Intelligent Multi-Element Transmit and Receive Antennas

Acronym:    I-METRA
Code:    IST-2000-30148
Funder:    European Commission
Start date:    2001 November 1st
End date:    2003 March 1st
Web site:    http://www.ist-imetra.org

SPCOM Participants:    Luis García Ordóñez, Alba Pagès Zamora and Javier Rodríguez Fonollosa
SPCOM Responsible:    Javier Rodríguez Fonollosa

Summary

The I-METRA project aims at enhancing and complementing the scope of the previous IST 1999-11729 METRA project. The main objective of METRA was to analyse the feasibility and evaluate the performance of introducing multi-element adaptive antennas into mobile terminals in combination with adaptive base station antenna arrays for UMTS. The scope of the I-METRA project is substantially enlarged to incorporate analysis, development and simulation of adaptive transmission technologies for multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The main emphasis is given to incorporating re-configurability capabilities in order to allow the radio network, including terminal and base stations, to adjust automatically to traffic, user and channel requirements. The project will investigate the potential implications of these technologies into Re-configurable Systems and Systems beyond 3G.

Journal publications

[1] H. Boche, A. Bourdoux, J. R. Fonollosa, T. Kaiser, A. Molisch and W. Utschick, "Smart Antennas - State of the Art", IEEE Vehicular Technology Society News, March 2006, pp. 8 - 17. 

Books

[1] T. Kaiser, A. Bourdoux, J. R. Fonollosa, H. Boche, J. Bach Andersen and W. Utschick, "Smart Antennas - State of the Art", EURASIP Book Series on Signal Processing and Communications, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Volume 3, December 2005, pp. 1 - 876.

[2] A. Pagès Zamora and M. Heikkilä, "MIMO systems for the HSDPA FDD mode UMTS service. Section: Smart Antennas - State-of-the-Art", EURASIP Book Series on Signal Processing and Communications, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, May 2005.