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Advanced Antenna Design for 5G and beyond Communications
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Advanced Antenna Design for 5G and beyond Communications

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Microwave and Wireless Communications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2024 | Viewed by 1948

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Mohammedhusen Manekiya

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Department of Civil Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy
Interests: optical engineering; wireless communication
Dr. Massimo Donelli

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Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering (DICAM), University of Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy
Interests: microwave systems and devices; RFID; modulated scattering techniques (MST); microwave antenna; microwave sensors
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

A modern era of 5th-generation and beyond 5G wireless communication systems requires an emerging RF component and system design. The aim is to improve the existing sensors, appliances, cars, and drones to communicate without interference via the cellular network. In order to accommodate such a communication system, the cellular network capacity has to increase. In recent years, the utilization of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, ultra-wideband systems, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), millimeter-wave (mmWave), sub-THz frequency technologies, and machine learning technologies has proven worthy for 5G and next-generation wireless communication. This new generation of mobile wireless technology delivers multi-gigabit-per-second data speeds, increasing capacity and lowering latency compared with current wireless systems. Numerous challenges must be dealt with in the antenna and propagation fields, such as low cost, intelligent antennas, and new radio propagation modeling and Intelligent prediction techniques for future wireless networks to support the new frequency bands and system architectures.

In this context, promising solutions include massive MIMO techniques, mmWave beamforming, advanced filter design, reconfigurable antenna systems, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) that shift the perception of existing wireless communication to a user- or even service-oriented approach.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to seek high-quality submissions that highlight emerging applications and address recent breakthroughs in the design and implementation of advanced antennas, low-cost filter design, and novel communication models in order to support high data rate transmission for 5G, beyond 5G and satellite networks.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

  • Reconfigurable antenna for 5G communication;
  • Low-cost filter design;
  • Sub-6 GHz antenna for 5G communication;
  • GNSS antenna for satellite commutation;
  • Sub-THz antenna for satellite communication;
  • Advanced reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) antenna;
  • Multi-beam antenna technologies for 5G wireless communications;
  • Millimeter wave (mmWave) and THz antennas for next-generation wireless communications;
  • Propagation model at mmWave and THz bands;
  • Compact antenna arrays for massive MIMO systems;
  • mmWave system design for the IoT;
  • Antennas for implantable systems and IoT applications;
  • Advanced antennas and transceivers for full-duplex communication.

Dr. Mohammedhusen Manekiya
Dr. Massimo Donelli
Guest Editors

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A Quad-Band Shared-Aperture Antenna Based on Dual-Mode Composite Quarter-Mode SIW Cavity for 5G and 6G with MIMO Capability
by Amjaad T. Altakhaineh, Saqer S. Alja’afreh, Aser M. Almatarneh, Eqab Almajali, Luae Al-Tarawneh and Jawad Yousaf
Electronics 2023, 12(11), 2480; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/electronics12112480 - 31 May 2023
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This study introduces a new design for an ultra-compact shared-aperture antenna utilizing a quarter-mode substrate integrated waveguide (QMSIW) cavity. The proposed antenna operates as a 4 × 4 multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system in three 5G/6G millimeter-wave (MMw) bands, while functioning as a single [...] Read more.
This study introduces a new design for an ultra-compact shared-aperture antenna utilizing a quarter-mode substrate integrated waveguide (QMSIW) cavity. The proposed antenna operates as a 4 × 4 multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system in three 5G/6G millimeter-wave (MMw) bands, while functioning as a single element antenna for a 5.5 GHz wireless fidelity Microwave (Mw) band. The antenna comprises four QMSIW cavity resonators; each QMSIW is loaded with dual slots to produce tri-band MMw operation at 28 GHz, 38 GHz, and 0.13 THz. The four cavities are arranged to reuse the entire aperture by creating a conventional open-loop antenna that operates at a frequency of 5.5 GHz. Simulation, measurement, and co-simulation results show that the proposed antenna has a quad-band operation and exhibits favorable characteristics. The measured scattering parameters validate the simulated ones over the four bands under consideration. The lowest values of the measured total radiation efficiencies are 80%, 73%, 62%, and 72% (co-simulation) within the four covered bands, respectively. The antenna peak gains are 1.8 to 1.85 dBi, 4.0 to 4.5 dBi, 4.3 to 4.5 dBi, and 6.5 to 6.6 dBi within the covered bands. Furthermore, the design satisfies MIMO and diversity conditions (envelope correlation coefficient and branch power ratio) over frequency bands of operation. All excellent results are achieved from an ultra-compact size in terms of footprint area (0.018λ02), where λ0 represents the free space wavelength at 5.5 GHz. The antenna boasts an excellent reuse aperture utilization efficiency (RAU) of 92% and a large ratio frequency of 23, making it an ideal candidate for compact devices. With its superior performance, the proposed design is well-suited for a range ofs wireless communication systems, including mobile devices and the Internet of Things. Full article
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