Circuit type multiple beamforming networks for antenna arrays in 5G and 6G terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks

YJ Guo, M Ansari, NJG Fonseca - IEEE Journal of Microwaves, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To support the ever-increasing demand on connectivity and datarates, multiple beam
antennas are identified as a critical technology for the fifth generation (5G), the sixth …

Recent developments of butler matrix from components design evolution to system integration for 5g beamforming applications: A survey

AB Shallah, F Zubir, MKA Rahim, HA Majid… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Beamforming networks for multiple beam antennas are believed to be in the vanguard of
technological developments in mmWave for 5G wireless applications. The basic idea of …

True time delay optical beamforming network based on hybrid InP-silicon nitride integration

C Tsokos, E Andrianopoulos, A Raptakis… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate a broadband and continuously tunable 1× 4 optical beamforming network
(OBFN), based on the hybrid integration of indium phosphide (InP) components in the silicon …

A general approach for synthesizing multibeam antenna arrays employing generalized joined coupler matrix

CA Guo, YJ Guo - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite the rapidly increasing interest in analog multibeam antennas, there has been a lack
of systematic theoretical approaches to synthesizing circuit-type multiple beamforming …

Broadband 1× 8 optical beamforming network based on anti-resonant microring delay lines

H Sun, L Lu, Y Liu, Z Ni, J Chen… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate a 1× 8 binary tree optical beamforming network (OBFN) chip for a
microwave photonic phased array antenna. The OBFN is formed by cascading multiple …

Optimization of multibeam antennas employing generalized joined coupler matrix

CA Guo, YJ Guo, H Zhu, W Ni… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Currently, there is increasing interest in analog multibeam antennas whose beams can be
flexibly steered to arbitrary directions. In a previous paper, we presented the theoretical …

[HTML][HTML] Optical beamforming networks for millimeter-wave wireless communications

F Duan, Y Guo, Z Gu, Y Yin, Y Wu, T Chen - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the rapid data growth driven by smart phone, high-definition television and virtual
reality/augmented reality devices and so on, the launched 5G and upcoming 6G wireless …

High-capacity 5G fronthaul networks based on optical space division multiplexing

S Rommel, D Perez-Galacho… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The introduction of 5G mobile networks, bringing multi-Gbit/s user data rates and reduced
latency, opens new opportunities for media generation, transport and distribution, as well as …

A seven bit silicon optical true time delay line for Ka-band phased array antenna

P Zheng, C Wang, X Xu, J Li, D Lin, G Hu… - IEEE Photonics …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A seven-bit optical true time delay unit with a delay tuning increment of 1.42 ps was
designed and fabricated on silicon photonics platform, which can be utilized in Ka-band …

Compact wide-angle scanning multibeam antenna array for V2X communications

MK Ishfaq, SA Babale, HT Chattha… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a wide-angle scanning multibeam planar inverted-E antenna (PIEA)
array for vehicle-to-everything communication. The compact four-element PIEA array is …