Leakage Based Beam Shaping for Cooperative Communication in MANETs

Tim Rüegg, Raphael Rolny1, Armin Wittneben2

  • 1armasuisse W+T
  • 2ETH Zurich

Details

12:10 - 14:20 | Thu 15 Mar | ID 04/445 | P01-17

Session: 5G Wireless

Abstract

Using the concepts of phased arrays, cooperative communication in military MANTEs has the potential to strongly increase the transmission range while reducing the probability of being detected by hostile units. However, due to the random placement of the nodes and their potentially large separation, the standard pattern synthesis tools can not be applied or require large computational complexity. In this context, we propose leakage based beam shaping, a low complexity pattern synthesis approach which minimizes the leakage power in undesired directions while maintaining coherent addition in the desired direction. By carefully evaluating its performance under various perspectives, we are going to investigate its potential and practical feasibility in military MANETs.