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IEEE Catalog Number: ISBN:
CFP1277B-PRT 978-1-4577-0918-0
2012 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
(EUCAP 2012)
Prague, Czech Republic 26-30 March 2012
Pages 1-785
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Controlling Propagation Environments Using Intelligent Walls .................................................................................................................. 1Ludek Subrt, Pavel Pechac
Analysis of Position-Related Information in Measured UWB Indoor Channels ........................................................................................ 6Paul Meissner, Klaus Witrisal
Application of the Channel Synthesis Approach to Evaluate the Performance of an Experimental 4-Port Application Antenna ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Martin Kaske, Christian Schneider, Reiner Thoma, Jorg Pamp
Efficiency and Accuracy Enhanced Super Resolved Channel Estimation................................................................................................. 16Jonas Medbo, Fredrik Harrysson
A Monte Carlo Study on the Diversity Measure of a Spherical Volume.................................................................................................... 21Andres Alayon Glazunov
Channel Improvement for Line-of-Sight MIMO Using Dual-Beam Reflectarray.................................................................................... 25Jiyun Shen, Yasuhiro Oda, Tamami Maruyama, Ngochao Tran, Hidetoshi Kayama
Exploiting the Graph Description of Indoor Layout for Ray Persistency Modeling in Moving Channel.............................................. 30Bernard Uguen, Nicolas Amiot, Mohamed Laaraiedh
Tabulated Interaction Method for Electromagnetic Scattering From Lossy Irregular Terrain Profiles .............................................. 35Dung Trinh-Xuan, Conor Brennan
Study of a Polarimetric Model for Diffuse Scattering in Urban Environment ......................................................................................... 39Enrico M. Vitucci, Francesco Mani, Vittorio Degli-Esposti, Claude Oestges
Shadowing in Urban Environments with Microcellular or Peer-to-Peer Links........................................................................................ 44Zheda Li, Rui Wang, Andreas F. Molisch
Pervasive Remote Sensing Through WSNs ................................................................................................................................................... 49F. Viani, P. Rocca, G. Oliveri, A. Massa
A Multi-Sensor WSN Backbone for Museum Monitoring and Surveillance............................................................................................. 51F. Viani, M. Salucci, P. Rocca, G. Oliveri, A. Massa
Electromagnetic Optimization of Passive RFID Sensor Nodes ................................................................................................................... 53Cecilia Occhiuzzi, Gaetano Marrocco
Long-range Wireless Sensor Nodes–Lessons Learned ................................................................................................................................. 57Krzysztof Piotrowski, Anna Sojka, Peter Langendoerfer
Wireless Sensor Network Nodes for RTLS, Biomonitoring, and Authentication Applications .............................................................. 62Vasileios Lakafosis, Rushi Vyas, Vidyasagar Mukala, Anya Traille, M. M. Tentzeris
Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks: A Selection of Challenging Applications ...................................................................................... 64Gerhard P. Hancke, Gerhard P. Hancke Jr.
Cognitive Symbiotic Network Planning for Energy Consumption Reduction in Wireless Sensor Networks........................................ 69D. Plets, W. Joseph, E. De Poorter, L. Martens, I. Moerman
Propagation and Availability on E-band Terrestrial Radio ........................................................................................................................ 73Laszlo Csurgai-Horvath, Istvan Frigyes, Janos Bito
Instruments, Data and Techniques for the Assessment of the Atmospheric Noise Emission in Satcom Ground Stations............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 76
V. Mattioli, F. S. Marzano, S. Crewell, G. Carrie, U. Lohnert, D. Cimini, C. Capsoni, E. Fionda, A. Martellucci
Statistics of Total Attenuation and Fade Dynamics From Measurements in Toulouse of the 19.7 GHz Beacon of Eutelsat Hot Bird 6 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 81
X. Boulanger, G. Carrie, L. Castanet, L. Casadebaig, B. Gabard
Experimental Data and Testing Procedures for Modelling of Propagation Effects on Terrestrial Radio Links From C to W Bands .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 86
Marlene S. Pontes, Luiz Da Silva Mello, Michael J. Willis, Steve Salamon, Terje Tjelta, Laurent Castanet
Review of Radar Measurements of Precipitation for the Characterization of Propagation Effects on Terrestrial and Slant Path Radio Links............................................................................................................................................................................. 91
C. Capsoni, L. Castanet, N. Jeannin, L. Luini, F. S. Marzano, M. Thurai, V. N. Bringi
Beacon Receivers and Digital Detectors Solutions for Earth-Satellite Propagation Campaigns ............................................................ 96Armando Rocha, Fernando Machado, Fernando Perez-Fontan, Marco Sousa
Validation and Improvement of Precipitation Statistical Modelling for Radiowave Propagation .......................................................101N. Jeannin, L. Castanet, C. Capsoni, C. Riva, M. Pontes, A. Martellucci, M. Willis, T. Tjelta
Instruments, Data and Techniques for the Assessment of Tropospheric Noise in Deep Space Tracking ............................................106Paolo Tortora, Susanne Crewell, Gunnar Elgered, Alberto Graziani, Per Jarlemark, Marco Lanucara, Ulrich Lohnert, Antonio Martellucci, Mattia Mercolino, Tong Ning, Thomas Rose, Jan Schween
26-GHz Data Downlink for LEO Satellites..................................................................................................................................................111J. Rosello, A. Martellucci, R. Acosta, J. Nessel, L. E. Braten, C. Riva
The Propagation and Telecom Experiments of the Alphasat Aldo Payload (TDP5 Q/V Band Experiment) ......................................116G. Codispoti, C. Riva, M. Ruggieri, T. Rossi, A. Martenllucci, J. Rivera-Castro, O. Koudelka, M. Schoenuber
Evaluation of Microplasma Discharges as Active Components for Reconfigurable Antennas .............................................................117F. Pizarro, R. Pascaud, O. Pascal, T. Callegari, L. Liard
A Novel Non-Foster Broadband Patch Antenna .........................................................................................................................................120Stavros Koulouridis, Spyros Stefanopoulos
Broad Bandwidth, Efficient, Metamaterial-Inspired, Electrically Small Antennas Augmented with Internal Non-Foster Elements ..............................................................................................................................................................................................123
Richard W. Ziolkowski, Ning Zhu
Electrically Small Half-Loop Antenna Design with Non-Foster Matching Networks ............................................................................126Yifeng Fan, Khalid Z. Rajab, Max Munoz, Yang Hao
Quasi-constant-phase Networks Inspired by Metamaterial Transmission Lines with the Non-Foster Elements ...............................130Dmitry V. Kholodnyak, Viacheslav M. Turgaliev
Full Conditions for the Stability Analysis of Negative Impedance Converters .......................................................................................135Jose Luis Jimenez-Martin, Vicente Gonzalez-Posadas, Angel Parra-Cerrada, Alvaro Blanco-Campo, Eduardo Ugarte-Munoz, Daniel Segovia-Vargas
New Research Directions in Broadband Active non-Foster RF Metamaterials ......................................................................................139Silvio Hrabar, Igor Krois, Aleksandar Kiricenko, Ivan Bonic, Damir Muha
Small Antenna for Aerobatic Aircraft .........................................................................................................................................................143K. Pitra, Z. Raida
Novel Conformal Antenna Concept for Security Applications .................................................................................................................147C. Tschoban, U. Maab, I. Ndip, S. Guttowski, K. Lang
Antenna Design for a Conformal Antenna Array Demonstrator .............................................................................................................151C. Loecker, P. Knott, R. Sekora, S. Algermissen
Conformal Tapered Microstrip Leaky-Wave Antennas ............................................................................................................................154A. Martinez-Ros, J. Gomez-Tornero, G. Goussetis
A Conformal CPW Folded Slot Antenna Array Printed on a Kapton Substrate ...................................................................................159M. Aziz, S. Roy, L. Berge, Irfanullah, S. Nariyal, B. Braaten
Surface Impedance Characterization for UTD Based Solution with IBC for Surface Fields on a Dielectric-Coated PEC Circular Cylinder ..................................................................................................................................................................................163
Andres Garcia-Aguilar, Zvonimir Sipus, Manuel Sierra-Perez
Stretchable Antennas .....................................................................................................................................................................................168Q. Liu, K. Ford, R. Langley, A. Robinson, S. Lacour
Determining the Optimal Operative Conditions in Magnetic Nanoparticle Hyperthermia ..................................................................172G. Bellizzi, O. M. Bucci, A. Di Bernardo
Magnetic Nanoparticles Enhanced Microwave Imaging: A Feasibility Assessment ..............................................................................177G. Bellizzi, O. Bucci, I. Catapano, L. Crocco, R. Scapaticci
Wearable Biomonitoring Monopole Antennas Using Inkjet Printed Electromagnetic Band Gap Structures ....................................181Sangkil Kim, Manos M. Tentzeris, Symeon Nikolaou
Possibilities for Microwave Breast Tumor Sensing Via Contrast-Agent-Loaded Nanorobots..............................................................185Panagiotis Kosmas, Yifan Chen
A Smart Diagnostic Capsule with a Novel Antenna and Nano-Biosensors..............................................................................................190H. Rajagopalan, K. S. Shin, J. Kina, C. O. Chui, Y. Rahmat-Samii
Characterization of Graphene-based Nano-antennas in the Terahertz Band .........................................................................................194Ignacio Llatser, Christian Kremers, Dmitry N. Chigrin, Josep Miquel Jornet, Max C. Lemme, Albert Cabellos-Aparicio, Eduard Alarcon
Electronic and Vibrational Properties of Magnetic Core-Shell Nanoparticles .......................................................................................199Angelo De Bernardo, Pilarisetty Tarakeshwar, Vladimiro Mujica
Fast Wideband Solution of Finite Element - Boundary Integral Equation Problems ............................................................................203Dennis T. Schobert, Thomas F. Eibert
New Features and Applications for a Fast Planar-3D Integral Equation Solver ....................................................................................207T. Vaupel
Efficient Iterative Solution of Problems Using Characteristic Basis Function Method Combined with Multilevel Fast Multipole Algorithm ..............................................................................................................................................................................211
Eliseo Garcia, Carlos Delgado, Ivan Gonzalez, Javier Moreno, Felipe Catedra
Acceleration of Series Summation Encountered in the Analysis of Conformal Antennas and Periodic Structures...........................216Zvonimir Sipus, Marko Bosiljevac
Efficient Analysis of Mutual Coupling in Periodic and Non-Periodic Printed Antenna Arrays...........................................................220David Gonzalez-Ovejero, Francisco Mesa, Christophe Craeye, R. R. Boix
Novel Topology of Fabry-Perot Electronically Steerable Leaky-Wave Antenna....................................................................................224Raul Guzman-Quiros, Jose Luis Gomes-Tornero, Maria Garcia-Vigueras, Andrew R. Weily, Y. Jay Guo
Flexible Pattern Synthesis with SIW LWAs ................................................................................................................................................229A. Martinez-Ros, J. Gomez-Tornero, G. Goussetis
Near-Field Focusing with Holographic Two-Dimensional Tapered Leaky-Wave Slot Antennas .........................................................234J. Gomez-Tornero, A. Martinez-Ros, N. Llombart
Phase Centre Of Fabry-Pérot Cavity Antennas: Leaky-Wave Model And Analytical Formulas.........................................................239P. Burghignoli
Flat Leaky-Wave Lenses................................................................................................................................................................................243G. Minatti, F. Caminita, S. Maci
Efficiently Illuminated Broadside-Directed 1D and 2D Tapered Fabry-Perot Leaky-Wave Antennas ...............................................247M. Garcia-Vigueras, P. Delara-Guarch, J. L. Gomez-Tornero, R. Guzman-Quiros, G. Goussetis
Broadside Radiation From Radial Arrays of Substrate Integrated Leaky-Wave Antennas .................................................................252Alejandro Javier Martinez-Ros, Jose Luis Gomez-Tornero, George Goussetis
Circularly Polarized Leaky Wave Antenna Without Phase Shifter Using CRLH Transmission Line ................................................255Kazuhiro Kitatani, Yoshiki Mitsuhata, Yasuyuki Okamura
Computational Aspects for the Accurate and Efficient Analysis of Periodic Planar Leaky-Wave Antennas .....................................260G. Valerio, S. Paulotto, D. R. Jackson, D. R. Wilton, P. Baccarelli, A. Galli
Recent Advances in the Modeling of Periodic Leaky-Wave Antennas Scanning Through Broadside .................................................263Simon Otto, Klaus Solbach, Christophe Caloz
A Study of Planar Leaky-Wave Antenna Designs Fed by Practical Surface-Wave Launchers ............................................................265S. K. Podilchak, A. P. Freundorfer, Y. M. M. Antar
Analysis and Design of Leaky Wave Antennas (LWA) Based on Dielectric Filled Waveguides ...........................................................267J. C. Vardaxoglou, M. Padilla Pardo, R. D. Seager
A Domain Decomposition Approach to the Radiation From Sources Localized Within Complex Structures ...................................269V. Lancellotti, B. Hon, A. Tijhuis
Generalized Equivalence Integral Equations ..............................................................................................................................................274A. Boag, V. Lomakin
Fast-Factorization Acceleration of MoM Domain-Decomposition: SFX-AIM and General .................................................................276A. Freni, P. Vita, P. Pirinoli, L. Mateskovits, G. Vecchi
A Comparison of the Computational Resources Required by a Domain Decomposition Approach and Other Efficient Numerical Techniques Based on the Moment Method...............................................................................................................278
Carlos Delgado, Eliseo Garcia, Ivan Gonzalez, Leticia Hernandez, Felipe Catedra
Scattering Matrix Domain Decomposition Method Formalized with Different Wave Propagators ....................................................283Enrica Martini, Cristian Della Giovampaola, Alberto Toccafondi, Stefano Maci
A New De-embedding Technique for the Analysis of Printed Circuits and Antennas Based on the Characteristic Basis Function Method ..................................................................................................................................................................................286
Raj Mittra, Giacomo Bianconi, Chiara Pelletti, Kai Du, Agostino Monorchio
On the Influence of Domain Extensions and the Relaxation Parameter on Spatial Domain Decomposition Methods ......................288Jaime Laviada, Marcos R. Pino, Fernando Las-Heras
Fast Spectral-Domain MBF Method for Printed Antennas.......................................................................................................................292Shambhu Nath Jha, Christophe Craeye
Hierarchical EM Preconditioners with Spectral Domain Partitioning ....................................................................................................296Francesco P. Andriulli
Issues in Compressive Domain Decomposition for Integral Equations....................................................................................................299M. A. Francavilla, M. Righero, F. Vipiana, O. Terzo, P. Ruiu, L. Mossucca, G. Vecchi
Antenna Correlation From Input Parameters for Arbitrary Topologies and Terminations ................................................................303Osama N. Alrabadi, J. Bach Andersen, Gert F. Pedersen
Excitation of an Anisotropic Plasma Medium by an Antenna ..................................................................................................................306Nabil Ben Hsouna, Marc Thevenot, David Carsenat, Thierry Monediere, Marc Gonich
Evaluation of the Norton Equations for the Development of Body-Centric Propagation Models ........................................................311M. Grimm, D. Manteuffel
Influence of the Human Body on a New Coplanar-fed Ultra-Wideband Antenna .................................................................................316M. Koohestani, N. Pires, A. Skrivervik, A. Moreira
First Results of Rain Spatial Parameters Analyses for Optical Links......................................................................................................320Stanislav Zvanovec, Pavel Pechac
The Impact of Liquid Water Content on Free Space Optical Propagation .............................................................................................323Laszlo Csurgai-Horvath, Janos Bito, Petr Pesice, Ondrej Fiser
Prediction of Cloud Attenuation on Earth-space Optical Links ...............................................................................................................326Carlo Capsoni, Lorenzo Luini, Roberto Nebuloni
Characterization of Hydrometeor Scattering Effects and Experimental Measurements Using Near-Infrared Free-Space Urban Links .........................................................................................................................................................................................330
F. S. Marzano, P. Nocito, S. Mori, F. Frezza, P. Lucantoni, M. Ferrara, E. Restuccia, G. M. Tosi Beleffi
Restricted Beam Analysis for FSO Links ....................................................................................................................................................335Juraj Poliak, Jiri Komrska, Otakar Wilfert
Microdosimetry for Ultrashort Electric Pulses: a Literature Review ......................................................................................................340Caterina Merla, Alessandra Paffi, Francesca Apollonio, Micaela Liberti
Numerical Simulations Aided Development of Nanosecond Pulse Electroporators ...............................................................................344Matej Kranjc, Matej Rebersek, Damijan Miklavcic
Nanopulses and Their Applications: Permeabilisation to Bleomycin Molecules by 10 Ns Duration Electric Pulses in a Tumor Model in Vivo..................................................................................................................................................................................348
Aude Silve, Isabelle Leray, Bassim Al-Sakere, Lluis M. Mir
Generators and Applicators for Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field .........................................................................................................351Philippe Leveque, Delia Arnaud-Cormos
Electroporation Mechanism: Review of Molecular Models Based on Computer Simulation ...............................................................356F. Apollonio, M. Liberti, P. Marracino, Lluis Mir
Dual-parameter Concentric Ring RA Elements .........................................................................................................................................359B. Ha, P. Pirinoli, R. Zich, M. Mussetta
Wideband Reflectarray Antenna Based on Miniaturized Element Frequency Selective Surfaces .......................................................362Arezou Edalati, Kamal Sarabandi
Harvesting RF Energy with Rectenna Arrays ............................................................................................................................................365Jingwei Zhang, Yi Huang, Ping Cao
Performance Evaluation of Diversity Antennas in Multipath Environments of Finite Richness..........................................................368N. Jamaly, M. Ifikhar, Y. Rahmat-Samii
Multiplexing Efficiency of MIMO Antennas in Arbitrary Propagation Scenarios ................................................................................373Ruiyuan Tian, Buon Kiong Lau, Zhinong Ying
Impact of Total Efficiency of Multiple Element Antennas on Diversity and Capacity ..........................................................................378Jane X. Yun, Rodney G. Vaughan
Correlation Measurements on Small Mobile Devices.................................................................................................................................382B. Yanakiev, J. Nielsen, M. Christensen, G. Pedersen
A Multilayered Coaxial Feed Model ............................................................................................................................................................386Guy A. E. Vandenbosch, Vladimir Volski
On Increasing Capabilities of GPU In-Core Solver Applied to Method of Moments ............................................................................391D. Zoric, D. Olcan, B. Kolundzija
Near Field Excitation of Artificial Dielectric Layers: Field Distributions and Electrical Properties ...................................................395Waqas H. Syed, Andrea Neto
Microstrip CAD Models Including Surface Wave Coupling.....................................................................................................................398Andreas R. Diewald
Novel CPW Power Divider Based on Resonators .......................................................................................................................................402German Leon, Luis Fernando Herran, Fernando Las Heras
Rectangular Waveguide to Coplanar Stripline Transition Based on a Unilateral Finline ....................................................................405Mahmoud Al Henawy, Martin Schneider
A Miniaturised V-Band 4×4 Butler Matrix SiGe MMIC...........................................................................................................................410Jian Zhang, Vincent Fusco
Analytical Model of a Printed Transition for SIW Antennas....................................................................................................................414M. Morote, B. Fuchs, J. Mosig
A New Power Divider Architecture for Suspended Strip Line .................................................................................................................418Jean-Francois Zurcher, Rafal Glogowski, Juan R. Mosig
Carrier Frequency Characteristic of Time-Spatial Profile in Outdoor LOS Environments .................................................................423Hideki Omote, Yosuke Sugita, Yoshichika Ohta, Teruya Fujii
Directional Channel Characteristics in Elevation and Azimuth at an Urban Macrocell Base Station ................................................428J. Medbo, H. Asplund, J. Berg, N. Jalden
Channel Measurements and Analysis for Very Large Array Systems At 2.6 GHz ................................................................................433Sohail Payami, Fredrik Tufvesson
Channel Capacity Estimation Method for 2 x 2 MIMO Considering Received Power Imbalance and Antenna Correlation ......................................................................................................................................................................................................438
Shinobu Nanba, Yuki Hirota, Yoji Kishi
Channel Extrapolation Based on Wideband MIMO Measurements .......................................................................................................442N. Jalden, H. Asplund, J. Medbo
Impact of Rician Fading on the Orthogonality of Dual-Polarized Macrocellular Channels .................................................................447Ruiyuan Tian, Buon Kiong Lau, Jonas Medbo
Simulation of the Coverage Probability of Femtocell Using the Padé Approximant..............................................................................452Josiane C. Rodrigues, Simone G. C. Fraiha, Jasmine Araujo, Herminio S. Gomes, C. Renato L. Frances, Gervasio P. S. Cavalcante
Analysis of Antenna Diversity Performance Dependence on Multi-Antenna Channel Delay Spread in Reverberation Chamber ................................................................................................................................................................................456
M. A. Garcia-Fernandez, N. Arsalane, M. Mouhamadou, D. Carsenat, C. Decroze, T. Monediere
The DMC Contribution in the Human Absorption in an Indoor Environment......................................................................................460Aliou Bamba, Wout Joseph, Gunter Vermeeren, Emmeric Tanghe, Luc Martens Ghent
Spatial Correlation of Receive Antennas of Indoor Static Mobile Terminal...........................................................................................463T. Fujii, Y. Ohta
Analyzing Human Body Shadowing at 60 GHz: Systematic Wideband MIMO Measurements and Modeling Approaches......................................................................................................................................................................................................468
M. Peter, M. Wisotzki, M. Racaela-Motoc, W. Keusgen, R. Felbecker, M. Jacob, S. Priebe, T. Kurner
Characterization of 60 GHz Shadowing by Human Bodies and Simple Phantoms ................................................................................473Carl Gustafson, Fredrik Tufvesson
The Impact of Antenna Directivities on THz Indoor Channel Characteristics.......................................................................................478Sebastian Priebe, Martin Jacob, Thomas Kurner
Affection of THz Indoor Communication Links by Antenna Misalignment ...........................................................................................483S. Priebe, M. Jacob, T. Kurner
Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in the Millimeter Wave Band Using the NVIDIA OptiX GPU Ray Tracing Engine ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................488
Robert Felbecker, Leszek Raschkowski, Wilhelm Keusgen, Michael Peter
A MATLAB-based Tool for Visualizing the Plane Wave Propagation in Multilayer Structures Containing Metamaterials .................................................................................................................................................................................................493
Marcin Wielichowski, Juan R. Mosig
Frequency and Path Length Scaling Based on Long-Term Statistics of Rain Attenuation on Terrestrial Paths at 38 GHz and 58 GHz.............................................................................................................................................................................................497
Vaclav Kvicera, Martin Grabner, Ondrej Fiser
On the Estimation of Rain Attenuation Channels in Millimeter Wave Radio Networks.......................................................................500V. Sakarellos, D. Skraparlis, A. Panagopoulos, J. Kanellopoulos
Analysis of 15-Months Rain Rate Measurements At NTUA Campus ......................................................................................................505C. Kourogiorgas, A. Panagopoulos, N. Moraitis, J. Kanellopoulos, S. Livieratos, G. Chatzarakis
Improving Connectivity in Indoor Millimeter Wave Wireless Networks Using Diversity Reception ..................................................510Georgios T. Pitsiladis, Athanasios D. Panagopoulos, Phillip Constantinou
BAN Shadowing Properties of an Arm-Waving Dynamic Phantom ........................................................................................................515Koichi Ogawa, Kazuhiro Honda
Parallel FDTD Simulations for WBAN Channel Characterization Using Different Body Models.......................................................520Tero Uusitupa
Modeling of Delay Profiles Around the Human Body in Arbitrary Environments................................................................................525Masato Koiwai, Hironobu Yamamoto, Takehiko Kobayashi
Scatterer Localization in Hospital Rooms At 60 GHz ................................................................................................................................530Katsuyuki Haneda, Kenichi Takizawa, Mikko Kyro, Hiroaki Hagiwara, Pertti Vainikainen
Diversity Performance of UWB Low Band Communication over In-body to On-body Propagation Channel...................................535Jingjing Shi, Daisuke Anzai, Jianqing Wang
The Utilization of Body Skeleton Model for Modeling the Dynamic BAN Channels .............................................................................540Iswangi, Takahiro Aoyagi, Minseok Kim, Junichi Takada
Simulation for Wearable Body Area Network by Multipole Technique At 403 MHz............................................................................544Takahiro Aoyagi, Jun-Ichi Takada
Link Correlation Property in WBAN At 2.4 GHz by Multi-link Channel Measurement......................................................................548Minseok Kim, Karma Wangchuk, Jun-Ichi Takada
Design of a Radio System for Capsule Endoscopy Through a Pathloss Analysis ...................................................................................553Kenichi Takizawa, Hiroaki Hagiwara, Kiyoshi Hamaguchi
Feasibility Study of 60 GHz Radio Systems in Hospital Environments ...................................................................................................557Mikko Kyro, Kenichi Takizawa, Katsuyuki Haneda, Hiroaki Hagiwara, Pertti Vainikainen
New Measurements of Atmospheric Continuum for Refinement of Millimeter Wave Propagation Models ......................................562Evgeny Serov, Maxim Koshelev, Vladimir Parshin, Mikhail Tretyakov
Atmospheric Attenuation At 100 and 300 GHz Estimated with Radiosonde Data .................................................................................567Gustavo A. Siles, Jose M. Riera, Pedro Garcia-Del-Pino
Accuracy Assesment of Material Measurements with a Quasi-Optical Free-Space Test Bench...........................................................572E. Saenz, L. Rolo, K. Van'T Klooster, M. Paquay, V. V. Parshin
Emission Spectroscopic Measurement in Fabry-Perot Resonator - Different Methods of Spectra Evaluation ..................................577Petr Cerny, Vaclav Kabourek, Stanislav Zvanovec, Petr Piksa, Tomas Korinek
Variations of Ozone Microwave Emission From the Mesosphere At Heating a Lower Ionosphere Powerful HF Radio Waves....................................................................................................................................................................................................581
Yuri Kulikov, Vladimir Frolov
Three-Mirror Resonator Reflectivity Measurement of Plane and Grooved Surfaces: Setup, Options, Results .................................585W. Kasparek, E. Holzhauer, H. Kumric, B. Plaum, R. Wacker, A. Zeitler, G. Gantenbein
Reflectors Reflectivity of the MADRAS Spaceborne Radiometer ............................................................................................................590Laurent Costes, Carlos Montesano Benito
Use the Feature of Atmospheric Millimeter Wave Emission for Remote Sounding of Earth Cover ....................................................595A. A. Shvetsov
Precise Measurements of Materials and Media in the mm/sub-mm Ranges ...........................................................................................598V. V. Parshin, E. A. Serov, C. G. M. Van'T Klooster
Descriptor Choice for UWB Antenna Arrays .............................................................................................................................................603Vit Sipal, David Edwards, Bell Allen
Comparative Analysis of Dual-band Array Radiator Interactions in Rectangular and Triangular Grids .........................................607Ezhil Valavan A. Shenario, Massimiliano Simeoni, Alexander Yarovoy
Analysis of the Strut and Feed Blockage Effects in Radio Telescopes with Compact UWB Feeds.......................................................611W. C. Liao, M. V. Ivashina, P. S. Kildal, A. Van Ardenne
SKA AA-low Front-End Developments - (At Cambridge University) .....................................................................................................616Eloy De Lera Acedo, Nima Razavi Ghods, Paul Scott, Peter Doherty, Keith Grainge, Andrew Faulkner, Paul Alexander, Nick Drought, Nick Troop, David Gonzalez-Ovejero, Christopher Raucy, Christopher Craeye, Paul Van Der Merwe, Howard C. Reader
Development of the Cryogenic 2-14 GHz Eleven Feed System for VLBI2010 ........................................................................................621Jian Yang, Miroslav Panteleev, Terese Ekebrand, Per-Simon Kildal, Hasan Raza, Jungang Yin, Jan Jonsson, Leif Helldner, Anders Emrich, Benjamin Klein
Novel Printed UWB Array Based on a Versatile and Low-Cost Antenna Configuration......................................................................626A. Galli, S. Mazzocchi, G. Valerio, M. Ciattaglia, M. Zucca
EMBRACE: Results From an Aperture Array for Radio Astronomy.....................................................................................................629P. Benthem, G. W. Kant
Experimental Evaluation of Polarimetric Beamformers for an L-band Phased Array Feed................................................................634W. A. Van Cappellen, S. J. Wijnholds, L. Bakker
Low-Profile Wide-Band Wide-Angle-Scan Antenna Array Element .......................................................................................................638Leopoldo Infante, Stefano Mosca, Mario Teglia
Broadband Dual Polarised Planar Aperture Arrays for Wide Field of View Applications...................................................................643Anthony K. Brown, Yongwei Zhang
Some Investigations on New Optimization Techniques for EM Problems ..............................................................................................647L. Teagno, D. Tonella, P. Pirinoli
Advanced Modeling of Choke Ring Antennas for Mm-Wave Applications ............................................................................................650S. Steshenko, A. A. Kirilenko, A. V. Boriskin, M. Zhadobov, R. Sauleau
Fabry-Perot-like Resonances in the E-polarized Electromagnetic Plane Wave Scattering and Absorption by a Thin Dielectric Strip ................................................................................................................................................................................................655
O. Shapoval, R. Sauleau, A. Nosich
Full-Wave Modeling of Antennas by Elementary Sources Based on Spherical Waves Translation ....................................................659Juan F. Izquierdo, Jesus Rubio, M. A. Gonzalez
Numerical Solution of a Non-Linear Maxwell Problem for the Characterization of Nematic Liquid Crystals ..................................664N. C. Papanicolaou, A. C. Polucarpou, M. A. Christou
UTD Computation for NURBS Surfaces .....................................................................................................................................................669M. Balasubramanian, A. Toccafondi, S. Maci
Transmitters with Multi-Radiation Sources for Electromagnetic Ray Tracing .....................................................................................673Robert Brem, Thomas F. Eibert
Comparison of Approximate Models of Horizontal ...................................................................................................................................678V. Arnautovskik-Toseva, K. Drissi, K. Kerroum, L. Grcev
Resonant Scattering of Light by Finite Sparse Configurations of Silver Nanowires..............................................................................683D. Natarov, R. Sauleau, A. Nosich
A Modified RC-FDTD Algorithm for Plasmonics in Drude Dispersive Media Nanostructures ...........................................................687A. Lesina, A. Vaccari, A. Bozzoli
Mode Matching Method for the Analysis of Substrate Integrated Waveguides .....................................................................................691M. Casaletti, R. Sauleau, S. Maci, M. Ettorre
Strongly Near-Singular Integral Evaluation for Curvilinear Elements ...................................................................................................695F. Vipiana, D. R. Wilton, W. A. Johnson
Volumetric Integral Equation Techniques for Plasmonic Applications...................................................................................................697G. A. E. Vandenbosch, V. Volski, Z. Ma, X. Zheng, N. Verellen, V. K. Valev, V. V. Moshchalkov
Efficient Evaluation of MoM Matrix Elements Using CPU and/or GPU ................................................................................................702Branko M. Kolundzija, Dusan P. Zoric
Discretization of the Electric-Magnetic Field Integral Equation with the Divergence Taylor-Orthogonal Basis Functions Free From the Magnetic-Field and the Electric-Field Low-Frequency Breakdowns...........................................................707
Eduard Ubeda, Jose M. Tamayo, Juan M. Rius
Analytical Approach to Mutual Coupling Between Dipole Antennas in the Presence of a Semi-Infinite Ground Plane.................................................................................................................................................................................................................712
Hatem Rmili, Lyazid Aberbour, Stefano Maci, Christophe Craeye
Efficient Computation of Periodic, Layered Media Green’s Functions ...................................................................................................716D. R. Wilton, D. R. Jackson, F. C. Celepcikay
Real Axis Integration of Sommerfeld Integrals with Error Estimation ...................................................................................................719Ioannis D. Koufogiannis, Athanasios G. Polimeridis, Michael Matters, Juan R. Mosig
A Rigorous Integral Approach for Conductor Losses Modelling in RLSA Antennas ...........................................................................724A. Mazzinghi, A. Freni, A. Albani
Current and Charge Integral Equation .......................................................................................................................................................725Felipe Vico-Bondia, Miguel Ferrando-Bataller, Alejandro Valero-Nogueira, Daniel Sanchez-Escuderos
Switchable on/off-body Communication At 2.45GHz Using Textile Microstrip Patch Antenna on Stripline .....................................728Richard J. Langley, Keneth L. Ford, Hyung-Joo Lee
Indoor Off-Body Wireless Communication Using Static Zero-Elevation Beamforming on Front and Back Textile Antenna Arrays ..............................................................................................................................................................................................732
Patrick Van Torre, Luigi Vallozzi, Hendrik Rogier, Jo Verhaevert
MHz-Band Human Centric Communication Technology Using Near-Field Coupling Mechanism.....................................................737Yuichi Kado, Tatsuya Kusunoki, Taku Kobase, Masashi Takahashi, Hitoshi Shimasaki, Mitsuru Shinagawa
A Small Tunable and Wearable Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA).......................................................................................................742C. H. Lin, Z. Li, K. Ito, M. Takahashi, K. Saito
Detuning Issues and Performance of a Novel Implantable Antenna for Telemetry Applications ........................................................746Asimina Kiourti, Konstantina S. Nikita
Numerical and Experimental Analysis of the On-Body Propagation Channel At W Band...................................................................750A. Pellegrini, A. Brizzi, L. Zhang, Y. Hao
RSSI-based Environment Identification for 2.45 GHz Body Area Networks .........................................................................................755Bernhard H. E. Altvater, Sean F. Heaney, Simon L. Cotton, Arjan Meijerink, Mark J. Bentum, William G. Scanlon
E-fiber Electronics for Body-Worn Devices ................................................................................................................................................760Lanlin Zhang, Zheyu Wang, Dimitris Psychoudakis, John L. Volakis
Zip Based Monopole Antenna for Wearable Communication Systems ...................................................................................................762M. Mantash, A. C. Tarot, S. Collardey, K. Mahdjoubi
Differentially-fed UWB Slot Antenna for Direct Board Integration ........................................................................................................765Antoine Dumoulin, Max J. Ammann
Quad-ridge Dual Polarized Antenna for Use in the 2-32GHz Band .........................................................................................................769A. Giacomini, A. Potenza, R. Morbidini, L. Foged
Robust Design of UWB Antennas Using Response Surface Approximations and Manifold Mapping ................................................773Slawomir Koziel, Stanislav Ogurtsov
Wideband Reflector for Archimedean Spiral Antenna..............................................................................................................................776Christopher Djoma, Xavier Begaud, Anne Claire Lepage, Stephane Mallegol, Michel Jousset
Wedge-Shaped Dual Planar Log-Periodic Antenna with Enhanced Directivity for WiMAX Applications ........................................781Stamatios A. Amanatiadis, Antonios X. Lalas, Nikolaos V. Kantartzis
Loop-to-loop Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Wireless Signal Transfer.....................................................................................................786Ioan E. Lager, Adrianus T. De Hoop
Investigation of Penetration Ability of UWB Antennas in Near-field Sensing Applications .................................................................791Aidin Razavi, Jian Yang
Naturally Non-Selective Handset Antennas with Good Robustness Against Impedance Mistuning....................................................796Risto Valkonen, Janne Ilvonen, Pertti Vainikainen
High Gain and Broadband Ultra Low Profile EBG Antenna for High Power and Electronic Warfare Applications .......................801Moustapha Salah Toubet, Regis Chantalat, Mohamad Hajj, Bernard Jecko, Jean Christophe Diot
Multiple Sector Ring Monopole Antennas...................................................................................................................................................804O. Losito, M. Bozzetti, V. Dimiccoli, D. Barletta
A CPSS-Based Reflectarray Cell with Reconfigurable Capabilities ........................................................................................................808S. Mener, R. Gillard, R. Sauleau, C. Cheymol, P. Potier
Modelling and Numerical Analysis of Rotating Antennas and Rotating Scatterers Applied to Aeronautical System Simulations ......................................................................................................................................................................................................812
Gerhard Greving, Wolf-Dieter Biermann, Rolf Mundt
Comparison Between Scrimp Horns and Stacked Fabry-Perot Cavity Antennas with Small Apertures............................................817S. A. Muhammad, A. Rolland, S. H. Dahlan, R. Sauleau, H. Legay
New Multi-Layer Millimetre-Wave Folded Reflectarray Antennas for Satellite Communications .....................................................821D. Zhou, C. Zhang, S. Gao, T. Chaloun, W. Menzel, V. Ziegler
Pointing Accuracy and Gain Reduction Mechanisms in CP Retrodirective Arrays for SATCOM Applications...............................825Oleksandr Malyuskin, Vincent Fusco
Dynamic Analysis and Experiment of Deployable Truss Structure for Reflector Antenna ..................................................................827Hongwei Guo, Rongqiang Liu, Zongquan Deng, Dake Tian
Isophoric Sparse Arrays: a Synthesis Procedure for Circularly Symmetric Shaped Beams ................................................................832O. Bucci, T. Isernia, A. Morabito, S. Perna, D. Pinchera
Deployable Antennas for CubeSat and Space Communications...............................................................................................................837J. Costantine, Y. Tawk, A. Ernest, C. Christodoulou
Design of Low Scattering Posts for Dual Gridded Reflector Antennas....................................................................................................841Mathieu Riel, Yves Demers, Alexander Ihle, Jean-Louis Lopes, Jean-Christophe Angevain
Struts Scattering Effects on High Performance Spacecraft Antenna.......................................................................................................846R. Ravanelli, V. Lubrano, C. Iannicelli
Computational Electromagnetics: Commercial State-Of-The-Art and Scientific Road Map ...............................................................850Guy A. E. Vandenbosch, Francesca Mioc
State of the Art of Electromagnetic Modelling in FEKO ...........................................................................................................................853Ulrich Jakobus, Gronum Smith
New Modelling Capabilities in Commercial Software for High-Gain Antennas ....................................................................................855Erik Jorgensen, Michael Lumholt, Peter Meincke, Min Zhou, Stig B. Sorensen, Oscar Borries, Cecilia Cappellin, Poul Erik Frandsen
Millimeter-wave Microstrip-feeding Broadband Aperture Antennas in Multi-layer Configuration ...................................................860Kunio Sakakibara, Hiroki Hori, Nobuyoshi Kikuma, Hiroshi Hirayama
Accurate Modeling of Antennas Using Variable-Fidelity EM Simulations and Co-Kriging .................................................................865Slawomir Koziel, Stanislav Ogurtsov, Ivo Couckuyt, Tom Dhaene
Factorization of Gaussian Coupling Efficiency and Algorithm to Compute It .......................................................................................868Yogesh Karandikar
Circularly Polarized Reflectarray Antenna for Satellite Broadcasting Reception .................................................................................873Shigeru Makino, Yukihiro Yoshida, Kosuke Okada, Shusuke Sasaki, Shin-Ichi Betsudan, Kenji Itoh, Keisuke Noguchi, Tetsuo Hirota, Toru Takahashi
Analysis of 60 GHz Flip-Chipped Package Using EM Tool-based Time-Domain Reflectometry .........................................................878M. I. Kazim, M. H. A. J. Herben
The Evaluation of Total Radiation Q Based on Modal Approach ............................................................................................................883Miloslav Capek, Pavel Hazdra, Jan Eichler, Pavel Hamouz, Milos Mazanek, Veronika Sobotikova
Designing Microwave Patch Antennas Using Heterogeneous Substrates ................................................................................................886Chinwe C. Njoku, William G. Whittow, Yiannis C. Vardaxoglou
Compliance Boundaries for LTE Base Station Antennas at 2600 MHz...................................................................................................889Arno Thielens, Gunter Vermeeren, Divya Kurup, Wout Joseph, Luc Martens
Focal Plane Arrays for THz Imaging ...........................................................................................................................................................893Annalisa Iacono, Carlo Bencivenni, Angelo Freni, Andrea Neto, Giampiero Gerini
Design of a Novel 3D Circular Vivaldi Antennas Array for Ultra-Wideband Near-Field Radar Imaging .........................................898K. Alkahalifeh, R. Sarkis, C. Craeye
Leaky Wave Structure Based on Two Spiraphase-Type Reconfigurable Reflectarrays........................................................................902A. Martynyuk, D. Sesena-Martinez, A. Martinez-Lopez
Study on Microstrip X-Linear Polarized and X-Circular Polarized Antenna ........................................................................................907M. Aziz, N. Mufit, M. Suaidi, A. Salleh, M. Misran, M. Rahim
Modern Electromagnetic Simulation Tools Applied to On-aircraft Antenna Integration ....................................................................912F. Jimenez, M. Sendarrubias, J. Moreno, E. Gil
Examining the Energetic Contribution of Reflectarray Cells Using Circuit Model and Full-wave Simulations ................................917Y. Abdallah, C. Menudier, M. Thevenot, T. Monediere
2.45 GHz Printed IFA on Metallic Environments: Clearance Distance and Returning Considerations .............................................921F. Cascado, A. Arriola, E. Arruti, J. Parron, I. Ortego, I. Sancho
Impact of Random Number Generators on the Performance of Particle Swarm Optimization in Antenna Design ..........................925Z. Ma, G. Vandenbosch
A Simple and Fast Technique to Analyze Accurately Reconfigurable Reflectarrays ............................................................................930C. Yann, R. Loison, R. Gillard, M. Labeyrie, J. Martinaud
A Field Assessment of HF/VHF Wire Antenna Impedance Changes in Rain Forests............................................................................934M. Dias, M. Melo, P. Farias, H. Sa, A. Marques, L. Moreira
Pulse Shaping for Time-Domain Microwave Breast Tumour Detection: Experiments with Realistic Tissue Phantoms .........................................................................................................................................................................................................939
A. Santorelli, E. Porter, M. Popovic, J. Schwartz
Improvement of the Ear-to-Ear Path Gain At 2:45 GHz Using Parasitic Antenna Element ................................................................944S. Kvist, S. Ozden, J. Thaysen, K. Jakobsen
An Ultrabroadband Direction Finding Antenna Including the GSM and UMTS Frequency Bands ...................................................948R. Mueller, R. Lorch
Numerical Modeling of the Area of Phase Shifter Operation of the Azimuthally Magnetized Circular Ferrite Waveguide .......................................................................................................................................................................................................952
M. Georgieva-Grosse, G. Georgiev
Closely Coupled Half-Width Leaky-Wave Antenna Array .......................................................................................................................957G. Cheng, C. Tzuang
Lumped-element Unit Cell for Designing Beam Forming Networks........................................................................................................961E. Gandini, M. Ettorre, R. Sauleau, A. Grbic
Analysis on Wireless Power Transfer to Moving Devices Based on Array of Resonators .....................................................................964B. Wang, D. Ellstein, K. Teo
Design and Characterization of W-band Components in Planar Technology ........................................................................................968A. Rebollo, I. Maestrojuan, B. Larumbe-Gonzalo, R. Gonzalo, I. Ederra
60 GHz Triangular Monopole Antenna-on-Chip Over an Artificial Magnetic Conductor ...................................................................972A. Barakat, A. Allam, R. Pokharel, H. Elsadek, M. El-Sayed, K. Yoshida
Mutual Coupling of Elliptical Microstrip Resonators................................................................................................................................977Mariusz Pergol Gdansk, Wlodzimierz Zieniutycz
New Feeding Principle for Slot Antennas ....................................................................................................................................................980Wolf-Stefan Benedix, Stefan Albrecht, Dirk Plettemeier
Application of Loop-Star and Loop-Tree Basis Functions to MoM Solution of Radiation and Scattering Problems on Complicated Surface and Wire Geometries From Low to Microwave Frequencies .........................................................................985
Faik Bogdanov, Roman Jobava, Anna Gheonjian, Khatuna Khasaia
Reduction of High-Order Modes Coupling on Bends in the Dielectric-Coated Single Wire Waveguide.............................................990Antonio Berenguer, Mariano Baquero-Escudero, Daniel Sanchez-Escuderos, Miguel Ferrando-Bataller
Comparative of Surface Integral Equation Formulations When Applied to Plasmonic Problems ......................................................995M. G. Araujo, D. M. Solis, J. M. Taboada, J. Rivero, L. Landesa, F. Obelleiro, J. O. Rubinos
Theoretical Study of Symmetric and Antysymmetric Plasmons in Chains of Coupled Plasma Cylinders ..........................................999Nadiia Stognii, Nataliya Sakhnenko
Application of GPU Computing to the Characteristic Basis Function Method ....................................................................................1003Juan Ignacio Perez, Eliseo Garcia, Jose A. De Frutos, J. Ramon Almagro, M. Felipe Catedra
High Power Terahertz Photomixer Arrays ...............................................................................................................................................1007Belen Andres-Garcia, Luis-Enrique Garcia-Munoz, Daniel Segovia-Vargas, Sebastien Bauerschmidt, Gottfield Dohler, Sascha Preu, Stefan Malzer, Hong Lu, Arthur C. Gossard
On-body Directional Antenna Design for In-body UWB Wireless Communication ............................................................................1011Qiong Wang, Ronny Hahnel, Hui Zhang, Dirk Plettemeier
60 GHz Microstrip Antenna Array on PTFE Substrate ..........................................................................................................................1016Alexander Bondarik, Daniel Sjoberg
Combination of “circuit” and “cavity” Models for the Determination of Multifaceted Patches Impedance ....................................1019Walid El Hajj, Francois Gallee, Christian Person
Compact Orthomode Power Divider for High-Efficiency Dual-Polarisation Rectangular Horn Antennas ......................................1024Nelson J. G. Fonseca, Peter Rinous
A Simple Target Tracking Architecture for Wireless Communication Applications ..........................................................................1028Hantao Xu, Hadi Aliakbarian, Guy A. E. Vandenbosch, Vladimir Volski
Large-scale Plasmonic Problems Solved with the Multilevel Fast Multipole Algorithm .....................................................................1033M. G. Araujo, J. M. Taboada, J. Rivero, D. M. Solis, F. Obelleiro, L. Landesa
Time-Effective and Accurate Synthesis of Large-Aperture Slotted Waveguide Antennas..................................................................1036S. S. Sekretarov, A. V. Somov, D. M. Vavriv
Parametric Statistical Modeling of Power Gain Patterns for RFID Backscattering Channels ...........................................................1041Zeinab Mhanna, Alain Sibille, Muhammad Amir Yousuf, Christophe Roblin
Evolution of an UWB Antenna for Hyperthermia Array Applicator ....................................................................................................1046Hana Dobsicek Trefna, Azeem Imtiaz, Hoi-Shun Lui, Tonny Rubaek, Mikael Persson
Trihexagonal Switched-Beam Tx-only Ku-band Terminal Antenna for Mobile Satellite Applications ............................................1049Frederic Bongard, Daniel Llorens Del Rio, Maria Carolina Vigano, Stefano Vaccaro
Time Domain Simulation of THZ Photoconductive Antennas ................................................................................................................1054E. Moreno-Perez, M. F. Pantoja, S. G. Garcia, A. Rubio Bretones, R. Gomez Martin
Study of an Electronic Steering Antenna with a Staggered Phase Shifter Configuration ...................................................................1058Alvaro Noval Sanchez De Toca, Javier Garcia-Gasco Trujillo, Manuel Sierra Perez
Antenna Coupling in Multi Active Multi Passive Port Topologies .........................................................................................................1063Osama N. Alrabadi, Gert F. Pedersen
A Practical Approach to Array Antenna Design ......................................................................................................................................1066Bengt Svensson
Calculation of Fingerprints of Typical Antipersonnel Landmines by Varying the Observation Point and Incidence Angles of Excitations ....................................................................................................................................................................................1068
Isam Alawneh, Christian Beine, Peter Edenhofer
Analysis of Monopole Antenna Over a Ground Plane by a Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method ..............................................1072Ramon Dornelas Soares, Renato Cardoso Mesquita, Fernando Jose Da Silva Moreira
Improved Axial Ratio Quality for Radio Telescope Applications with a Phased Array Feed.............................................................1077Abolghasem Zamanifekri, A. Bart Smolders, Chunzhou Zhang, Michel Arts, Wim A. Van Cappellen
Method for Accurately Solving the Scattering in Planar Reflectarrays Under an Arbitrary Excitation...........................................1081G. Perez-Palomino, J. A. Encinar, M. Barba
Ground-based Reflector Antennas Observed with Space-based Synthetic Aperture Radar ..............................................................1086Kees Van'T Klooster, Bjorn Rommen, Felipe Catedra
Evaluation of Homogeneity of SAR Distribution of Array of TEM Mode Applicators .......................................................................1091Barbora Vrbova, Jan Vrba
Measuring the Delfi-C3 Satellite Using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope............................................................................1095M. J. Bentum, J. Van Der Marel, C. J. M. Verhoeven, J. Leijtens
A TEM Cell System for In Vivo Exposure at 2.45 GHz ...........................................................................................................................1099Alessandra Paffi, Micaela Liberti, Fabio Fratta, Francesca Apollonio, Caterina Merla, Rosanna Pinto, Giorgio Lovisolo
The User’s Body Effects on Decoupling Networks for Compact MIMO Handsets ..............................................................................1102Alexandru Tatomirescu, Mauro Pelosi, Ondrej Franek, Gert F. Pedersen
Circularly Polarized Ka-Band Waveguide Slot Array with Low Sidelobes ..........................................................................................1105Doganay Dogan, Can Baris Top
Performance of a Custom and a Commercial Mesh Generator in the Simulation of a Microstrip Circuit.......................................1110Tomasz A. Linkowski, Piotr M. Slobodzian
Detection of an Object in a Reverberant Environment Using Direct and Differential Time Reversal ..............................................1115P. Sundaralingam, V. Fusco, D. Zelenchuk, R. Appleby
Initial Experimental Characterization of the Millimeter-Wave Radio Channel...................................................................................1118Maria Teresa Martinez-Ingles, Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Juan Pascual Garcia, Jose-Maria Molina-Garcia-Pardo, Jose-Victor Rodriguez, Juan Reig, Leandro Juan Llacer
Through-Wall Target Localisation Using Differential Phase Conjugation Assisted Radar ................................................................1121D. Zelenchuk, V. Fusco, R. Appleby
Prediction of FSS Radome Performane Using Simple Design Equation................................................................................................1124K. Lee, Y. Jeong, J. Yook, I. Hong
Characterization of MHz-Band Near-Field Coupling Communication Using Finite Element Electromagnetic Simulation: Body-Channel Communication System for Human-Area Networking.............................................................................1127
M. Takahashi, R. Shimoda, T. Kusunoki, T. Yanagawa, T. Kobase, R. Nagai, H. Shimasaki, Y. Kado
Outage Performance of Double Stratospheric Platforms Diversity Systems.........................................................................................1132G. Karagiannis, A. Panagopoulos, J. Kanellopoulos, M. Filippou
Model-Based Inversion of Electromagnetic Scattering Data - an Innovative Alternate Minimization Approach............................1137G. Oliveri, L. Poli, A. Massa
Imaging Weak Scatterers by Means of an Innovative Inverse Scattering Technique Based on the Interval Analysis ....................1139P. Rocca, M. Carlin, A. Massa
Propagation in the Circular Waveguide, Containing an Azimuthally Magnetized Ferrite Cylinder and a Dielectric Toroid.............................................................................................................................................................................................................1141
G. Georgiev, M. Georgieva-Grosse
Link Budget Calculations for Nonlinear Scattering .................................................................................................................................1146C. Fazi, F. Crowne, M. Ressler
Experimental Assessment of Secret Key Generation Using Parasitic Reconfigurable Aperture Antennas ......................................1151Rashid Mehmood, Jon W. Wallace
Investigation of Lower Atmospheric Trends Over Europe with Very Low Frequency Wave Propagation......................................1156H. U. Eichelberger, G. Prattes, K. Schwingenschuh, D. Wolbang, A. Rozhnoi, M. Solovieva, P. F. Biagi, T. Maggipinto, B. Besser, M. Stachel, C. Grill, S. Zehetleitner, I. Jernej, O. Aydogar
Controlling Coverage Using New Concept of Pre-Installed Infrastructure ..........................................................................................1161Ludek Subrt, Pavel Pechac
Space Diversity Analysis for Low Elevation Links in Urban Areas .......................................................................................................1165Michal Simunek, Pavel Pechac, Fernando Perez-Fontan
An Indoor Backscattering Channel Characterization for UWB Passive RFID Applications .............................................................1169Raffael D'Errico
Estimation of Radio Refractivity Profile Gradient From Multiple LOS Links Using Artificial Neural Networks – First Results...................................................................................................................................................................................................1174
Otakar Jicha, Pavel Pechac, Vaclav Kvicera, Martin Grabner
Moving-Window Propagation Model Based on an Unconditionally Stable FDTD Method ................................................................1178Claudio Garcia Batista, Cassio Goncalves Do Rego
Comparison of Migration Techniques for Ground Penetrating Radar .................................................................................................1183N. Lopez Alcelay, J. W. De Bleser, E. Van Lil, A. Van De Capelle
New Terrain Proposal for SUI Model Equations Based on 5.8 GHz Measurements in Wooded Cities Found in Amazon Region .............................................................................................................................................................................................1187
M. F. Do Vale, I. R. Gomes, G. P. S. Cavalcante, B. S. L. Castro, F. J. B. Barros
A Methodology for Determining the Electric Field of Broadcasting Medium Wave Using Computational Intelligence Approach ..................................................................................................................................................................................1190
Juliana Monteiro, Josiane C. Rodrigues, Simone C. Fraiha, Jasmine Araujo, Herminio S. Gomes, Amaury Ferreira, C. Renato L. Frances, Gervasio P. S. Cavalcante
Path Loss Exponents for Medium Waves Using Parabolic Equations ...................................................................................................1194Joao Furtado De Souza, Fatima Nazare Barauna Magno, Klaus Cozzolino, Jesse Carvalho Costa, Gervasio Protasio Dos Santos Cavalcante
SKA Antenna Systems; Outlook for Non-Astronomy Applications .......................................................................................................1199A. Van Ardenne, M. H. Bentum, A. J. Boonstra
On the Use of Hypercomplex Numbers for Antenna and Propagation Problems ................................................................................1204Jurgen Kunisch
Impact of the Tropospheric Turbulence on the Propagation of Radiowaves: Models for New Communication Systems...........................................................................................................................................................................................................1209
D. Vanhoenacker-Janvier
Computed Impact of Human Occupants on Field Distributions Within a Passenger Vehicle ............................................................1214L. Low, A. R. Ruddle, J. M. Rigelsford, R. J. Langley
The Effects of Local Terrain Topology and Antenna Infrastructure on Simulated Near-field Characteristics for HF Broadcast Antennas ...............................................................................................................................................................................1218
Y. Fu, R. J. Langley, J. M. Rigelsford, M. Hate, J. McCalla
Influence of the User’s Hand on Mutual Coupling of Dual-Antenna Structures on Mobile Terminal ..............................................1222A. A. H. Azremi, J. Ilvonen, C. H. Li, J. Holopainen, P. Vainikainen
Corona Breakdown in Open Structures: A Comparison of Several Ionization Rate Models .............................................................1227Eden Sorolla, Ioannis Koufogiannis, Michael Mattes
Detuning Effects on Implantable Antenna At Various Human Positions ..............................................................................................1231N. Vidal, S. Curto, J. M. Lopez Villegas, J. Sieiro, F. M. Ramos
Performance Analysis of Hybrid FSO/RF Link........................................................................................................................................1235Jiri Libich, Martin Mudroch, Petr Dvorak, Stanislav Zvanovec
Rain Impact on FSO Link Attenuation Based on Theory and Measurement .......................................................................................1239V. Brazda, V. Schejbal, O. Fiser
Effects of PSA on Free-space Optical Links ..............................................................................................................................................1244M. S. Khan, E. Leitgeb, R. Nebuloni, C. Capsoni, M. Grabner, V. Kvicera
Five Years Analysis of a Free Space Optics Link in Graz .......................................................................................................................1248M. Loeschnigg, T. Plank, E. Leitgeb
Using the Lorentz Distribution to Model Fade Slope at Free Space Optical Communication Systems .............................................1252E. Couto De Miranda, M. S. Pontes, L. A. R. Da Silva Mello
Influence of the Transistor Location on the Behavior of a Transistorized Printed Antenna ..............................................................1255Y. Taachouche, F. Colombel, M. Himdi
Millimeter-Wave Receiver Based on a Folded Dipole Antenna and Schottky Diode for Maximum Power Transfer ......................1259J. Montero-De-Paz, E. Ugarte-Munoz, L. E. Garcia-Munoz, D. Segovia-Vargas, D. Schoenherr, I. Oprea, A. Amrhein, O. Cojocari, H. L. Hartnagel
Microstrip Heatsink Antenna Cooled with Sapphire Layer for Integrated RF Transmitters ............................................................1263A. Alnukari, Y. Mahe, S. Toutain, Y. Scudeller
RF Front-end Design of a Planar Broadband Phased Array for Satellite Reception ...........................................................................1267B. Sanadgol, R. Baggen, M. Arias Campo, A. Hulzinga, J. Verpoorte
A Low-Cost High-Efficiency Broadband Integrated Antenna for 60-GHz Transceiver Modules......................................................1271Maristella Spella, Anton De Graauw
DLR Compact Test Range Facility.............................................................................................................................................................1276Markus Limbach, B. Gabler, A. Di Maria, R. Horn, A. Reigber
Numerical Model-Augmented RF Test Techniques .................................................................................................................................1281L. J. Foged, L. Scialacqua, M. Bandinelli, M. Bercigli, F. Vipiana, G. Giordanengo, M. Sabbadini, G. Vecchi
On-ground Electrical Performance Verification Strategies for Large Deployable Reflector Antennas ............................................1284S. Pivnenko, O. S. Kim, O. Breinbjerg, K. Pontoppidan, P. Valle
Novel Methods for Fast Multibeam Satellite Antenna Testing ...............................................................................................................1285L. Durand, L. Duchesne, Th. Blin, Ph. Garreau, P. Meisse, P. Iversen, E. Decoux, G. Forma, M. Paquay
Overview of the Latest Developments in the Electromagnetic Data Exchange.....................................................................................1290F. Mioc, P. E. Frandsen, M. Sabbadini
Electromagnetic Modelling of Antennas Radiating in Complex Scenarios ...........................................................................................1293Giancarlo Guida, M. Sabbadini, F. Marliani
Choosing the Right EM Simulation Technology for Antenna Design and Analysis .............................................................................1296Filip Demuynck, Marc Petersen
Recent Advances in CST STUDIO SUITE for Antenna Simulation ......................................................................................................1301Irina Munteanu, Ilari Hanninen
Discussion Slot 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ N/AGuy A. E. Vandenbosch, Francesca Mioc
The Driven Eigenproblem Computation with the Brent Method Acceleration ....................................................................................1307Huanlei Chen, Thomas F. Eibert, Wenquan Che
Comparison of Parallel-Plate Green’s Function Acceleration Techniques ...........................................................................................1311Pegah Takook, Rob Maaskant, Per-Simon Kildal
Near and Far Fields of a Kite-Shaped Dielectric Resonator Antenna....................................................................................................1316Elena I. Smotrova, Ronan Sauleau, Alexander I. Nosich
Analysis of Electromagnetic Scattering From Lossy Periodic Structures with Application to Wedge Absorber .............................1319Olga N. Smolnikova, Sergei P. Skobelev
Explicit Time-Stepping Scheme for Radial Perfectly Matched Layers in Staggered Meshless Methods...........................................1324Thomas Kaufmann, Christophe Fumeaux
A 122 GHz Microstrip Slot Antenna with Via-Fence Resonator in LTCC Technology.......................................................................1329Stefan Beer, Leonardo Pires, Christian Rusch, Jaska Paaso, Thomas Zwick
Integrated Millimeter Wave Filtenna for Q-LINKPAN Application .....................................................................................................1333Shunhua Yu, Wei Hong, Chen Yu, Hongjun Tang, Jixin Chen, Zhenqi Kuai
135GHz Antenna Array on BCB Membrane Backed by Polymer-Filled Cavity ..................................................................................1337Siew Bee Yeap, Zhi Ning Chen, Xianming Qing, Li Rui, David Soon Wee Ho, Lim Teck Guan
Antenna-in-package Solutions for 60 GHz Communication Links ........................................................................................................1341Amin Enayati, Guy A. E. Vandenbosch, Walter De Raedt
Dense Dielectric Patch Antenna ..................................................................................................................................................................1346Kwai Man Luk, Hau Wah Lai
Ultra Wideband Loop Antenna for On-Body Communication in Wireless Body Area Network .......................................................1349Tommi Tuovinen, Kamya Yekeh Yazdandoost, Jari IInatti
Influence of Body Proximity on the Efficiency of a Wearable Textile Patch Antenna.........................................................................1353H. Giddens, D. L. Paul, G. S. Hilton, J. P. McGeehan
Wideband Characterization of Fabrics for Textile Antennas .................................................................................................................1358Kristian Karlsson, Jan Carlsson
Skin-Equivalent Phantom for On-body Antenna Measurements At 60 GHz........................................................................................1362Nacer Chahat, M. Zhadobov, Ronan Sauleau
Addressing the Challenges of Fabricating Microwave Antennas Using Conductive Threads ............................................................1365Alford Chauraya, Shiyu Zhang, William Whittow, Tessa Acti, Rob Seager, Tilak Dias, Yiannis C. Vardaxoglou
The Influence of the Scattered Field Observation Domain Size on Imaging Measurement Setup Implementation.........................1368C. Garcia, Y. Alvarez, F. Las-Heras
Sub-Surface Localization of Buried Cylinders by Means of Sub-Array Processing ............................................................................1373S. Meschino, L. Pajewski, G. Schettini, M. Pastorino, A. Randazzo
Subsurface Imaging Technique Using Simultaneous Reconstruction of Amplitude and Phase Profiles ...........................................1378V. Mikhnev, P. Vainikainen
A Banach-Space Regularization Approach for Microwave Imaging .....................................................................................................1382C. Estatico, M. Pastorino, A. Randazzo
Suppression of Measurement Undesired Echoes Using an Auto-Controlled Compensation Method ................................................1387R. Niemiec, R. Hemon, R. Guillerey
An Analysis and Design Procedure for Composite Right/Left-Handed Unit Cells...............................................................................1391Mark A. Eberspacher, Thomas F. Eibert
Dual-band Textile Hexagonal Artificial Magnetic Conductor for WiFi Wearable Applications........................................................1395M. Mantash, M. E. De Cos, A. C. Tarot, S. Collardey, K. Mahdjoubi, F. Las-Heras
EBG Structure to Improve the B1 Efficiency of Stripline Coil for 7 Tesla MRI ..................................................................................1399Gameel Saleh, Klaus Solbach, Andreas Rennings
Analytical Modeling and Experimental Verification of Coupling Between Transmission Lines in Gap-waveguides ......................1402M. Bosiljevac, Z. Sipus, P. S. Kildal
A Periodic Dipole Array Built on Magnetized Ferrite Could Provide a Tunable DNG Metamaterial? ............................................1407Lavdas Spyros, Panagiotis Tsompanis, Christos Lavranos, George Kyriacou, John Sahalos
Performance of Prediction Models in Suburban/Rural Residential Areas At 860, 2300 and 3500 MHz ...........................................1412Johannes Baumgarten, Kin Lien Chee, Andreas Hecker, Thomas Kurner, Michael Braun, Peter Zhan
De-Correlation Distance of the Large Scale Parameters in an Urban Macro Cell Scenario ...............................................................1417Annika Bottcher, Peter Vary, Christian Schneider, Reiner S. Thoma
An Effective Indicator for NLOS, nLOS, LOS Propagation Channels Conditions..............................................................................1422A. Sorrentino, F. Nunziata, G. Ferrara, M. Migliaccio
Low Complexity MIMO for WiMedia UWB ............................................................................................................................................1427Vit Sipal, David Edwards, Ben Allan
Data Analysis and Modeling Method for Indoor Human Body-Shadowing MIMO Channels ...........................................................1431K. Saito, K. Kitao, T. Imai, Y. Okano, S. Miura
Direction of Arrival Estimation Using Canonical and Crystallographic Volumetric Element Configurations ................................1436Z. Xia, G. Huff, J. Chamberland, H. Pfister, R. Bhattacharya
Outdoor-to-Indoor Propagation – Accurate Measuring and Modelling of Indoor Environments At 900 and 1800 MHz................................................................................................................................................................................................................1440
Dennis M. Rose, Thomas Kurner
A Novel Method for Radio Propagation Simulation Based on Automatic 3D Environment Reconstruction....................................1445Danping He, Guixuan Liang, Jorge Portilla, Teresa Riesgo
Explicit Scheme for Indoor Propagation Modeling Based on the Hybrid Parabolic-Integral Equation Method .............................1450Apostolos L. Sounas, Traianos V. Yioultsis
Analysis of Empirical Rain Attenuation Models for Satellite Communications At Q to W Band Frequencies ................................1455G. Brost, W. Cook
Rainfall Rate as a Mixed Weibull Model ...................................................................................................................................................1460E. Couto De Miranda, L. A. R. Da Silva Mello, M. S. Pontes, Marco Antonio, Grivet Mattoso Maia
On the Inverse Gaussian Modeling of Rainfall Rate and Slant Path and Terrestrial Links Rain Attenuation ................................1463C. Kourogiorgas, A. Panagopoulos, I. Kanellopoulos, G. Karagiannidis
Design and Characterization of the Q-band AlphaSat Receiving Station in Rome ..............................................................................1468F. Marzano, P. Salemme, E. Restuccia, F. Consalvi
Modeling the Frequency Dependence of the Effective Path Length Adjustment Factor for Prediction of Rain Attenuation on Earth-Space Paths .............................................................................................................................................................1473
G. A. Brost
Cloud Attenuation on Satellite Links in the Ka/VBand and the Effect of Changes in the Effective Cloud Temperature..................................................................................................................................................................................................1477
T. Alawadi, A. Savvaris
A Methodology to Generate Cloud Attenution Fields From NWP Products ........................................................................................1482L. Luini, C. Capsoni
Effect of Non-Ideal Components on the Performance of a Reconfigurable on-Board Antenna for Broadcasting Applications...................................................................................................................................................................................................1487
Laura Resteghini, Carlo Capsoni, Roberto Nebuloni, Piero Gabellini, Fabio Maggio, Antonio Martellucci, Peter Rinous
Xpd At Ka-Band From an Extended Earth-Satellite Propagation Campaign ......................................................................................1491Armando Rocha
Statistical Risk Associated with Tropospheric Propagation Models and Measurements ....................................................................1495N. Jeannin, X. Boulanger, L. Castanet, L. Feral, F. Lacoste
BCS-Based Formulations for Antenna Arrays Synthesis ........................................................................................................................1500G. Oliveri, M. Carlin, A. Massa
On the Exploitation of the A-priori Information Through the Bayesian Compressive Sensing for Microwave Imaging ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................1502
G. Oliveri, L. Poli, A. Massa
Phase-Transition Behavior in Array Diagnosis Using Sparse Recovery Techniques ...........................................................................1504Marco Donald Migliore, Daniele Pinchera
A Bayesian Compressive Sensing Strategy for Direction-of-Arrival Estimation ..................................................................................1508Matteo Carlin, Paolo Rocca
Experimental Verification of 2D Sparse Electromagnetic Imaging........................................................................................................1510Marija Nikolic, Antonije Djordjevic, Arye Nehorai
Sparse Arrays with the Minimum Number of Elements: Recent Advances..........................................................................................1515Giancarlo Prisco, Michele D'Urso
Mutual Coupling in Non-uniform Array Antennas – an Effective Recipe ............................................................................................1518Ioan E. Lager, Massimiliano Simeoni, Cristian Coman
Pareto-Based Optimization of Difference Patterns in Monopulse Non-Uniform Subarrays...............................................................1523Giacomo Oliveri, Francisco Ares-Pena
GA-based Adaptive Thinning Strategy for Pattern Nulling in Linear Arrays......................................................................................1526Paolo Rocca, Lorenzo Poli, Giacomo Oliveri, Andrea Massa
Exploiting Rotational Symmetry for Ultra-Wideband Planar Array Design........................................................................................1528Douglas H. Werner, Micah D. Gregory, Pingjuan L. Werner
Versatile Emulation of Antenna Correlation Coefficient as MIMO OTA Figure of Merit Using Mode-Stirred Reverberation Chambers.............................................................................................................................................................................1532
Paul Hallbjorner, Juan D. Sanchez-Heredia, Antonio M. Martinez-Gonzalez, Adoracion Marin-Soler, David A. Sanchez-Hernandez
MIMO LTE OTA Measurements in Reverberation Chamber: Rich Isotropic Reference Environment Makes Agreement with Theoretical System Model...............................................................................................................................................1536
Per-Simon Kildal, Charlie Orlenius, Ulf Carlberg
MIMO 2X2 Reference Antennas Concept .................................................................................................................................................1540I. Szini, G. F. Pedersen, A. Scannavini, L. J. Foged
On Appropriate Probe Configurations for Practical MIMO Over-the-air Testing of Wireless Devices ...........................................1544Tommi Laitinen, Pekka Kyosti
Input Impedance Measurements of Cell Phone Antennas Using Backscattering Modulation ............................................................1549B. Monsalve, S. Blanch, J. Romeu
MIMO Testing - From Concept to Reality ................................................................................................................................................1552Li Xiao, Yuanan Liu, Xudong An, Lin Guo, Hongwei Kong, Ya Jing, Xu Zhao
3D Passive RFID Tag Over-The-Air Measurement .................................................................................................................................1557Hans Adel, Jan Bauer, Christoph Grabowski
Pre-Compliant and Affordable Over-The-Air Measurements on Wireless Devices.............................................................................1561Martin Wiles, Christopher Wehrmann
User Influence Over LTE Band XII Handset Performance ....................................................................................................................1566J. Sanchez-Heredia, A. Marin-Soler, P. Hallbjorner, A. Martinez-Gonzalez, D. Sanchez-Hernandez
Capacity Characterization of Eleven Antenna in Different Configurations for MIMO Applications Using Reverberation Chamber ..............................................................................................................................................................................1571
X. Chen, P. Kildal, J. Yang, J. Carlsson
Demonstrating the Use of the IEEE 802.11P Car-to-Car Communication Standard for Automotive Radar ...................................1576L. Reichardt, C. Sturm, F. Grunhaupt, T. Zwick
Gain Measurement of Base Station Antenna Using Short Reference Antenna .....................................................................................1581Ryo Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Komiya
Experimental Investigation of Radiating Current Distribution and Measurement Cable Interaction on Wireless Devices ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................1585
L. J. Foged, L. Scialacqua, A. Scannavini, F. Saccardi, J. L. Araque Quijano, G. Vecchi
Enhanced Investigations on Effective Isotropic Radiated Power Emissions of Impulse Radio Devices ............................................1589Arndt T. Ott, Christoph J. Eisner, Thomas F. Eibert
Calibration Procedure for 2-D MIMO Over-The-Air Multi-Probe Test System..................................................................................1594D. Parvag, T. Laitinen, A. Khatun, V. M. Kolmonen, P. Vainikainen
Study of Artificial Neural Network Capabilities for the Analysis and Design of Shaped-Beam Reflectarrays.................................1599P. Robustillo, J. Zapata, J. A. Encinar, M. Arrebola
An Investigation of Reflectarray Operation Using Its Component Current Contributions ................................................................1603E. Almajali, D. McNamara, J. Shaker, M. Chaharmir
Efficiency Measurement of 1-D Connected Array Using the Improved Wheeler Cap Method ..........................................................1608Adrian Sutinjo, Leonid Belostotski, Ronald H. Johnston, Michal Okoniewski
Complete Full-Wave Analysis of a S-band Reflectarray Demonstrator with Square Ring Resonators.............................................1612G. C. Vietti, P. Pirinoli, M. Orefice, Marco Mussetta
Reducing the Number of Elements in Linear Arrays Using Biogeography-based Optimization........................................................1615S. K. Goudos, K. B. Baltzis, K. Siakavara, T. Samaras, E. Vafiadis, J. N. Sahalos
Design and Analysis of Printed Reflectarrays with Irregularly Positioned Array Elements ..............................................................1619Min Zhou, Stig Sorensen, Peter Meincke, Erik Jorgensen, Oleksiy S. Kim, Olav Breinbjerg, Giovanni Toso
An Experimental Two Element Array Configured for Directional Antenna Modulation ...................................................................1624Hongzhe Shi, Alan Tennant
Antenna Array Radiation Pattern Modeling Which Includes Mutual Coupling and Diffraction Effects .........................................1627Mariusz Zamlynski, Piotr Slobodzian
Analytical Formulas for the Directivity of General Antenna Arrays .....................................................................................................1632E. Van Lil, J. W. De Bleser, A. Van De Capelle
Antenna Array with Wide Angle Scanning Properties ............................................................................................................................1636N. Noordin, N. Haridas, A. El-Rayis, A. Erdogan, T. Arslan
One-bit Phased Array with Wide Scan and Linear Polarization Control for Mobile Satellite Applications ....................................1641Maria Carolina Vigano, Daniel Llorens Del Rio, Frederic Bongard, Jose Padilla, Stefano Vaccaro
Modal Source Reconstruction Based on Radiated Far-Field for Antenna Design................................................................................1645E. Safin, R. Martens, D. Manteuffel
On the Modal Resonant Properties of Microstrip Antennas ...................................................................................................................1650Pavel Hazdra, Miloslav Capek, Jan Eichler, Tomas Korinek, Milos Mazanek
Multi-functional, Electrically Small, Near Field Resonant Parasitic Antennas and Their Applications ...........................................1655Richard W. Ziolkowski
A Moderate Gain Extremely Short HF Monopole Antenna....................................................................................................................1657Jungsuek Oh, Kamal Sarabandi
Miniaturized and High Performance Circularly Polarized Terminal Antennas ..................................................................................1661M. J. Ammann, X. L. Bao, A. Narbudowicz
Mutual Coupling Between Orthogonal Electrically Small Dipole Antennas .........................................................................................1663Steven R. Best
A Novel Multi-Band Antenna Design with Matching Network for Use in Mobile Terminals .............................................................1667Aykut Cihangir, Fabien Ferrero, Cyril Luxey, Gilles Jacquemod
Q Limits for Arbitrary Shape Antennas Using Characteristic Modes ...................................................................................................1672Jeffrey Chalas, Kubilay Sertel, John L. Volakis
C-shaped, E-shaped and U-slotted Patch Antennas: Size, Bandwidth and Cross-Polarization Characterizations ..........................1674Shubhendu Bhardwaj, Yahya Rahmat-Samii
Wireless Strain and Crack Sensing Using a Folded Patch Antenna.......................................................................................................1678Xiaohua Yi, Chunhee Cho, Chia-Hung Fang, James Cooper, Vasileios Lakafosis, Rushi Vyas, Yang Wang, Roberto T. Leon, Manos M. Tentzeris
Experimental Characterization of Electromagnetic Cloaking Structures with Bistatic Measurements At X-band.........................1682Pekka Alitalo, Ali E. Culhaoglu, Andrey V. Osipov, Stefan Thruner, Erich Kemptner, Sergei A. Tretyakov
Time-Domain Simulations of Selected Cloaking Structures....................................................................................................................1687Pekka Alitalo, Antti O. Karilainen
Designing Horn Antennas Based on Variable Metasurface Concept .....................................................................................................1692M. Bosiljevac, Z. Sipus, M. Casaletti, F. Caminita, S. Maci
Flat Collimating Lenses Based on Quasi-conformal Transformation Electromagnetics .....................................................................1696Qi Wu, Jeremiah P. Turpin, Douglas H. Werner, Pingjuan L. Werner, Wenxuan Tang, Yang Hao
Flat Transformation Optics Graded-Index (TO-GRIN) Lenses .............................................................................................................1701Qi Wu, Jeremiah P. Turpin, Xiande Wang, Douglas H. Werner, Alexej Pogrebnyakov, Andrew Swisher, Theresa S. Mayer
Two-Dimensional Metamaterial Designs for Line-Source Radiation From a Virtual Location .........................................................1706Do-Hoon Kwon, Caglar D. Emiroglu
Application of Coordinate Transformation for Novel Antenna Design Techniques ............................................................................1711P. H. Tichit, S. N. Burokur, X. Wu, A. De Lustac
Experimental Demonstration of Carpet Cloak Realized with BaTiO3-loaded Polyurethane Foam ...................................................1716Di Bao, Khalid Z. Rajab, Wenxuan Tang, Yang Hao
Field Transformation - an Alternative Paradigm for Designing a Class of Low-profile Antennas ....................................................1720Raj Mittra
Using Transformation Optics to Design Optical Devices.........................................................................................................................1722S. A. R. Horsley
A Novel Transform for Ultra-Wideband Multi-Static Imaging Radar ..................................................................................................1724Takuya Sakamoto, Toru Sato
UWB Localization of Moving Targets in Shadowed Regions..................................................................................................................1729R. Zetik, M. Roding, R. S. Thoma
Polarimetric Ultrawideband MIMO Radar for Security Check Points: Detecting and Classifying Suspects Carrying Wires .............................................................................................................................................................................................1733
Alexis Paolo Garcia Ariza, Reiner S. Thoma
Aspects of Antenna Array Configuration for UWB Breast Imaging .....................................................................................................1737M. Helbig, M. Kmec, J. Sachs, C. Geyer, I. Hilger, G. Rimkus
Short-range MIMO Radar System Considerations ..................................................................................................................................1742U. Prechtel, V. Meenakshisundaram, B. Schoenlinner, V. Ziegler, H. P. Feldle, A. Meusling
Motion Compensation and Efficient Array Design for TDMA FMCW MIMO Radar Systems ........................................................1746Christian M. Schmid, Reinhard Feger, Clemens Pfeffer, Andreas Stelzer
Multi-Channel MMW-systems for Short Range Applications ................................................................................................................1751Sebastien Bertl, Andreas Kirschner, Johanna Gutlein, Jurgen Detlefsen
Illumination of Humans in Active Millimeter-Wave Multistatic Imaging.............................................................................................1755Sherif Sayed Ahmed, Lorenz-Peter Schmidt
IR-UWB-CMOS Circuits for Breast Cancer Detection ...........................................................................................................................1758T. Kikkawa, A. Toya, S. Kubota, M. Hafiz, A. Azhari, N. Sasaki
Assessment of Inversion Strategies for Microwave Imaging of Weak Magnetic Scatterers Embedded Into a Biological Environment ...............................................................................................................................................................................1761
R. Scapaticci, L. Crocco, O. Bucci, I. Catapano
Time-Domain Microwave Breast Screening System: Testing with Advanced Realistic Breast Phantoms ........................................1766E. Porter, A. Santorelli, D. Coulibaly, M. Coates, M. Popovic
3D Microwave Bone Imaging ......................................................................................................................................................................1770P. Meaney, D. Goodwin, A. Golnabi, M. Pallone, S. Geimer, K. Paulsen
A Skin Response Estimation and Suppression Technique for Radar-Based Microwave Breast Imaging Applications...................................................................................................................................................................................................1772
Batoul Maklad, Charlotte Curtis, Elise Fear, Geoff Messier
Utilization of Multiple Frequencies in 3D Nonlinear Microwave Imaging ............................................................................................1776Peter D. Jensen, Tonny Rubaek, Johan Moher
UWB Brain Differential Imaging Capabilities ..........................................................................................................................................1780M. Guardiola, L. Jofre, S. Capdevila, J. Romeu
Microwave Tomographic Spectroscopy for an Assessment Tissue Oxygenation..................................................................................1784S. Semenov, J. Kellam, T. Williams, M. Quinn, B. Nicholson, S. Thirunavukkarasu
A Central-Node Based Coarse Reconstruction Mesh Applied to Time-Domain Inverse Scattering ..................................................1786Tommy Henriksson, David R. Gibbins, Ian Craddock, Mantalena Sarafianou
Clinical Hyperthermia by Microwaves - Controlling and Improving Quality Through Treatment Planning..................................1791Gerard C. Van Rhoon, Maarten M. Paulides, Tomas Drizdal, Esra Neufeld, Peter C. Levendag
Stroke Detection and Diagnosis with a Microwave Helmet .....................................................................................................................1796Andreas Fhager, Mikail Persson
Design and Measurement of Automotive Antennas for C2C Applications............................................................................................1799M. Gallo, S. Bruni, D. Zamberlan
A Self-Contained Adaptive Antenna Tuner for Mobile Phones - Featuring a Self-Learning Calibration Procedure .....................1804K. R. Boyle, E. Spits, M. A. De Jongh, S. Sato, T. Bakker, A. Van Bezooijen
Integrated Multifunction Antenna for Mobile Terrestrial and Satellite Communications .................................................................1809Johnson J. H. Wang, David J. Triplett, Steve C. Workman
Effective Combined Detection and Suppression of Multiple Interference Sources Using Planar Phased Arrays ............................1814M. Martinez-Vazquez, S. Korthoff, M. Krengel, O. Litschke, B. Sanadgol
Compact Antenna for Microsatellite Using Folded Shorted Patches and an Integrated Feeding Network ......................................1819S. K. Podilchak, M. Caillet, D. Lee, Y. M. M. Antar, L. Chu, J. Cain, M. Hammar, D. Caldwell, E. Barron
Coordinating the Antenna Research in Europe ........................................................................................................................................1824Bruno Casali
A Tunable Dual-Band Dual-Element MIMO Antenna System with Compact Size .............................................................................1826Mohammad S. Sharawi, Mohammad A. Jan, Daniel N. Aloi
A Feed Network for the Selective Excitation of Specific Characteristic Modes on Small Terminals .................................................1830R. Martens, D. Manteuffel
Novel, Compact, Flat-Plate Antenna for 2.4/5.2/5.8-GHz WLAN Operation........................................................................................1835Cheng-Tse Lee, Saou-Wen Su, Fa-Shian Chang
Broadband Elliptic Tapered Slot Antenna ................................................................................................................................................1839R. Meena, A. R. Harish
Pulsed-Field Wireless Interconnects in Digital Integrated Circuits – A Time-Domain Signal Transfer and Electromagnetic Emission Analysis............................................................................................................................................................1843
Ioan E. Lager, Adrianus T. De Hoop, Takamaro Kikkawa
Multi-Trap CPW-Fed Wide Slot Antenna for UWB Applications .........................................................................................................1848Michele D'Amico, Fabio Mirko Fasolo
Quad-Band Antenna for Mobile Communication ....................................................................................................................................1853Ahmad Elsayed Ahmad, Jean-Marie Floch, Guillaume Lerideau
Using the Concept of Obtainable Efficiency Bandwidth to Study Tunable Matching Circuits ..........................................................1857Jussi Rahola, Risto Valkonen
Design and Analysis of Single Carrier Base Station Cooperation System Under Frequency Selection Channel..............................1861T. Taniguchi, Y. Karasawa, N. Nakajima
Performance of a Side-mounted PIFA in Cluttered Environment for GPS Operation .......................................................................1865M. Rehman, X. Chen, C. Parini, Z. Ying
Design of a Printed Wide Band Log-Periodic Antenna Dipole Array with a New Feeding Tecnique ................................................1870G. Casula, P. Maxia, G. Montisci
Electrically Coupled Multi-band Antenna with Reactance Loading......................................................................................................1873J. Jung, K. Kim, Y. Yoon, B. Kim, J. Kim
Reducing the Interaction Between User and Mobile Terminal Antenna Based on Antenna Shielding .............................................1877J. Ilvonen, R. Valkonen, J. Holopainen, O. Kivekas, P. Vainikainen
MIMO LTE Antenna Design for Laptops Based on Theory of Characteristic Modes ........................................................................1882A. Krewski, W. Schroeder, K. Solbach
Compact Array of Monopoles with a Slotted Ground Plane for MIMO Systems ................................................................................1887D. Puente-Garcia, L. De-Haro
Impact of Antenna Patterns and Orientations in Heterogeneous LTE-Advanced Networks..............................................................1892Z. Mansor, E. Mellios, A. Nix, J. McGeehan, G. Hilton
Inverted-L Antennas Array in a Wireless USB Dongle for MIMO Application...................................................................................1897Q. Luo, C. Quigley, J. Pereira, H. Salgado
Performance Comparison of a Symmetrical Folded Dipole Antenna for Mobile Terminals and Its Metal Bezel Extension .......................................................................................................................................................................................................1901
M. Sonkki, E. Antonino-Daviu, M. Ferrando-Bataller, E. Salonen
Microwave Multi-Sensor System for Estimation of Positions of Fast-Flying Objects..........................................................................1905V. Jenik, P. Hudec
Novel Multipath Mitigating Ground Planes for Multiband Global Navigation Satellite System Antennas ......................................1908M. Maqsood, S. Gao, T. Brown, J. Xu, J. Li
Dimension Optimization on Mutual Coupling Reduction Between Two L-shaped Folded Monopole Antennas for Handset Using PSO ......................................................................................................................................................................................1913
Nguyen Tuan Hung, Hisashi Morishita, Kazuhiro Izui, Shinji Nishiwaki, Yoshio Koyanagi
Effect of the Mobile Terminal Antenna Efficiency on the Cellular Network Issues.............................................................................1917M. Berg, M. Sonkki, S. Myllymaki, T. Tuovinene, E. Salonen
Analysis of MIMO OTA Measurements for LTE Terminals Performed in Reverberation Chamber...............................................1922Charlie Orlenius, Christian Lotback Patane, Anton Skarbratt, John Asberg, Magnus Franzen
Optimized Dual-Band Planar THz Waveguide.........................................................................................................................................1927Miguel Navarro-Cia, Stefan A. Maier, Miguel Beruete, Francisco Falcone, Mario Sorolla
Miniature Switchable Wideband Notch Antenna for Multistandard Wireless Terminals ..................................................................1930M. A. C. Niamien, L. Dussopt, C. Delaveaud
A Novel Planar Four-Quad Antenna..........................................................................................................................................................1934Shamim Ahmed, Walfgang Menzel
Experimental Evaluation Toward Transmit and Receive Diversity Effect in SIMO/MIMO Sensors ...............................................1938Kentaro Nishimori, Keita Ushiki, Naoki Honma
Compact 2.5-2.7 GHz Two Element MIMO Antenna System for Modern USB Dongle......................................................................1943V. Ssorin, A. Artemenko, A. Sevastyanov, R. Maslennikov
Active Region and Higher-Order Modes of Spiral Antennas..................................................................................................................1948Petr Piksa, Milos Mazanek
Hidden Patch Antenna Array with Nearly Undistorted Characteristics for 2.45 GHz Applications .................................................1951Rostyslav Dubrovka, Sergiy Martynyuk, Pavel Belov
Compact, Multifunctional, Metamaterial-Inspired Monopole Antenna ................................................................................................1955S. Dakhli, K. Mahdjoubi, H. Rmili, J. M. Floch, H. Zangar
Characterization and Capacity Evaluation of Body-To-Body Channels Using MIMO Antennas......................................................1959Khalida Ghanem, H. Alquwaiee, R. Fouad, N. Abu Khamis
Bow-Tie Nano-Array Rectenna: Design and Optimization .....................................................................................................................1963A. M. A. Sabaawi, C. C. Tsimenidis, B. S. Sharif
Dual Polarized Versus Single Polarized MIMO: A Study Over NLOS Propagation with Polarization Discrimination and Spatial Correlation Effects ........................................................................................................................................1967
Maha Ben Zid, Kosai Raoof, Ammar Bouallegue
Performance Evaluation of Multi-antenna and Multi-mode Relays Using a Network Simulator ......................................................1972Guillaume Villemaud, Cedric Levy-Bencheton, Tanguy Risset
Orthogonal Antenna Architecture for MIMO Handsets .........................................................................................................................1977Alexandru Tatomirescu, Osama N. Alrabadi, Gert F. Pedersen
Stacked Patch Circular Polarized Antenna for GPS/Galileo Receiver Applications ...........................................................................1980Oluyemi Peter Falade, Masood Ur Rehman, Yue Gao, Xiaodong Chen, Clive Parini
Dual Band Single Layer Microstrip Antenna with Circular Polarization for WiMAX Application..................................................1984Mohammad Noghabaei, S. K. A. Rahim, M. I. Sabran
Modulation Index Application for Satellite Adjacent Downlink Interference Identification..............................................................1988Shkelzen Cakaj
Multi-Access Communication System in a Highly Reverberant Environment .....................................................................................1993P. Sundaralingam, V. Fusco, D. Zelechuk
Analysis of an UHF-RFID System in a Metallic Closed Vehicle .............................................................................................................1997Leire Azpilicueta, Jose Javier Astrain, Hugo Landaluce, Ignacio Angulo, Asier Perallos, Jesus Villadangos, Francisco Falcone
SNR Estimation in HF Communications Channel ...................................................................................................................................2001T. Ruuben, M. A. Meister, E. Lossmann, J. Bernikova, U. Madar
Path Loss Model Between Mobile Terminals in Residential Area with a Curved Road ......................................................................2004Motoharu Sasaki, Wataru Yamada, Toshio Ito, Naoki Kita, Takatoshi Sugiyama
Small-scale Fading and Delay in Conference Room with 802.11 Coverage Problems .........................................................................2009F. Heereman, W. Joseph, E. Tanghe, D. Plets, L. Martens
Co-existence of Cellular and Multiple Airborne Wireless Networks: Interference Statistical Distribution......................................2013N. Moraitis, A. Panagopoulos
Modeling and Characteristics of Mobile-to-Mobile Wideband MIMO Channel Based on the Geometrical Multi-Radii Two-Rings with Specified Frequency Selectivity............................................................................................................................2018
S. Yoo, J. Lee, K. Kim
Study of Ultra Wideband Localisation Techniques Using Various Monitoring Configurations ........................................................2023R. Bharadwaj, A. Alomainy, C. Parini
Car-to-car Communication Using Efficient Far-Field RCS Simulations to Account for Reflecting Objects in the Communication Path ...................................................................................................................................................................................2027
Markus Schick, Rene Fiedler, Even Lezar, Ulrich Jakobus
Coverage Optimization and Power Reduction in SFN Using a Hybrid PSO Algorithm......................................................................2031M. Lanza, A. L. Gutierrez, I. Barriuso, O. Fernandez, M. Domingo, J. R. Perez, L. Valle, J. Basterrechea
Impact of Material Changes in Electromagnetic Dosimetry Estimation of Complex Indoor Scenarios ............................................2036Leire Azpilicueta, Jorge Becerra, Francisco Falcone, Silvia De Miguel, Victoria Ramos
Channel Model and Data Analysis for Indoor Environment ..................................................................................................................2039F. J. B. Barros, P. V. Gonzalez, E. Costa, J. R. Bergmann, G. L. Siqueira, B. S. L. Castro, G. P. S. Cavalcante
Criteria for Physical Dimensions of MIMO OTA Multi-Probe Test Setup ...........................................................................................2043Pekka Kyosti, Lassi Hentila
Calculation of Doppler Spectrum for Simultaneous Time Varying Conditions....................................................................................2048Artiz Estevez, Jesus Miguel Illescas, Jose Antonio Marcotegui, Francisco Falcone
Experimental Characterization of a Femtocell Radio Channel ..............................................................................................................2052Joao C. Braz, Pedro Gonzalez Castellanos, Carlos Rodriguez Ron, Luiz A. R. Ramirez, Leonardo Gonsioroski, Luiz Da Silva Mello, Flavio Hasselmann
MIMO Antenna Optimization for Enhanced Channel Capacity ............................................................................................................2056Lajos Nagy
A 3-D Model for MIMO Mobile-to-Mobile Amplify-and-Forward Relay Fading Channels...............................................................2061Emmanouel T. Michailidis, Panagiotis Theofilakos, Athanasios G. Kanatas
A Post-Processing Technique for Scalloping Suppression Over ScanSAR Images ..............................................................................2066A. Sorrentino, D. Schiavulli, M. Migliaccio
Characterization of Propagation Mechanisms for the 2.4 GHz Channel At Athens International Airport ......................................2070Theofilos Chrysikos, Stavros Kotsopoulos
Knowledge-Based Indoor Propagation Model ..........................................................................................................................................2075C. R. Gomes, J. B. Negrao Leite, R. A. Nascimento, I. R. Gomes, H. S. Gomes, S. G. C. Fraiha, G. P. S. Cavalcante
Indoor Propagation Model in 2.4 GHz with QoS Parameters Estimation in VoIP Calls, Considering Different Types of Walls and Floors ...........................................................................................................................................................................2079
I. R. Gomes, B. S. L. Castro, R. L. Fraiha, H. S. Gomes, S. G. C. Fraiha, G. P. S. Cavalcante
Low Complexity Free Space Impedances Measurement of UWB Antennas .........................................................................................2083Vit Sipal, Javier Gelabert, Chrisopher Stevens, Ben Allen
Far-Field Evaluation Directly From Helicoidal Near-Field Data ...........................................................................................................2087Francesco D'Agostino, Flaminio Ferrara, Claudio Gennarelli, Rocco Guirriero, Massimo Migliozzi
Modeling of Unknown Echoic Measurement Facilities with Equivalent Scattering Centers ..............................................................2092Kazeem A. Yinusa, Carsten H. Schmidt, Thomas F. Eibert
Measurements of Complex Permittivity of Geological Materials Mixtures At Rf Frequencies ..........................................................2097Antonio Sarri, Matteo Batisti, Matteo Bientinesi
Visualization of Microwave Exposure in Industrial and Medical Applications....................................................................................2102T. Vydra, D. Havelka, J. Vrba
Bistatic RCS Measurements of Aircraft Seat Rows and Their Implementation in a Raytracer .........................................................2106R. Geise, A. Enders, M. Bachhuber
New MIMO OTA Figures of Merit ............................................................................................................................................................2111A. Marin-Soler, D. Sanchez-Hernandez
Improved Open Resonator Technique for Dielectric Characterization .................................................................................................2115S. Costanzo, G. Massa, O. Moreno
Accurate Imaging of a Moving Target in Shadow Regions with UWB Radar Using Doppler Effect.................................................2118S. Fujita, T. Sakamoto, T. Sato
Wideband Experimental Characterization of Differential Antennas.....................................................................................................2123J. Pantoja-A, N. Pena, F. Roman, F. Vega, F. Rachidi
Low Frequency Radar Imaging From Ramp Response Using the Level-Set Method..........................................................................2128Y. Wen, N. De Beaucoudrey, J. Saillard, J. Chauveau, P. Pouliguen
Super-Resolution Pulse Compression Techniques for Radar Subsurface Imaging ..............................................................................2132Hui Zhang, Dirk Plettemeier
Coaxial Resonator and Measuring System for Dielectric Parameter Measurements ..........................................................................2137Lajos Nagy, Zoltan Szalay
Test on Antennas in a Reverberating Chamber and Comparison with Anechoic Chamber ...............................................................2142G. Ferrara, A. Gifuni, A. Sorrentino
Optical Fiber Link Antenna and EMI Measurement System Using Optical Biased Devises ..............................................................2146Satoru Kurokawa, Michitaka Ameya, Masanobu Hirose, Daisuke Hayashi, Shintaro Arata
Calibration Techniques for Multi-Sensors SAR System..........................................................................................................................2149Gaetan Guevel, Joe Wiart, Christian Person, Romain Butet, Sylvie Le Dall, Yann Toutain
Near-field Contact-Less Return Loss Measurement of a 434MHz Dipole Antenna-SAW Sensor System ........................................2154M. Monedero, P. Le Thuc, E. Seguenot, R. Staraj
Ultra-small Analog Fibre-Optical Link for Interference-Free Antenna Signal Transmission............................................................2158Wieland Mann, Klaus Petermann
Measurement of Magnetic Flux Density Vector........................................................................................................................................2161Jan Kracek, Milo Mazanek
Propagation Modelling for White Space....................................................................................................................................................2163N. Dumont, R. Watson, S. Pennock
Autoregressive Modeling of Frequency Selective Channels for Synchronized OFDM Systems .........................................................2168Xiang Xu, Rudolf Mathar
A Simulation System to Evaluate Antenna Diversity Concepts for Improved Mobile Reception of COFDM-based Terrestrial Broadcasts .................................................................................................................................................................................2171
Christoph Neeb, Stefan Lindenmeier
On Predicting Large Scale Fading Characteristics with the MR-FDPF Method .................................................................................2174Meiling Luo, Nikolai Lebedev, Guillaume Villemaud, Guillaume De La Roche, Jie Zhang, Jean-Marie Gorce
Efficient Evaluation of the Green’s Function for a Bended Coplanar Waveguide ...............................................................................2179Constantinos A. Valagiannopoulos
Preliminary Investigations of Three-Dimensional Microwave Tomography Using Different Data Sets ...........................................2184Hoi-Shun Lui, Andreas Fhager, Mikael Persson
Evaluation of Signal Polarisation Effects Under Human Handling Influence in Public Femtocell Environment ............................2189Tengku Faiz Bin Tengku Mohmed Noor Izam, T. W. C. Brown
Dual Frequency Polarizing Surfaces - For Ka-Band Applications .........................................................................................................2194E. Doumanis, G. Goussetis, R. Cahill, V. Fusco, H. Legay
Shape Reconstruction of Scatterers by Suitable Inverse Processing of GPR Data ...............................................................................2197G. Valerio, F. Soldovieri, P. M. Barone, S. E. Lauro, E. Mattei, E. Pettinelli, D. Comite, A. Galli
Microwave Scattering Experiment on a Wave Tank: Bistatic Setup .....................................................................................................2200N. De Beaucoudrey, F. Poulain, L. Davoust, J. M. Rousset, F. Bonnefoy
Sparse Array Synthesis Via Sequential Convex Optimizations ..............................................................................................................2204Benjamin Fuchs, Anja Skrivervik, Juan R. Mosig
Phase-only Synthesis of Conformal Aperiodic Reflectarrays with Multi-Frequency Specifications ..................................................2208A. Capozzoli, C. Curcio, A. Liseno, M. Migliorelli, G. Toso
Experimental Validation of Fast Simulation Methods in the Framework of the SKA Telescope Project .........................................2213Christopher Raucy, Eloy De Lera Acedo, Christophe Craeye, David Gonzalez-Ovejero, Nima Razavi Ghods
Element Sharing in Interleaved Antenna Arrays .....................................................................................................................................2218W. P. Du Plessis, C. Kitching, A. Bin Ghannam
A New Perspective in the Synthesis of Reconfigurable Linear or Circularly Symmetric Array Antennas .......................................2223Andrea Francesco Morabito, Antonia Rita Lagana, Tommaso Isernia
Mini Compact Range for Automotive RADAR Antenna Testing ...........................................................................................................2228P. Iversen, M. Boumans, S. Burgos
State of the Art Spherical Near-Field Antenna Test Systems for Full Vehicle Testing ........................................................................2232P. Noren, L. J. Foged, Ph. Garreau
Exploring Radiating and Scattering Sources of Part of Vehicles by Means of Hemi-Spherical-Near-Field Antenna Measurementsl ..............................................................................................................................................................................................2237
Dieter Pototzki, Andreas Griesche
Measuring the Radiation Patterns of SDARS Installed in Vehicles .......................................................................................................2240James D. Huff, Carl W. Sirles
Outdoor Far-Field Antenna Measurements System for Testing of Large Vehicles..............................................................................2244Doug Kremer, Alan Morris, Rachel Blake, Todd Park, John Proctor
TD and FD Simulations of Internal EM Environment in Small Aircraft and Experimental Test Comparison ...............................2249Z. Reznicek, P. Tobola, G. Rasek, S. Loos
Large Size, Lightweight, Luneburg Lenses for Multi-beam Antenna Applications .............................................................................2254Leo Matytsine, Pavel Lagoiski, Michael Matytsine, Serguei Matitsine
Antenna Measurement Using Large Size, Lightweight, Broadband Convex RF Lens ........................................................................2259Leo Matytsine, Pavel Lagoiski, Serguei Matitsine
Phase- and Group Delay Measurements Over Large Distances .............................................................................................................2263Thilo Bednorz
Efield MDMM - A New and Innovative Domain Decomposition Technique for Advanced Cavity Problems ..................................2268B. Strand, B. Wastberg, E. Abenius
Phantoms for Antenna Measurements At 2.4 GHz ..................................................................................................................................2273Benjamin Loader, Tian Hong Loh
Indoor Multi-User MIMO: Measured User Orthogonality and Its Impact on the Choice of Coding ................................................2277Fredrik Rusek, Ove Edfors, Fredrik Tufvesson
Straightforward MIMO OTA Characterization and Statistical Metrics for LTE Devices..................................................................2282Y. Feng, W. Schroeder, T. Kaiser
LTE MIMO Multiplexing Performance Measured in Reverberation Chamber and Accurate Simple Theory................................2287Per-Simon Kildal, Ahmed Hussain, Giuseppe Durisi, Charlie Orlenius, Anton Skarbratt
Real-Time Ultrawideband MIMO Channel Sounding .............................................................................................................................2291Seun Sangodoyin, Jussi Salmi, S. Niranjayan, Andreas F. Molisch
Folded Rotman Lens Multibeam Antenna in SIW Technology at 24 GHz............................................................................................2296K. Tekkouk, M. Ettorre, R. Sauleau, M. Casaletti
MRC Performance Benefit in V2V Communication Systems in Urban Traffic Scenarios..................................................................2299Jorg Nuckelt, Thomas Kurner
Comparison of Automotive FM Antenna Diversity Concepts with a Compound Reception Test System.........................................2304S. Treinies, J. Hopf, S. Lindenmeier
Metal Plate Lens Antenna for Auomotive Radar At mm-Wave Frequencies .......................................................................................2309Gordana Klaric Felic, Efstatios Skafidas, Rob Evans
Modeling and Integration of Automotive Radiofrequency Antennas for Vehicle Access Systems .....................................................2312Raed El-Makhour, Mickael Huard, Eric Lardjane Renault
A Wideband Metamaterial Meander-Line Antenna ................................................................................................................................2317Colan G. M. Ryan, George V. Eleftheriadis
Broadband, Compact Hard Waveguide and Its Application to Open-Ended Waveguides Dense Arrays.........................................2320Eva Rajo-Iglesias, Stefano Maci
Experimental Generation of Propagating Bessel Beams with a Low-Profile Leaky Radial Waveguide............................................2324M. Ettorre, S. Rudolph, A. Grbic
Design of Printed Antennas on Reactive Impedance Substrates for Circular Polarization Operation in S-Band............................2327L. Bernard, G. Chertier, R. Sauleau
Design of an H-Plane Horn Array Antenna Using the Complete 1D/3D-EBG Waveguide in the THz Band....................................2331D. Sanchez-Escuderos, M. Ferrando-Bataller, A. Berenguer, M. Baquero-Escudero
Bifocal Antenna Based on Dual-Reflectarray Dual-Offset Configuration.............................................................................................2336Javier Rodriguez-Alvarez, Manuel Arrebola, Carolina Tienda, Jose A. Encinar, Fernando Las-Heras
A Circular Eleven Feed with Significantly Improved Aperture Efficiency Over 1.3-14 GHz.............................................................2341J. Yin, J. Yang, M. Panteleev, L. Helldner
A Dual-Band Multimode Monopulse Tracking Antenna for Land-Mobile Satellite Communications in Ka-Band ........................2345Hendrik Bayer, Alexander Krauss, Ralf Stephan, Matthias A. Hein
Active Array Fed Reflector Antennas. Practical Relations and Efficiency............................................................................................2350A. V. Shishlov, I. L. Vilenko, Yu. V. Krivosheev
Ku-Band Dielectric-Loaded SIW Horn for Vertically-Polarized Multi-Sector Antennas ...................................................................2355M. Yousefbeiki, A. Domenech, J. Mosig, C. Fernandes
Circularly Polarized Ring-Slot Antenna for RFID Readers....................................................................................................................2360M. Ramirez, J. Parron
Tuning a Dual-Band Bowtie Slot Antenna with Parabolic Radiating Slots for the 900 MHz and 2400 MHz Bands .......................2364L. Berge, M. Reich, M. Aziz, B. Braaten
Circularly Polarized Microstrip Patch Antenna Fed by Substrate Integrated Waveguide .................................................................2368Tomas Mikulasek, Jaroslav Lacik
Field Strength Prediction for Environment Aware MIMO Channel Models........................................................................................2372Florian Schroder, Michael Reyer, Rudolf Mathar
Diffraction From Frequency Selective Surfaces for Secure Building Applications ..............................................................................2376Jiayin Roberts, Jonathan M. Rigelsford, Kenneth L. Ford
A Solution for ILS Disturbance Due to a Building ...................................................................................................................................2380A. Thain, J. P. Estienne, J. Robert, G. Peres, G. Cambon, L. Evain, B. Spitz
Implementation and Validation of a 2.5D Intelligent Ray Launching Algorithm for Large Urban Scenarios .................................2384Zhihua Lai, Hui Song, Peng Wang, Haiwang Mu, Lei Wu, Jie Zhang
First and Second Order Statistics of Clear-Air Attenuation on 11 GHz Terrestrial Path...................................................................2389Martin Grabner, Vaclav Kvicera, Pavel Pechac, Otakar Jicha
Estimation of the Dynamics Parameter of Rain Attenuation Time Series Synthesizers ......................................................................2393Fernando J. A. Andrade, Luiz A. R. Da Silva Mello
The New Vector Fitting Approach to Modeling of UWB Channels Containing Convex Obstacles ...................................................2397Piotr Gorniak, Wojciech Bandurski
Propagation Modelling in a Container Environment...............................................................................................................................2401Emmeric Tanghe, Wout Joseph, Peter Ruckeybusch, Luc Martens, Ingrid Moerman
Transparency of Buildings to the Radiowave Propagation At VHF-UHF Frequencies.......................................................................2406M. Orefice, G. C. Vietti
Measurements of the Land Mobile and Nomadic Satellite Channels At 2.2 GHz and 3.8 GHz..........................................................2410F. Lacoste, J. Lemorton, L. Casadebaig, F. Rousseau
Building Penetration Loss Modelling for Satellite Services at L-, S- and C-band ................................................................................2415M. Kvicera, P. Pechac
A Rural Channel Model for Satellite Navigation Applications ...............................................................................................................2419Frank M. Schubert, Bernard H. Fleury, Roberto Prieto-Cerdeira, Alexander Steingass, Andreas Lehner
Flexible Statistical Multipath and Shadowing Model for Land Mobile Satellite Navigation ..............................................................2424R. Prieto-Cerdeira, F. Schubert, R. Orus-Perez
Validation of Aeronautical Fuselage Channel Model for Iris Air-Traffic Management Via Satellite................................................2428E. Salvador Marquez, R. Prieto-Cerdeira, R. Orus Perez, P. Burzigotti
Frequency Dependence of Vegetation Shadowing Loss for Satellite Services .......................................................................................2433Petr Horak, Pavel Pachac
A Three Components Model for Simplified Building Scattering in Urban Environment ...................................................................2437M. Ait-Ighil, F. Perez-Fontan, J. Lemorton, F. Lacoste, G. Artaud, C. Bourga, M. Bousquet
A Generative MIMO Channel Model - Encompassing Single Satellite and Satellite Diversity Cases................................................2442G. Carrie, F. Perez-Fontan, F. Lacoste, J. Lemorton
On a Satellite-to-Indoor Channel Model: The Multipath Components .................................................................................................2447Thomas Jost, Wei Wang, Uwe-Carsten Fiebig, Fernando Perez-Fontan
Narrow- and Wideband Land Mobile Satellite Channel Statistics for Various Environments at Ku-Band .....................................2452Franz Teschl, Veikko Hovinen, Fernando Perez-Fontan, Michael Schonhuber, Roberto Prieto-Cerdeira
Compact Diversity Antenna Using Dipole and Monopole Modes ...........................................................................................................2457Kengo Nishimoto, Toru Fukasawa, Toyohisa Tanaka, Hiroaki Miyashita, Yoshihiko Konishi
Electrical Properties of Spherical Dipole Antennas with Lossy Material Cores ...................................................................................2462Troels V. Hansen, Oleksiy S. Kim, Olav Breinbjerg
Novel Analytical Procedures for Folded Strip Dipole Antennas .............................................................................................................2467S. Keyrouz, H. J. Visser, R. J. M. Vullers, A. G. Tijhuis
A Theoretical Study on a Circular Microstrip Antenna in a Parallel Plate Waveguide ......................................................................2471N. Nakamoto, T. Oka, S. Kitazawa, H. Ban, K. Kobayashi
Electrically Small Spiral Transmission Line-Connected Triple-Arm Folded Monopole Antenna .....................................................2476M. Polivka, D. Vrba
IR-UWB Radar System and Tag Design for Time-coded Chipless RFID..............................................................................................2479A. Ramos, D. Girbau, A. Lazaro, S. Rima
Design of a Passive Tag for Indoor Localization.......................................................................................................................................2483C. Cruz, J. Costa, C. Fernandes
Experimental Study of the Antenna Influence in RTLS Based-On RFID .............................................................................................2488Gonzalo Crespo, Jorge Teniente, Inigo Ederra, Ramon Gonzalo
Water Infiltration Detection in Civil Engineering Structures Using RFID ...........................................................................................2493S. Capdevila, G. Roqueta, M. Guardiola, L. Jofre, J. Romeu, J. Ch. Bolomey
An Accurate Linear Electrical Model Applied to a Series and Parallel 2.45 GHz Dual-Diode Rectenna Array ..............................2498H. Takhedmit, L. Cirio, O. Picon, J. D. Lan Sun Luk
On the Fast Multipole Method Applications for Inverse Problems ........................................................................................................2502Yuri Alvarez, Fernando Las-Heras, Jose Angel Martinez-Lorenzo, Carey M. Rappaport
Far-Field Uncertainty Due to Instrumentation Errors in Multilevel Plane Wave Based Near-Field Far-Field Transformed Planar Near-Field Measurements .......................................................................................................................................2506
M. Ayyaz Qureshi, Carsten H. Schmidt, Kazeem A. Yinusa, Thomas F. Eibert
Imaging of Element Excitations with Spherical Scanning .......................................................................................................................2511Doren W. Hess, Scott T. McBride
A Modified Holographic Technique for Cylindrical Near-Field Antenna Measurements ..................................................................2516D. Smith, V. Schejbal, L. Prouza
Comparative Investigation of Methods to Reduce Truncation Errors in Partial Spherical Near-Field Antenna Measurements ...............................................................................................................................................................................................2521
L. J. Foged, L. Scialacqua, F. Saccardi, F. Mioc, J. L. Araque Quijano, E. Martini, S. Maci, M. Sabbadini, G. Vecchi
Reflector Surface Distortion Compensation Using Reflectarrays: Experimental Verification ...........................................................2526Harish Rajagopalan, Yahya Rahmat-Samii
Multi-Frequency, Multi-Resolution and Probe Compensated Advanced Near-Field Antenna Characterization ............................2530Amedeo Capozzoli, Claudio Curcio, Angelo Liseno
Antenna Diagnostics on Planar Arrays Using a 3D Source Reconstruction Technique and Spherical Near-Field Measurements ...............................................................................................................................................................................................2535
Erik Jorgensen, Doren W. Hess, Peter Meincke, Oscar Borries, Cecilia Cappellin, Jeff Fordham
Antenna Characterization with Multiple Scatterers by Means of Equivalent Currents and Spherical Wave Expansion ......................................................................................................................................................................................................2539
Yuri Alvarez Lopez, Jaime Laviada, Cebrian Garcia Gonzalez, Fernando Las-Heras
Application of Postprocessing Techniques Methods for Noise Reduction in Cylindrical Near Field Antenna Measurements ...............................................................................................................................................................................................2543
Francisco Cano Facila, Manuel Sierra-Castaner
Integrated Antenna Concept for Millimeter-Wave Front-End Modules in Proven Technologies ......................................................2548U. Johannsen, A. Smolders, A. Reniers, A. Dommele, M. Huang
120-GHz-band Antenna Technologies for over-10-Gbps Wireless Data Transmission .......................................................................2552Akihiko Hirata, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Jun Takeuchi, Naoya Kukutsu, Dongjin Kim, Jiro Hirokawa
High Gain 60 GHz LTCC Chain Antenna Array with Substrate Integrated Waveguide Feed Network ..........................................2557Antti Lamminen, Jussi Saily
Millimeter-wave Antenna Pattern Measurement Using High Extinction Ratio Mach-Zehnder Modulator.....................................2562Michitaka Ameya, Satoru Kurokawa, Masanobu Hirose
60 GHz Polarimetric MIMO Sensing: Architectures and Technology ..................................................................................................2566Alexis Paolo Garcia Ariza, Robert Muller, Ralf Stephan, Frank Wollenshlager, Alexander Schulz, Mohamed Elkhouly, Christoph Scheytt, Uwe Trautwein, Jens Muller, Reiner S. Thoma, Matthias A. Hein
Innovative Multilayered Millimetre-Wave Antennas for Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Very Small Footprint Applications...................................................................................................................................................................................................2571
Tarek Djerafi, Olivier Kramer, Nasser Ghassemi, Ajay Babu Guntupalli, Bassel Youzkatli-El-Khatib, Ke Wu
A Three-Dimensional Metal-Only Reflectarray with Multiple Rectangular Grooves and an Open-Ended Rectangular Waveguide (OERW) Feed .....................................................................................................................................................2576
Woo Jin Byun, Yong Heui Cho
Antenna-in-Package Using PCB and IPD Technologies for 60 GHz Applications ...............................................................................2579Diane Titz, Fabien Ferrero, Claire Laporte, Hilal Ezzaddine, Cyril Luxey, Gilles Jacquemod
60 GHz Antennas and Module Development for WiGig Applications ...................................................................................................2583Romain Pilard, Frederic Gianesello, Daniel Gloria
Antennas on Silicon: Hybrid Integration Versus SoC Solutions?...........................................................................................................2587Ch. Person, Ch. Calvez, J. P. Guzman, Y. C. Pinto, M. Ney, D. Belot, D. Gloria, R. Pilard, D. Pache, N. Demirel, E. Kerherve
On the Design of Butler-like Type Matrices for Low SLL Multibeam Antennas .................................................................................2592Fanourios E. Fakoukakis, George A. Kyriacou, John N. Sahalos
Projection Approach to Model the Main Beam of Non-Regular Arrays in Presence of Mutual Coupling........................................2597Christophe Craeye, David Gonzalez-Ovejero, Nima Razavi Ghods, Eloy De Lera Acedo
A Metasurface Isoflux Antenna and Potential Beam Reconfigurability ................................................................................................2601G. Minatti, S. Maci, P. De Vita, A. Freni, M. Sabbadini
C-band and Ka-band Reconfigurable Planar Reflectors .........................................................................................................................2606P. Ratajczak, J. M. Baracco, G. Toso
Synthesis of Co-Polar and Cross-Polar Patterns with Dynamic Range Ratio Reduction for Phase-Only Reconfigurable Arrays.................................................................................................................................................................................2611
Giulia Buttazzoni, Roberto Vescovo
Design of a Reconfigurable Reflectarray Based on a Varactor Tuned Element ...................................................................................2616F. Venneri, S. Constanzo, G. Di Massa, A. Borgia, P. Corsonello, M. Salzano
Reconfigurable Sensor Networks with a Real Time Optimization Method...........................................................................................2620Oscar Quevedo-Teruel, Eva Rajo-Oglesias
An On-Board Reconfigurable Antenna System for Ka-Band Broadcasting Satellite Services ...........................................................2624Piero Gabellini, Nicola Gatti, Carlo Capsoni, Laura Resteghini, Antonio Martellucci, Peter Rinous
Dynamic Array Beamforming by Photonic Feedback Sensor Network.................................................................................................2629P. Vinetti, M. D'Urso, M. Dispenza
Multiband Shared Aperture Adaptive Array Using the Rear Defogger ................................................................................................2634Yoshihiko Kuwahara, Noorsaliza Abdullah
Efficient Numerical Investigation of an Active Reconfigurable Periodic Structure .............................................................................2639L. Matekovits, M. Bercigli, R. Guidi
Efficient Analysis of Multi-Resonant Periodic Structures for the Improved Analysis and Design of Reflectarray Antennas ........................................................................................................................................................................................................2642
R. Florencio, J. Encinar
FETI Domain Decomposition Method for the Electromagnetic Characterization of Meta Materials and Antenna Arrays ............................................................................................................................................................................................................2646
A. Barka, V. Gobin, F. X. Roux
Scattering From Truncated Cylinders with a Mixed 2-D/3-D Domain Decomposition Scheme .........................................................2648D. Duque, V. Lancellotti, B. P. De Hon, A. G. Tijhuis
Performance of Uniaxial Multilayer Cylinders Used for Invisible Cloak Realization .........................................................................2652Dario Bojanjac, Branimir Ivsic, Tin Komljenovic, Zvonimir Sipus
New Numerical Techniques for Efficient and Accurate Analysis of FSSs, EBGs and Metamaterials ...............................................2657Raj Mittra, Chiara Pelletti, Ravi Kumar Arya, Agostino Monorchio, Giacomo Bianconi, Tim McManus, Nikolaos Tsitsas
Numerical Modeling of Nanostructured Metamaterials ..........................................................................................................................2659Andrea Vallecchi, Matteo Albani, Filippo Capolino
Microwave Modeling of Single Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes ..............................................................................................................2661Anestis Katsounaros, Jiefu Zhang, Yang Hao
Comparison of Different Numerical Models for Volumetric Metamaterials ........................................................................................2665Enrica Martini, Giovanni Maria Sardi, Stefano Maci
Forward Scattering Properties of Periodic Metamaterials......................................................................................................................2668Imam Vakili, Mats Gustafsson, Daniel Sjoberg
Circular Polarization Selective Surface for Dual-Optics CP Offset Reflector Antennas in Ku-band ................................................2671Juanjo Sanz-Fernandez, Elena Saenz, Peter De Maagt, Cyril Mangenot
A Cartesian Cloaking Comprised of Gradually Sparser Dielectric Layers Exploiting Snell’s Law...................................................2676Constantinos A. Valagiannopoulos
Inkjet Printing of Frequency Selective Surfaces on EBG Antenna Radome .........................................................................................2681E. Arnaud, A. Kanso, T. Monediere, D. Passerieux, M. Thevenot, E. Beaudrouet, C. Dossou-Yovo, R. Noguera
Hybridization Band Gap Based Smart Antennas: Deep Subwavelength Yet Directional and Strongly Decoupled MIMO Antennas...........................................................................................................................................................................................2685
Geoffroy Lerosey, Christian Leray, Fabrice Lemoult, Julien De Rosny, Arnaud Tourin, Mathias Fink
CPW-Fed Bow-tie Slot Antenna/AMC Combination for Dual-band Applications on Metallic Objects ............................................2690M. Elena De Cos, Fernando Las-Heras
Practical Realization of Isotropic RF Replica of Plasmonic Sphere .......................................................................................................2694Damir Muha, Mario Mlakar, Silvio Hrabar, Davor Zaluski
Downshifting Extraordinary Transmission by Meander-Lines in Hole Arrays ...................................................................................2698Victor Torres, Pablo Rodrigues-Ulibarri, Miguel Beruete, Francisco Falcone, Mario Sorolla, Miguel Navarro-Cia
Small Antenna Over AMC Surface with/out Vias ....................................................................................................................................2700S. Zhu, K. Ford, A. Tennant, R. Langley
Design of Circularly Polarized Fabry-Perot Cavity Antenna .................................................................................................................2704R. Orr, G. Goussetis, V. Fusco
CPW-Fed Monopole/EBG Combination with Bandwidth Enhancement for Dual-band Applications..............................................2709M. Elena De Cos, Fernando Las-Heras
Evaluation of LTE Link-Level Performance with Closed Loop Spatial Multiplexing in a Realistic Urban Macro Environment..................................................................................................................................................................................................2713
Christian Schneider, Reiner S. Thoma
Analysis Of Some Techniques To Enhance The Bandwidth Of Handset Antennas Using Metallic Strips ........................................2718J. Anguera, A. Andujar, C. Picher, C. Puente, S. Kahng
Low-Profile Ka-Band Satellite Terminal Antenna Based on a Dual-Band Partially Reflective Surface ...........................................2722A. Krauss, H. Bayer, R. Stephan, M. A. Hein
Metamaterial-inspired Antennas for Telecommunication Applications ................................................................................................2727Giorgio Bertin, Bruno Piovano, Roberto Vallauri, Filiberto Bilotti, Lucio Vegni
Multiband Handset Antennas by Combining Monopoles and Intelligent Ground Planes...................................................................2729C. Picher, J. Anguera, A. Andujar, C. Puente, J. Anguera, A. Bujalance
Ground Plane Booster Antenna Technology .............................................................................................................................................2733A. Andujar, J. Anguera, C. Picher, C. Puente
MIMO Performance Optimisation of Car Antennas ...............................................................................................................................2738M. Geissler, C. Oikonomopoulos-Zachos, T. Ould, M. Arnold
Study on the Minimum Required Size of the Low-Band Cellular Antenna in Variable-Sized Mobile Terminals ...........................2742J. Holopainen, J. Ilvonen, R. Valkonen, A. A. H. Azremi, P. Vainikainen
User Influence on the Mean Effective Gain for Data Mode Operation of Mobile Handsets ...............................................................2747J. Nielsen, B. Yanakiev, I. Bonev, M. Christensen, G. Pedersen, C. Luxey, A. Diallo, I. Dioum
Wideband Circular Polarised Antenna with High Polarisation Purity Over a Wide Angular Range ...............................................2752Oleksandr Malyuski, Vincent Fusco
Effect of Beamforming on Full and Semi Cooperative MIMO in Real Measured Channels ..............................................................2754M. Rahimi, E. Carvalho, B. Yanakiev, G. Pedersen
60 GHz Membrane Antenna Array for Beam Steering Applications.....................................................................................................2758Mikko Kyro, Diane Titz, Christina Villeneuve, Veli-Matti Kolmonen, Pertti Vainikainen
Circularly Polarized Multi-Beam Lens Antenna System. Comparison Between 2 Polarizers ............................................................2763Marco Letizia, Jean-Francois Zurcher, Benjamin Fuchs, Carlos Zorraquino Gaston, Juan R. Mosig
Phase Optimization for Near Field Focus on Simultaneous Targets Using Antenna Arrays ..............................................................2767J. Alvarez, R. Ayestaran, G. Leon, J. Lopez-Fernandez, F. Las-Heras
On the Design and Measurement of a Novel Non-Orthogonal Multi-Beam Network for Triangular Arrays of Three Radiating Elements ......................................................................................................................................................................................2772
Javier Garcia-Gasco Trujillo, Alvaro Noval Sanchez De Toca, Ignacio Montesinos-Ortego, Manuel Sierra Perez
Deterministic Beamforming for Enhanced Vertical Sectorization and Array Pattern Compensation ..............................................2777Elpiniki P. Tsakalaki, Luis Angel Maestro Ruiz De Temino, Tomi Haapala, Javier Lopez Roman, Miguel Arranz Arauzo
Planar Beam Switched Antenna with Butler Matrix for 60 GHz WPAN ..............................................................................................2782Christian Rusch, Christian Karcher, Stefan Beer, Thomas Zwick
A High Performance Circular Polarised Retrodirective Antenna with Basic Array Function for Service Activated SATCOM Systems........................................................................................................................................................................................2786
N. Buchanan, V. Fusco, M. Vorst, O. Malyuskin
Coherently Fed Frequency Scanning Phased Array Structure for Imaging Applications ..................................................................2790Belen Larumbe-Gonzalo, Ainara Rebollo-Muguenta, Jorge Teniente-Vallinas
Antenna Module with Integrated Scan-Phase Antenna Diversity System for SDARS ........................................................................2795S. Senega, S. Lindenmeier
Design and Analysis of a Compact Size Planar Antenna for UWB Applications .................................................................................2799Emad Tammam, Kuniaki Yoshitomi, Ahmed Allam, Mohammed El-Sayed, Ramesh Pokharel, Keiji Yoshida
A Novel Compact Ultra-Wideband Dipole Antenna ................................................................................................................................2803Dinh Thanh Le, Yoshio Karasawa
Square Circular Polarized Dielectric Resonator Antenna with a Rotated Notch .................................................................................2807A. Khalajmehrabadi, M. Rahim, N. Murad, M. Kamarudin
Guided Wave Structure for Dual Leaky-Mode Microstrip Antenna Design ........................................................................................2811G. Cheng, C. Tzuang
H-Shaped Microstrip Patch Antenna Using L-Probe Fed for Wideband Applications .......................................................................2815M. T. Ali, N. Nordin, I. Pasya, M. N. Md Tan
Novel Loop and Dipole Based UWB Antennas for GPR and Communication Applications...............................................................2820H. Jenks, S. R. Pennock, M. A. Redfern, G. Orlando
A UWB Monopole Antenna for GPR Application....................................................................................................................................2825Ping Cao, Yi Huang, Jingwei Zhang
New EBG Solutions for Mutual Coupling Reduction...............................................................................................................................2829Gonzalo Exposito-Dominguez, Jose Manuel Fernandez-Gonzalez, Pablo Padilla, Manuel Sierra-Castaner
Filtering EBG Structures Implemented in Coplanar Waveguide Feedline of Planar Slot Antenna ..................................................2833P. Kurgan, A. Bekasiewicz, M. Kitlinski
Bandwidth Enhancement Through Coupling Microstrip Patch Antenna and Electromagnetic Band-Gap Resonances ....................................................................................................................................................................................................2837
Ramona Cosmina Hadarig, Maria Elena De Cos, Fernando Las-Heras
On the Bandwidth Enhancement of Patch Antenna Using EBG/AMC Structures ..............................................................................2841Ramona Cosmina Hadarig, Maria Elena De Cos, Fernando Las-Heras
Scattering and Reflection of a Quasi-Periodic Unit Cell Sequence for Reflectarray and Holographic Applications .......................2846Y. Ranga, Stuart Hay, L. Matekovits, M. Orefice, Karu P. Esselle
Towards Experimental Investigation of Metamaterialbased DB Surface in Waveguide Environment.............................................2849Davor Zaluski, Damir Muha, Silvio Hrabar
A Compact Five-Band SLR Type Metamaterial.......................................................................................................................................2853O. Yurduseven, A. Yilmaz, G. Turhan-Sayan
Some Design Parameters for High Q Filters Built in Metamaterial Technology ..................................................................................2856L. Matekovits, A. Sabata
Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Oscillations in Extracted Material Parameters for Finite Bragg Stacks Using the NRW Method...................................................................................................................................................................2860
Niels Christian Jerichau Clausen, Samel Arslanagic, Olav Breinbjerg
Analysis of the Radiation Characteristics of CRLH LWAs Around Broadside ...................................................................................2864J. Gomez-Diaz, A. Alvarez-Melcon, J. Perruisseau-Carrier
Dispersion Analysis of a Reconfigurable Unit Cell in a One Dimensional Periodic Architecture ......................................................2869D. N. P. Thalakotuna, L. Matekovits, Karu P. Esselle, Stuart Hay, Michael Heimlich
Textile Artificial Magnetic Conductor for GPS Applications .................................................................................................................2872M. Silva Pimenta, F. Ferrero, P. Brachat, P. Ratajczak, R. Staraj, J. M. Ribero
Compact and Broadband Leaky Wave Antenna Using Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Line for Mobile Handsets ...........................................................................................................................................................................................2875
Hirohisa Kitahara, Naobumi Michishita, Yoshihide Yamada
Artificial Magnetic Conductors Realized by Planar Array of Loaded Loop for Antenna Applications ............................................2879Seyed Mohammad Hashemi, Mohammad Soleimani
Designing a Partially Reflective Surface for Tri-band Sectoral Antennas.............................................................................................2883M. Hajj, R. Chantalat, M. Salah Toubet, B. Jecko
Flat Cavity Antenna .....................................................................................................................................................................................2888N. I. Voytovich, A. V. Ershov, V. A. Bukharin, N. N. Repin
Horizontally Polarized Omnidirectional Segmented Loop Antenna ......................................................................................................2892X. Qing, Z. Chen
High Gain Circular Polarization Antenna for 5.8 GHz with Left-Handed Materials ..........................................................................2896Aline Coelho De Souza, Tan Phu Vuong, Christian Defay
A Printed Radial Configuration of Width-Modulated Strip-Lines for Controlled Guided-Wave Radiation ...................................2899S. K. Podilchak, L. Matekovits, A. P. Freundorfer, Y. M. M. Antar, M. Orefice
Electrical Small Meander Line Patch Antenna.........................................................................................................................................2902Sarinya Pasakawee, Zhirun Hu
Volume Reduction of Planar Substrate Integrated Waveguide Cavity-Backed Antennas ..................................................................2907C. Martinez, J. Reyes, O. Manosalva, N. Traslavina
Optimal Design of Wideband Microstrip Arrays with High Aperture Efficiency on FR4 Substrate.................................................2912Z. Ma, G. Vandenbosch
Planar Antenna Arrays for Long Range Links.........................................................................................................................................2916Jan Puskely, Zbynek Raida, Libor Slama
1-6 GHz UWB Phase Shifter Design and Implementation with Surface Micromachining ..................................................................2921Korkut Kaan Tokgoz, Cagri Cetintepe, Simsek Demir
Compact UWB Power Divider Packaged by Using Gap-Waveguide Technology ................................................................................2926Hasan Raza, Jian Yang
Comparisons of Solutions for Forward Scattering ...................................................................................................................................2931Vladimir Schejbal, Ondrej Fiser, Petr Svoboda
SBR Ray Tracing on NURBS for Electromagnetic Scattering Simulations ..........................................................................................2936F. Weinmann
Performance of an Enclosed MEMS Mounted Shunt on a CPW Line...................................................................................................2940J. Massiot, C. Martel, O. Pascal, N. Raveu
A New Switched Polarisation Antenna ......................................................................................................................................................2944F. Ghanem
Frequency Reconfigurable Aperture Coupled Antenna ..........................................................................................................................2948M. F. Ismail, M. K. A. Rahim, H. A. Majid, M. R. Hamid, M. R. Kamarudin, N. A. Murad
Optimization Procedures for the Design of Reconfigurable Compact Multi-Band Antennas.............................................................2952S. Arianos, J. L. Araque Quijano, F. Vipiana, G. Dassano, G. Vecchi, M. Orefice
Evaluation of a Reflectarray with Independent Scanning of Two Linearly-Polarized Beams ............................................................2955E. Carrasco, J. Encinar, J. Perruisseau-Carrier
Design and Shaping of Offset Dual-Reflector Antennas From Far-Field and Near-Field Measurements of the Feed Horns..............................................................................................................................................................................................................2959
A. Fachar, L. Ariet
2D Beam-Steering with Non-Symmetrical Beam Using Non-Symmetrical Integrated Lens Antenna ...............................................2964Aki Karttunen, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Ronan Sauleau, Antti V. Raisanen
Retrodirective Rotman Lens Constraining Factors..................................................................................................................................2969Yunhua Zhang, Steven Christie, Vincent Fusco, Robert Cahill, Jian Zhang
Radome Design for Hat-Fed Reflector Antenna .......................................................................................................................................2973E. Geterud, J. Yang, T. Ostling
Measurement Campaign of the Ka-Band Discrete Lens Antenna for Multibeam Applications .........................................................2977Oier Dominguez, Juan C. Lizarraga, Jorge Teniente, Carlos Del-Rio
Analysing Admittance of Obstacles in Evanescent Waveguide Using the Imaginary Smith Chart....................................................2981Peter Ludlow, Vincent Fusco, Dmitry Zelenchuk
Circular Polarization Wire Patch Antenna for RFID Applications .......................................................................................................2985Sylvain Pflaum, Robert Staraj, Georges Kossiavas
Detection of Spiral Resonator Array for Chipless RFID .........................................................................................................................2989M. Polivka, J. Havlicek, M. Svanda, J. Machac
Meandered Monopole Coupled Loop Antenna .........................................................................................................................................2993Y. Taachouche, F. Colombel, M. Himdi
A Consideration of Open- and Short-End Type Helical Antennas for Magnetic-Coupled Resonant Wireless Power Transfer .........................................................................................................................................................................................................2997
Hiroshi Hirayama, Tomohiro Amano, Nobuyoshi Kikuma, Kunio Sakakibara
Wireless UHF RFID Chip Impedance Measurement by Only Using an RFID Reader .......................................................................3002M. Heiss, W. Fischer
Measurements of a RFID Antenna for Cable Identification Application ..............................................................................................3005Tin Komljenovic, Zvonimir Sipus, Juraj Bartolic, Igor Krois
Design and Analysis of Efficient Fractal Antennas for UHF RFID Passive Tags .................................................................................3009E. Aivazis, K. Siakavara, J. Sahalos
Optimizing the Localization Accuracy of a RTLS Sensor Node by Using a Metal Reflector ..............................................................3014Evanaska Barbosa Nogueira, Mathieu Huchard, Fabien Ndagijimana, Tan-Phu Vuong
UHF RFID Humidity Sensor Tag Based on Hygroscopic Polymeric Load ...........................................................................................3018S. Manzari, C. Occhiuzzi, S. Nawale, A. Catini, C. Di Natale, G. Marrocco
Miniaturized PIFA Antenna for 2.4 GHz ISM Band Applications.........................................................................................................3022Wen-Jiao Liao, Te-Ming Liu, Shu-Yin Ho
A Novel Metamaterial-Based RFID Antenna with Efficient of Operating Distance ............................................................................3026Maciej Smierzchalski, Sylvain Collardey, Kouroch Mahdjoubi
A Small Size Nickel-Ferrite Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna...............................................................................................3030Elder Eldervitch Carneiro De Oliveira, Adaildo Gomes Dassuncao, Joao Bosco Lucena De Oliveira, Alciney Miranda Cabral, Lucianna Gama Fernandes Vieier
Pattern Synthesis of Linear Antenna Arrays Using a Genetic Algorithm with Physical Size Constraint .........................................3034Matthew B. Hawes, Wei Liu
Circularly Polarized Elliptical Dielectric Resonator Antenna with a Conformal Strip Excitation ....................................................3038H. Al-Lawati, S. Khamas
Electrodynamic Characteristics of a Loop Antenna Located on the Surface of an Axially Magnetized Plasma Column...........................................................................................................................................................................................................3041
A. Zaitseva, A. Kudrin, T. Zaboronkova
Differential Evolution as Applied to Electromagnetics: Advances, Comparisons, and Applications .................................................3046G. Oliveri, P. Rocca, A. Massa
Active Directional Attenuators ...................................................................................................................................................................3048Hynek Bartik
Analysis of a Bent-Dipole.............................................................................................................................................................................3051C. Fazi, C. Kenyon, R. Atkinson
Improvement of Sensitivities of Single-Layer Multiple Ring Elements for the Design of Reflectarrays ...........................................3056I. Barriuso, A. L. Gutierrez, M. Lanza, M. Domingo, J. R. Perez, L. Valle, J. Basterrechea
Active Impedance Calculation in Uniform Microstrip Patch Antenna Arrays with Simulated Data ................................................3061Mustafa Secmen
An EER Based Phase Conjugator for Retrodirective Response Using Modern Wireless Signal Formats ........................................3066Reinel Marante, Nieves Ruiz, Jose A. Garcia, Lorena Cabria
Annular Ring Slot Radiating Element for Integrated Millimeter Wave Arrays...................................................................................3070G. Amendola, Emilio Arnieri, Luigi Boccia, Volker Ziegler
Low-Cost Variable Fidelity Bayesian Support Vector Machine Modeling of Planar Slot Antennas .................................................3074J. Jacobs, S. Koziel, S. Ogurtsov
Analytical Model for TM Scattering of 1–D Narrow Slit Gratings Loaded with Dielectric Slabs ......................................................3077R. Rodriguez-Berral, Francisco Mesa, Francisco Medina
RCS Analysis of Finite Graphene Sheets Through an Enhanced Frequency-Dependent FDTD Method .........................................3082Georgios D. Bouzianas, Nikolaos V. Kantartzis, Theodoros D. Tsiboukis
Resonant Frequency Analysis of Microstrip Antenna on Dielectric-Magnetic Medium .....................................................................3086C. F. L. Vasconcelos, M. R. M. L. Albuquerque, V. P. Silva Neto, A. G. Dassuncao
An Octave Bandwidth Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) Structure ....................................................................................................3090S. Palreddy, A. I. Zaghloul, Y. Lee
Wearable Finger Multiband Antenna for BAN Use .................................................................................................................................3094Tomokazu Watanabe, Hisao Iwasaki
Synthesis and Rigorous Analysis of Omnidirectional ADE Antenna with Shaped Main Reflector Described by Local Conic Sections.....................................................................................................................................................................................3098
R. A. Penchel, S. R. Zang, J. R. Bergmann, F. J. S. Moreira
A Printed V-Shaped Circular Antenna Array for Direction Finding Applications..............................................................................3103Farooq Sultan, Haider Ali, Mohammad S. Sharawi, Daniel N. Aloi
Directive Planar Antennas Based on Leaky Waves..................................................................................................................................3107David R. Jackson
An Elliptical Analytic Link Loss Model for Wireless Propagation Around the Human Torso ..........................................................3109Rohit Chandra, Anders J. Johansson
Impact of Channel Modeling on Accurate Estimation of On-Body Channel Capacity........................................................................3113A. Michalopoulou, T. Zervos, K. Peppas, F. Lazarakis, A. A. Alexandridis, K. Dangakis, D. I. Kaklamani
Transmission Characteristics Between Wearable and Embedded Transceivers Based on Near-Field Coupling : Body-Channel Communication System for Human-Area Networking..................................................................................................3118
Y. Kado, T. Yanagawa, K. Nagata, T. Kobase, T. Kusunoki, R. Nagai, H. Ozaki, H. Shimasaki, M. Shinagawa
Topological and Morphological Influence in the Performance of MIMO Techniques in Complex Indoor Scenarios .....................3122Luis Lenin Trigueros, Leire Azpilicueta, Carlos Del-Rio, Francisco Falcone
Effect of Polarisation Diversity on Phase Conjugation Assisted Communications in Urban Canyon Environment........................3125D. Zelenchuk, V. Fusco
State Modeling of the Land Mobile Satellite Channel with Angle Diversity .........................................................................................3128Daniel Arndt, Thomas Heyn, Albert Heuberger, Roberto Prieto-Cerdeira, Ernst Eberlein
Electromagnetic Simulations for Aeronautical Satellite Communications Channel Model ................................................................3133Lorena Lozano, M. Jesus Algar, Ivan Gonzalez, Alvaro Somolinos, Felipe Catedra, Roberto Prieto-Cerdeira, Paolo Burzigotti
Influence of the Rain Cell Structure on Attenuation Predictions on Earth-Space Paths.....................................................................3137George Brost
Investigation of Diffraction Effects in GNSS Using Ray Tracing Channel Modelling - Preliminary Results ...................................3142M. Liso Nocolas, M. Smyrnaios, S. Schon, T. Kurner
Ionosphere Scintillation Modelling / Satellite Navigation Impairments & Radar Observations ........................................................3147Y. Beniguel, P. Hamel
A Metamaterial-Based Series Connected Rectangular Patch Antenna Array for UHF RFID Readers ............................................3152B. Braaten, S. Roy, S. Nariyal, M. Aziz, B. Ijaz, M. Masud
Impact Analysis of Silicon and Bondwires on an On-Chip Antenna ......................................................................................................3156P. Gentner, A. Adalan, A. Scholtz, C. Mecklenbrauker
On the Currents Magnitude of a Tunable Planar-Inverted-F Antenna for Low-Band Frequencies..................................................3161S. Barrio, M. Pelosi, O. Franek, G. Pedersen
Direction Dependent Modulation of an RFID Tag ...................................................................................................................................3165Yang Wang, Alan Tennant, Richard Langley
A Discution of a SRR Parasitic Antenna for an RFID TAG ANTENNA by Using Lumped Elements ..............................................3169Abdelhak Ferchichi, Gharsallah Ali
Combined Plane Wave – Point Source Near-Field Far-Field Transformation for Short Measurement Distances ..........................3174C. Schmidt, D. Schobert, T. Eibert
Advances in Antenna Measurement Instrumentation and Systems .......................................................................................................3178Steven R. Nichols, Roger Dygert, David Wayne
Achieved Accuracy of a Spherical Near-Field Arch Positioning System ...............................................................................................3183Jeffrey Fordham, Tim Scwartz, George Cawton, Youlian Netzov, Scott McBride, Makary Awadalla, Dave Wayne
Cylindrical NF–FF Transformation From NF Data Acquired on a Non-classical Sampling Grid.....................................................3188Francesco D'Agostino, Flaminio Ferrara, Claudio Gennarelli, Rocco Guerriero, Massimo Migliozzi, Carl Rizz
Computational and Experimental Verification of Far-Field Mathematical Absorber Reflection Suppression................................3193S. F. Gregson, J. McCormick, B. J. Kerse, A. C. Newell, G. E. Hindman
Advances in Inverse Scattering Arising From the Physical Meaning of the Linear Sampling Method .............................................3198Ilaria Catapano, Lorenzo Crocco, Loreto Di Donato, Tommaso Isernia
Numerical Integration of Sommerfeld Integrals Based on Singularity Extraction Techniques and Double Exponential-Type Quadrature Formulas ..................................................................................................................................................3203
V. Volskiy, G. Vandenbosch, R. Niciforovic, A. Polimeridis, J. Mosig
Method of Generalized Debye Sources for the Analysis of Electromagnetic Scattering by Arbitrary Shaped Bodies ....................3207Evgeny V. Chernokozhin, Amir Boag
Low-Cost Design Optimization of Antennas Using Adjoint Sensitivity .................................................................................................3210Slawomir Koziel, Stanislav Ogurtsov
REACH / PREACH - A Physical Optics Based Tool for Simulation of Radome Effects on Antenna Patterns ................................3213T. Schuster, M. Sabielny
Ka-band Dual Frequency Switchable Reflectarray ..................................................................................................................................3218Akiko Kohmura, Jerome Lanteri, Fabien Ferrero, Claire Migliaccio, Philippe Ratajczak, Shunichi Futatsumori, Naruto Yonemoto
Antennas with Synthesized Frequency Dependency of Gain...................................................................................................................3222David Wolansky, Petr Vsetula, Zbynek Raida, Peter S. Hall
A Wideband (3 to 5 GHz) Wide-Scan Connected Array of Dipoles with Low Cross Polarization .....................................................3227D. Cavallo, A. Neto, G. Gerini
Slot Antenna in Ridge Gap Waveguide Technology.................................................................................................................................3231A. Zaman, P. Kildal
Common-Mode Rejection in a Connected Array of Dipoles with Inherent Frequency Selectivity Properties..................................3233Lorenzo Cifola, Daniele Cavallo, Giampiero Gerini, Silvio Savoia, Antonio Morini, Giuseppe Venanzoni
Efficiency Calculation of THz Photoconductive Antennas in a Pulsed System.....................................................................................3238Neda Khiabani, Yi Huang, Yao-Chun Shen, Stephen Boyes
60 GHz Ultrawideband Front-Ends with Gain Control, Phase Shifter, and Wave Guide Transition in LTCC Technology ....................................................................................................................................................................................................3243
Robert Muller, Frank Wollenschlager, Alexander Schulz, Mohamed Elkhouly, Uwe Trautwein, Matthias A. Hein, Jens Muller, Alexis Paolo Garcia Ariza, Reiner S. Thoma
Mono-block Dielectric Resonator Antenna with Incorporated Excitation for 60 GHz Integrated Systems......................................3248J. Guzman, C. Calvez, M. Ney, C. Person, R. Pilard, F. Giansello
Development of Lens-Coupled LEKID Detectors Arrays for THz Radiation.......................................................................................3252Beatriz Blazquez, Nuria Llombart, Juan Bueno, Andrea Neto
Hyper-acuity Through Inverse Filtering: Application to Terahertz Cameras......................................................................................3256Oier Dominguez, Carlos Del-Rio
A Narrowband Frequency-Tunable Antenna for Cognitive Radio Applications .................................................................................3261Ali H. Ramadan, Mohammed Al-Huseini, Karim Y. Kabalan, Ali El-Hajj, Youssef A. Tawk, Christos G. Christodoulou, Joseph Constantine
A Novel Scheme for Realizing a Microstrip Antenna with Switchable Circular Polarization ............................................................3266Billy Wu, Michal Okoniewski
Automation of Reconfiguration, Compensation, and Thermoregulation Using Vascular Networks .................................................3271G. Huff, S. Long, F. Drummond, S. Lee, E. Estes, R. Burgess, J. Berry
Time-Modulation for MIMO Systems – Potentials and Trends .............................................................................................................3273P. Rocca, L. Poli, E. Bekele, A. Massa
Design of Medium-Size Dielectric Bifocal Lenses for Wide-Angle Beam Scanning Antennas ............................................................3275T. La, N. Nguyen, M. Casaletti, R. Sauleau
Wide Flare Angle Axially Corrugated Conical Horn Design for a Classical Offset Dual-Reflector Antenna...................................3280R. Lehmensiek, D. Villiers
Synthesized Elliptical Lens with Optimized Extension for Focal Array Fed Lens Antennas..............................................................3283N. Nguyen, M. Casaletti, T. La, R. Sauleau
Analysis of Curved Frequency Selective Reflector Antenna Systems – a Combined Approach .........................................................3287S. Skokic, Z. Sipus, S. Maci, M. Bosiljevac, M. Casaletti
Synthesis and Analysis of the Sardinia Radio Telescope BWG System for TT&C Capabilities Using a Gaussian Beam Approach ............................................................................................................................................................................................3291
A. Giannini, F. Concaro, P. Besso, M. Mercolino, J. De Vicente, L. Garromone, R. Ambrosini, L. Perregrini, M. Pasian, M. Bozzi
Numerical Optimization of a TARA-like Shielded Parabolic Reflector.................................................................................................3296V. S. Bulygin, Y. V. Gandel, T. M. Benson, A. I. Nosich
Body Effects on the GPS Antenna of a Wearable Tracking Device........................................................................................................3301Xi Lin Chen, Yu Chee Tan, Nicolas Chavannes, Niels Kuster
2-Port Antenna on Fleece Substrate for On-body MIMO Applications ................................................................................................3305E. Stavrou, H. Shakhtour, J. Pamp, D. Heberling
Dual-Band Sierpinski Textile PIFA Efficiency Measurements ...............................................................................................................3310P. J. Soh, S. J. Boyes, G. A. E. Vandenbosch, Y. Huang, Z. Ma
Statistical Adjustment of Selected Propagation Models for Applications in Container Terminal .....................................................3315Slawomir J. Ambroziak, Ryszard J. Katulski
Measurement Based Ray Launching for Analysis of Outdoor Propagation .........................................................................................3320Meifang Zhu, Amit Singh, Fredrik Tufvesson
Short Range Forest Channel Modeling in the 5 GHz Band.....................................................................................................................3325David W. Matolak, Feng-Cheng Yang, H. Bryan Riley
Wave Attenuation Prediction Through a Volume of Random Located Lossy-Dielectric Branches – 3-D Vector Transport Theory .........................................................................................................................................................................................3330
Saul A. Torrico, Roger H. Lang
Simulator for the Analysis of the Mutual Impact Between Indoor Femtocells and Urban Macrocells..............................................3334Reiner Hoppe, Dennis M. Rose, Rene Wahl, Gerd Wolfle, Thomas Kurner
Method to Match Waves of Ray-Tracing Simulations with 3-D High-Resolution Propagation Measurements ...............................3339Peng Guo, A. Rainier Van Dommele, Matti H. A. J. Herben
Angular Spread of the Radio Wave Propagation in Foliage Environment ...........................................................................................3344Hung Vu Le, Jun-Ichi Takada, Mir Ghoraishi, Chaymaly Phakasoum, Koshiro Kitao, Tetsuro Imai
Propagation Prediction and Measurement in Vegetated Moderately Built-Up Areas .........................................................................3349K. L. Chee, J. Baumgarten, A. Hecker, T. Kuerner, S. A. Torrico, P. Zahn, M. Rohner
Analysis of Mobile Radio Wave Dispersion Through Vegetation...........................................................................................................3354Mir Ghoraishi, Jun-Ichi Takada, Tetsuro Imai
Comparison of the Performance of the Two Different UWB Antennas for the Use in WBAN On-Body Communication.............................................................................................................................................................................................3359
T. Tuovinen, K. Yazdandoost, J. IInatti
Antenna Independent Path Loss Model for In-Body Communication in Homogeneous Tissue .........................................................3363Divya Kurup, Wout Joseph, Emmeric Tanghe, Gunter Vermeeren, Luc Martens
Off-Body Channel Modelling At 2.45 GHz for Two Different Antennas...............................................................................................3366Ramona Rosini, Raffaele D'Errico
Correlation Analysis in On-Body Communications .................................................................................................................................3371Carla Oliveira, Michal Mackowiak, Luis M. Correia
Signal Correlation Between Wearable Antennas in Body Area Networks in Multipath Environment .............................................3376Michal Mackowiak, Carla Oliveira, Luis M. Correia
Improving Signal Reliability in Outdoor Body-to-Body Communications Using Front and Back Positioned Antenna Diversity .........................................................................................................................................................................................3381
Simon L. Cotton, William G. Scanlon, Adrian McKernan
Effect of Body Motion on Propagation Path Gain At 60 GHz.................................................................................................................3385Y. I. Nechayec, X. Wu, C. C. Constantinou, P. S. Hall
Miniature Antenna Effect on the Ear-to-Ear Radio Channel Characteristics ......................................................................................3390L. Huitema, S. Sufyar, C. Delaveaud, R. D'Errico
Desensitization of Planar UWB Antennas .................................................................................................................................................3395Yunfei Wei, Christophe Robin
Dual-Polarized Ku-Band Multi-Feed Cluster for the CoReH2O Mission .............................................................................................3399T. Fuegen, B. Grafmueller, M. Viberg, S. Riegger, F. Heliere, K. Van'T Klooster
Development of a Detailed System Model of the Eleven Feed Receiver Using the CAESAR Software .............................................3404Benjamin Klein, Marianna V. Ivashina, Rob Maaskant, Alan R. Clark, Miroslav Panteleev
Passive Millimeter Wave Imaging: 2D Sparse Array Optimization for Low Cost System Architecture...........................................3409Y. Aouial, S. Meric, O. Lafond, M. Himdi
P-Band Feedarray for BIOMASS...............................................................................................................................................................3414Paolo Valle, Giuseppe Orlando, Roberto Mizzoni, Florence Heliere, Kees Van'T Klooster
A Dual Band Array-fed Reflector ScanSAR Antenna..............................................................................................................................3419P. Cecchini, R. Mizzoni, G. Orlando, F. Heliere, K. Van'T Klooster
An MLPO Algorithm for Fast Evaluation of the Focal Plane Fields of Reflector Antennas...............................................................3424C. Letrou, A. Boag
Sub-Reflector Extensions for Reduced Noise Temperature in Low-Side Sub-Reflector Offset Gregorian Systems ........................3426D. Villiers, R. Lehmensiek
94 GHz Cassegrain Reflector Antenna Performance Characterization.................................................................................................3430E. Nova, D. Rodrigo, J. Romeu, L. Jofre
A Microwave Sensor System Based on Reverse Modelling of the Array Factor...................................................................................3434A. Costanzo, D. Masotti, N. Arbizzani, V. Rizzoli, F. Mastri
Sewed Textile RFID Tag and Sensor Antennas for On-Body Use ..........................................................................................................3438Leena Ukkonen, Lauri Sydanheimo, Yahya Rahmat-Samii
Improving Range of Passive RFID Tags Utilizing Energy Harvesting and High Efficiency Class-E Oscillators .............................3443Apostolos Georgiadis, Ana Collado
Energy-efficient Off-Body Data Transmission by Means of Antenna Diversity and Tracking of the Time-Variant Wireless Channel State ................................................................................................................................................................................3447
Patrick Van Torre, Luigi Vallozzi, Hendrik Rogier, Marc Moeneclaey, Jo Verhaevert
Design and Implementation of RFID Systems with Software Defined Radio .......................................................................................3452John Kimionis, Aggelos Bletsas, John N. Sahalos
RFID Tag Antenna Embedded in Concrete Structures for Construction Industry .............................................................................3457C. Mariotti, G. Orecchini, M. Virili, F. Alimenti, L. Roselli
A Proposal for Dynamic Power Control in RFID and Passive Sensor Systems Based on RSSI..........................................................3461Alirio Soares Boaventura, Nuno Borges Carvalho
Practical Considerations of ASK Modulated Passive Tags .....................................................................................................................3464Antonis G. Dimitriou, Aggelos Bletsas, John N. Sahalos
Inkjet-Printed RFIDs for Wireless Sensing and Anti-counterfeiting .....................................................................................................3469M. M. Tentzeris, Rushi Vyas, Vasileios Lakafosis, Anya Traille, Hoseon Lee, Edward Gebara, Mauro Marroncelli
Design of a Miniaturized RFID Antenna Integrated with Sensor for Wireless Agricultural Applications .......................................3471Amal Harrabi, Ali Gharsalleh, Manos M. Tentzeris
Rectangular Waveguide Based Polarizer for mm-Wave Antenna Measurements ...............................................................................3475Marcel D. Blech, Stefan Koch, Shin Saito
RCS Measurement Accuracy in the U/VHF Range: Diagnosis for Target Positioning Error and Improvement of the Procedure ................................................................................................................................................................................................3479
Pierre Massaloux, Genevieve Maze-Merceur, Benjamin Thiriot, Didier Gruszka
Experimental Study of Real-Time Human Imaging Using UWB Doppler Radar Interferometry .....................................................3483K. Saho, T. Sakamoto, T. Sato, K. Inoue, T. Fukuda
On the Synthesis of Plane Wave Generators: Performance Limits, Design Paradigms and Effective Algorithms ..........................3488O. Bucci, M. Migliore, G. Panariello, Ld. Pinchera
Using an Autoregressive Model for DMC..................................................................................................................................................3492T. Jost, W. Wang, D. Shutin, F. Antreich
Permittivity Measurement Under Free Space Propagation ....................................................................................................................3497Greg Hislop, Christophe Craeye
Free Space Material Characterization for Microwave Frequencies.......................................................................................................3501E. Kemptner, S. Thurner
Indoor Location Finding Algorithms for Mobile Robots Carrying Passive RFID Tags ......................................................................3504Erdem Ozyurt, Elif Aydin, A. Cagri Yapici
Impact of the Antenna Impulse Response on Accuracy of Impulse-Based Localization Systems ......................................................3508Lukasz Zwirello, Lars Reichardt, Xuyang Li, Thomas Zwick
Design of a Coplanar Waveguide-to-Ridge Gap Waveguide Transition Via Capacitive Couplin ......................................................3512Astrid Algaba Brazalez, Ashraf Uz Zaman, Per-Simon Kildal
Broadband Polarimetric mmWave Antennas with Differential Stripline Feed ....................................................................................3517Karsten Thurn, Sebastien Methfessel, Lorenz-Peter Schmidt
Contactless Non-Leaking Waveguide Flange Realized by Bed of Nails for Millimeter Wave Applications......................................3521Elena Pucci, Per-Simon Kildal
A Wideband 60 GHz Differential Stripline-to-Waveguide Transition for Antenna Measurements in Low-temperature Co-fired Ceramics Technology .............................................................................................................................................3525
Frank Wollenschlager, Robert Muller, Ralf Stephan, Alexis Paolo Garcia Ariza, Alexander Schulz, Reiner S. Thoma, Jens Muller, Matthias A. Hein
140-GHz Planar SIW Slot Antenna Array with a Large-Via-Fence Dielectric Loading in LTCC.....................................................3530Junfeng Xu, Zhi Ning Chen, Xianming Qing, Wei Hong
60-GHz CMOS Integrated On-Chip Yagi Antenna and Balun Bandpass Filter in 90-nm CMOS Technology ................................3534H. Yue, Y. Chuang, H. Chuang
V-band Parabolic-Horn Antenna ...............................................................................................................................................................3537Yevhen Yashchyshyn
Dielectric Rod Waveguide Antenna for 220 – 325 GHz ...........................................................................................................................3539A. Generalov, D. Lioubtchenko, A. Raisanen
Design of Broadband Nano-Optical Antennas with the Surface Method of Moments.........................................................................3542D. M. Solis, J. M. Taboada, M. G. Araujo, J. Rivero, L. Landesa, F. Obelleiro, J. O. Rubinos
Real Time 100 GHz MST Imaging Retina .................................................................................................................................................3545Maria Alonso, Vaibhav Garg, C. E. Garcia Guerra, Jordi Romeu, Nuria Llombart, Lluis Jofre
Sectored-Beam Reflectarray Antenna with Pattern Reconfiguration by Using RF-MEMS Switches ...............................................3549E. Carrasco, M. Barba, J. Encinar, M. Arrebola
A Cognitive Radio Reconfigurable “Filtenna”..........................................................................................................................................3553Y. Tawk, M. Zamudio, J. Costantine, C. Christodoulou
Reconfigurable Micromachined Antenna with Polarization Diversity for mm-Wave Applications ..................................................3557Mai O. Sallam, Ezzeldin A. Soliman, Sharif Sedky
Tri-Access Tri-band Reconfigurable Stacked Patch Wire-Plate Antenna.............................................................................................3562Walid El Hajj, Francois Gallee, Christian Person
Effect of Polyimide Layers on the Permittivity Tuning Range of Liquid Crystals ...............................................................................3567P. Yaghmaee, T. Kaufmann, B. Bates, C. Fumeaux
A New Reconfigurable Square Spiral Antenna.........................................................................................................................................3571V. Callec, E. Fourn, R. Gillard, H. Diez
Coupling Element Antenna with Slot Tuning for Handheld Devices At LTE Frequencies .................................................................3575Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Mauro Pelosi, Ondrej Franek, Gert F. Pedersen
Performance of Frequency-Agile CPW Resonators on Thin Film Ferroelectric Material ..................................................................3579Y. Corredores, Q. Simon, X. Castel, R. Benzerga, R. Sauleau, K. Mahdjoubi, A. Febvrier, S. Deputier, M. Guilloux-Viry, L. Zhang, P. Laurent, G. Tanne
New Thin Film Varactor for Frequency Tunable Slot Antenna .............................................................................................................3583H. Nguyen, R. Benzerga, C. Delaveaud, A. Sharaiha, Y. Lu, C. Le Paven, L. Le Gendre, X. Castel
Array-fed Partially Reflective Surface Antenna with Dynamic Beamwidth Control and Beam-Steering ........................................3587T. Debogovic, J. Bartolic, J. Perruisseau-Carrier
Optimum Load of WPT System Analyzed by S-Parameters...................................................................................................................3592Qiaowei Yuan, Qiang Chen, Jianfeng Li, Kunio Sawaya
Optimized Artificial Magnetic Conductor Design Using CG-FFT and BPSO ......................................................................................3597A. L. Gutierrez, D. Gonzalez, M. Lanze, I. Barriuso, L. Valle, M. Domingo, J. R. Perez, J. Basterrechea
Design and Feed Position Estimation for Circular Microstrip Antenna Based on Neural Network Model ......................................3602Ivan Vilovic, Niksa Burum
A Method to Reduce Truncation Errors in Planar Near-Field Measurements Using Photonic Sensor.............................................3606Masanobu Hirose, Satoru Kurakawa
Dedicated Algorithm for the Calculation of Spatial Green’s Functions in a Tokamak Plasma Environment..................................3610Zhanna Khaymedinova, Guy A. E. Vandenbosch
Design of an Integrated Wireless Power Transfer System with High Power Transfer Efficiency and Compact Structure ........................................................................................................................................................................................................3615
Hyungrak Kim, Hong-Min Lee
Substrate Integrated Power Combiners.....................................................................................................................................................3619L. Boccia, A. Emanuele, E. Arnieri, A. Shamsafar, G. Amendola
On the Use of Particle Swarm Optimization for Single Snapshot DOA and Frequency Estimation..................................................3623Borja Errasti-Alcala, Raul Fernandez-Recio
Medical Implants Design. Issues and Requirements ................................................................................................................................3628Stavros Koulouridis
Radiomyography - Feasibility Study ..........................................................................................................................................................3631V. Sipal, D. Edwards
Focused Microwave Thermotherapy: a Patient-Specific Numerical Assessment of a Non-Invasive Breast Cancer Treatment ......................................................................................................................................................................................................3634
D. Iero, T. Isernia, L. Crocco, I. Catapano
A Novel Measurement Approach for the Broadband Characterization of Diluted Water Ferrofluids .............................................3639G. Bellizzi, O. M. Bucci
Intracavitary Helix Applicator to Be Used for BPH and for Prostate Cancer Treatments .................................................................3643Jan Vrba, Barbora Vrbova, Barbara Lungariello, Cafiero Franconi
Branched Dipole Array Applicator for Superficial Hyperthermia System ...........................................................................................3647K. Kim, W. Choi, Y. Yoon
An Ultrawideband Microwave Medical Diagnostic System: Design Considerations and System Performance ...............................3652Xuezhi Zeng, Andreas Fhager, Mikael Persson, Peter Linner, Herbert Zirath
Experimental Characterization of the RFID STENTag for Passive Vascular Monitoring .................................................................3657Cecilia Occhiuzzi, Gaetano Marrocco
3-D Microwave Imaging for Breast Cancer ..............................................................................................................................................3660George Cheng, Yong Zhu, Jan Grzesik
A Compact Double-Elliptical Slot-Antenna for Medical Applications...................................................................................................3665X. Li, J. Yan, M. Jalilvand, T. Zwick
Influence of Atmospheric Conditions on mmWave CATR Facilities: Formulation and Compensation Scheme .............................3669A. Munoz-Acevedo, L. Rolo, M. Sierra-Castaner, M. Paquay
W-band Imaging with Complex Scattered Field Measurements of a Dielectric Cylinder ...................................................................3674Armin Zeitler, Claire Migliaccio, Amael Moynot, Ioannis Aliferis, Laurent Brochier, Jean-Yves Dauvignac, Christian Pichot
3D-Scattering Center Detection of Automotive Targets Using 77 GHz UWB Radar Sensors ............................................................3678Markus Andres, Peter Feil, Wolfgang Menzel
MM-Wave Scattering Measurements for Imaging and Channel Characterization .............................................................................3682Anna Papio Toda, Franco De Flaviis, Lluis Jofre, Jordi Romeu
3D Inversion of Lossy Targets From Free Space Scattering Measurements .........................................................................................3687Jean-Michel Geffrin, Christelle Eyraud, Amelie Litman
Triple-Slot Phase-Shifting Cell Loaded with Capacitances for Reflectarray Applications .................................................................3691T. Makdissy, R. Gillard, E. Fourn, E. Girard, H. Legay
Comparative Study of Reflectarrays Based on Cells with Three Coplanar Dipoles and Reflectarrays Based on Cells with Three Stacked Patches ...............................................................................................................................................................3695
R. Florencio, R. Boix, V. Losada, J. Encinar, E. Carrasco, M. Arrebola
Iris-based 2-Bit Waveguide Phase Shifters and Transmit-Array for Automotive Radar Applications .............................................3699A. Vorobyov, E. Fourn, R. Sauleau, Z. Baghchehsaraei, J. Oberhammer, D. Chicherin, A. Raisanen
Slot Radiator with Tuning Vias for Circularly Polarized SIW Linear Array.......................................................................................3704P. Sanchez-Olivares, J. L. Masa-Campos
Lower Hybrid Antennas for Nuclear Fusion Experiments......................................................................................................................3709J. Hillairet, J. Achard, Y. S. Bae, X. Bai, C. Balorin, Y. Baranov, V. Basiuk, A. Becoulet, J. Belo, G. Berger-By, S. Bremond, C. Castaldo, S. Ceccuzzi, R. Cesario, E. Corbel, X. Courtois, J. Decker, E. Delmas, L. Delpech, X. Ding, D. Douai, A. Ekedahl, C. Goletto, M. Goniche, D. Guilhem, J. P. Gun, P. Hertout, G. T. Hoang, F. Imbeaux, K. K. Kirov, X. Litaudon, R. Magne, J. Mailloux, D. Mazon, F. Mirizzi, P. Mollard, P. Moreau, T. Oosako, V. Petrzilka, Y. Peysson, S. Poli, M. Preynas, M. Prou, F. Saint-Laurent, F. Samaille, B. Saoutic, P. K. Sharma
Sideband Suppression in Time-Modulated Arrays Using Fixed Bandwidth Elements ........................................................................3713Yizhen Tong, Alan Tannat
Dipersive Propagation of Ultra Wideband Pulses Through Triply Distilled Water At PHz Frequencies .........................................3718A. Vazquez Alejos, M. Dawood, Francisco Falcone
A Single Feed Reconfigurable Polarization Printed Monopole Antenna ...............................................................................................3722M. H. Amini, H. R. Hassani, S. Mohammad Ali Nezhad
Multiband Printed Monopole Antenna with Defected Ground Plane for GPS/WLAN/WIMAX Applications ................................3726Masoumeh Darvish, Hamid Reza Hassani
Quad Band CPW-Fed Monopole Antenna for MIMO Applications ......................................................................................................3730Masoumeh Darvish, Hamid Reza Hassani
Mutual Coupling Reduction Between Microstrip Patch Antennas ........................................................................................................3734Y. Hajilou, H. R. Hassani, B. Rahmati
Simulation of Microwave Propagation in Turbulent Evaporation Duct................................................................................................3738Iurii Levadnyi, Victor Ivanov, Vyacheslav Shalyapin
Channel Capacity in Mobile Broadband Heterogenous Networks Based Femto Cells ........................................................................3741E. Tsalolikhin, I. Bilik, N. Blaunstein, Y. Babich
A Proximity-Fed Ultra-Wideband Annular Slot Antenna with Band-Notch Characteristics Via a Split-Ring Parasitic Element..........................................................................................................................................................................................3746
E. Khaled, A. Saad, D. Salem
Dual-Polarized K/Ka-Band Planar Log-Periodic Antenna .....................................................................................................................3751H. Zhou, Y. Wang, Y. Lee, D. Filipovic
Magnetic In-Body and On-Body Antennas Operating At 40MHz and Near Field Magnetic Induction Link Budget .....................3755E. Fatiha, G. Marjorie, P. Stephane, P. Odile
An Improved Spatial Modulation Scheme for MIMO Channels ............................................................................................................3760J. Luna-Rivera, M. Gonzalez-Perez
Compact Dual Band Sinusoidal Annular-Slot...........................................................................................................................................3765A. Shahrouzkhan, H. Hassani, B. Rahmati
Improvement of Parameters Electrically Small Antennas of a Microwave Range...............................................................................3769V. Ovsyanikov, Y. Romanenko, O. Makarov, O. Ol'Shevs'Kiy
Numerical Standing Wave Reduction Method in Software Compact Range ........................................................................................3772Kazuhiro Komiya, Ryo Yaamaguchi
Bandwidth Improvement of Compact High Permittivity RDRA Using Parasitic Conducting Strips ................................................3775Ehab K. I. Hamad, Hany A. Atallah
Wireless Sensors Remotely Powered by RF Energy.................................................................................................................................3779Hubregt J. Visser, Ruud J. M. Vullers
Optics Design for the U.S. SKA Technology Development Project Design Verification Antenna ......................................................3783W. A. Imbriale, L. Baker, G. Cortes-Medellin
Leaky-Wave Long Slot Antenna Design Using Ridged Waveguide........................................................................................................3788A. R. Mallahzadeh, M. H. Amini, S. Mohammad Ali Nezhad
A Reconfigurable Printed Monopole Antenna for MIMO Application .................................................................................................3791Amirhossein Ghasemi, Neamatollah Ghahvehchian, Alireza Mallahzadeh, Somayeh Sheikholvaezin
From Prototype to Serial Manufacturing of the Low Profile KU-BAND Transmit/Receive Terminal ODU for Satellite Mobile Communications ...............................................................................................................................................................3795
Jose Alonso, Ana Rosa Ruiz, Alberto Pellon, Miguel Pena, Jean-Christophe Angevain
Ultra Wide Stop Band LPF with Using Defected Microstrip Structures ...............................................................................................3799A. R. Mallahzadeh, B. Rahmati, M. Alamolhoda, R. Sharifzadeh, A. H. Ghasemi
Tunable PIFA Slot Antenna for Mobile Handset and WLAN Applications .........................................................................................3802I. T. E. Elfergani, A. S. Hussaini, R. A. Abd-Alhameed, M. B. Child, S. M. R. Jones, J. Rodriguez
Wide Bandwidth and Small Size LPDA Antenna .....................................................................................................................................3806A. Moallemizadeh, H. R. Hassani, S. Mohammad Ali Nezhad
Design and Optimisation of Compact Hybrid Quadrifilar Helical-Spiral Antenna in GPS Applications Using Genetic Algorithm ........................................................................................................................................................................................3809
D. Zhou, S. Gao, R. A. Abd-Alhameed, C. Zhang, M. S. Alkhambashi, J. D. Xu
Wall Characterization Via TSVD in Through-the-Wall Imaging ..........................................................................................................3813Raffaele Solimene, Andrea Baratonia, Antonella D'Alterio, Rocco Pierri
The Design of CRLH-Based Compact LTE MIMO Antennas................................................................................................................3817Seongryong Yoo, Kyung-Seok Kahng, Sungtek Kahng, In-Kyu Yang, Jeongho Ju, Jaume Anguera
Decoupling Techniques of Compact and Broadband MIMO Antennas for Handheld Devices ..........................................................3820Faraz Mahmood, Jalil-Ur-Rehman Kazim, Magnus Karlsson, Shaofang Gong, Zhinong Ying
Pattern Synthesis for Multi-Feed Reflector Antenna Using IWO Algorithm .......................................................................................3825A. Foudazi, A. R. Mallahzadeh, M. M. Samadi Taheri
A Novel RFID Tag Antenna Mountable on Metallic Objects..................................................................................................................3830M. S. Alkhambashi, A. S. Hussaini, R. A. Abd-Alhameed, C. H. See, J. M. Noras, M. B. Child, J. Rodriguez
Cross-Polarization and Size Reduction of Slotted Waveguide Array Antenna by Angled Ridges .....................................................3834A. R. Mallahzadeh, S. Mohammad Ali Nezhad
Shaped Beam Synthesis for Shaped Reflector Antenna Using PSO Algorithm ....................................................................................3839M. M. Samadi Taheri, A. R. Mallahzadeh, A. Foudazi
A Compact Triple-Band Fork-Shaped Printed Slot Antenna for GSM, Bluetooth and UWB Applications .....................................3844M. M. Samadi Taheri, A. R. Mallahzadeh, S. Mohammad Ali Nezhad, A. H. Ghasemi
Analysis of Wideband Thin-Sided Radiating Structures .........................................................................................................................3848B. A. Mishoostin, V. G. Slyozkin
A Novel Approach for Bandwidth Enhancement of SIW-based Slot Array Antenna..........................................................................3852H. Sarbandi Farahani, A. Kabir-Salmani, M. Tayarani, R. A. Sadeghzadeh, S. Chamaani
Multiple Fork-Like EBG Structure and Its Analysis as Artificial Magnetic Conductor .....................................................................3855Mohammad Mehdi Fakharian
A Sequentially Rotated RHCP Stacked Patch Antenna Array for INMARSAT-M Land Applications............................................3859Sara Kaffash, Manouchehr Kamyab
Measurement-based Stochastic Models for the Cross-correlation of Multi-link Small-scale Fading in Cooperative Relay Environments .....................................................................................................................................................................................3863
Xuefeng Yin, Jinyi Liang, Yaoyao Fu, Zhifeng Zhang, Jae-Joon Park, Myung-Don Kim, Hyun Kyu Chung
Time-Domain Surface Impedance of a Plasmonic Half-Space ................................................................................................................3868Martin Stumpf, Guy A. E. Vandenbosch
Thermal Calculation Using a 3D-EM Solver and Thermal-Electrical Analogy....................................................................................3872Ismael Nistal-Gonzalez, Andreas Bettray, Kai Maulwurf
KUL and EPFL Cooperation on Numerical Integration of Sommerfeld Integrals ..............................................................................3876Vladimir Volskiy, Guy A. E. Vandenbosch, Athanasios G. Polimeridis, Juan R. Mosig, Ruzica Goulbovic Niciforovic
Revision of EBG Metamaterials and Active Antennas.............................................................................................................................3880Gonzalo Exposito-Dominguez, Jose Manuel Fernandez-Gonzalez, Pablo Padilla, Manuel Sierra-Castaner
Design and Performance Analysis of a Compact and Conformal Super Wide Band Textile Antenna for Wearable Body Area Applications ...............................................................................................................................................................................3884
Md. Shaad Mahmud, Shucashis Dey
Design and Analysis of Planar UHF Wearable Antenna .........................................................................................................................3889Branimir Ivsic, Juraj Bartolic, Davor Bonefacic, Anja Skrivervik, Jovanchetrajkovikj
Variations in Properties of On-body RF Channels in Microwave Frequencies Between Wearable Antennas Made with Various Fabrics ....................................................................................................................................................................................3893
Pawel Kabacik, Tomasz Maleszka
High Resolution Two-Dimensional DOA Estimation Using Artificial Neural Networks .....................................................................3899Marija Agatonovic, Zoran Stankovic, Bratislav Milovanovic
Electromagnetic Engineering for Communications in the Built Environment .....................................................................................3904Michael J. Neve, Andrew C. M. Austin, Gerard B. Rowe
Care - Coordinating the Antenna Research in Europe - Overview - Powerpoint.................................................................................3909Bruno Casali
Printed Transition for SIW Horn Antennas - Analytical Model ............................................................................................................3915Marc Esquius Morote, Benjamin Fuchs, Juan R. Mosig
Author Index