Smart Antenna Technologies for Future Wireless Systems: Trends and Challenges
01 January 2004
In this paper an overview of the benefits and the most recent advances on Smart Antenna transceiver architecture is first given. Then, the most important trends in the adoption of Smart Antennas in future systems are presented, such as reconfigurability to varying channel propagation and network conditions, cross layer optimization and multi-user diversity, and challenges, such as identification of a suitable simulation methodology and accurate channel, interference and implementation losses modeling. Finally, the market trends, future projections and the expected financial impact of Smart Antenna systems deployment are discussed.