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News Release from: Antenova
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 August 2003
Novel antenna research to improve
spectrum use
Antenova and Queen Mary University of London have won a contract from the UK Radiocommunications Agency to develop multi-input/multi-output prototype antenna arrays for laptops, PDAs and handsets.
Antenova and Queen Mary University of London have won a contract from the UK Radiocommunications Agency to develop MIMO (multi-input/multi-output) prototype antenna arrays for laptops, PDAs and handsets This forms part of a wider investigation commissioned by the Radiocommunications Agency into optimising spectrum efficiency to enable future expansion of wireless network systems by using MIMO technology with multiple antennas at the handset and basestations
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 13 Dec 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Radiocommunications Agency recognise that there could be huge potential benefits by using MIMO technology and is planning ahead for the future when WLAN hotspots and similar networks are in wide use in applications such as corporate networks and airports.
The aim is to avoid having radio channels clogged by increased usage, with disappointed customers.
MIMO could offer a significant reduction in the transmit power required for each data packet, improved network coverage and increased data capacity of the network - and better services could be delivered to a large number of users.
Antenova will be playing an important part by designing an antenna that will provide more capacity, allow more calls and increased data rates.
Antenova's high dielectric antenna (HDA) technology will provide high degrees of isolation between the multiple antennas on these small devices.
Antenova's HDA antennas are ideal for these sorts of applications as they are small, efficient and can coexist without interfering with other antennas packed closely together on the same frequency.
Queen Mary will be providing a complimentary technology known as "photonic band-gap surfaces", which can serve to enhance isolation between antennas.
In addition, Queen Mary will also investigate alternative antenna technologies which could provide both spatial and polarisation diversities for MIMO technology.
Orange will be supporting this venture by providing valuable technical and commercial perspective required from an operator's standpoint.
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