ISSN: 2224-2864
Volume 17, 2018
Antenna System Combining Sensing and Communication Tasks for Cognitive Radio Front-Ends
Authors: Hamza Nachouane, Abdellah Najid, Abdelwahed Tribak, Fatima Riouch, Angel Mediavilla
Abstract: This paper presents an antenna system combining sensing and communication tasks, to be implemented into the RF front-end for cognitive radio systems. The sensing task was performed by the means of an ultra-wideband quasi-omnidirectional antenna. Whilst, the communication task was ensured by a narrowband antenna. Both antennas were designed on the same layer of a FR4 substrate. Therefore, the isolation between them must take into consideration. The mutual coupling was less than -15dB over the whole frequency bandwidth. The proposed sensing antenna covers a wide range frequency bands from ranging 2 to 5GHz. Whilst, the communication antenna operates at 2.8GHz. The whole antenna system was designed, fabricated, and measured. Measurement and simulation results are in good agreement, which prove the proposed structure.
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Keywords: Cognitive radio, UWB, microstrip antenna, coplanar waveguide, sensing antenna
Pages: 29-34
WSEAS Transactions on Communications, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1109-2742 / 2224-2864, Volume 17, 2018, Art. #4