MIMO systems have become an indispensable part of modern wireless standards, eg LTE
advanced. However, in applications with strict energy and size constraints, an alternative …

Electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna has been proposed to
obtain multiple antenna functionality with only a single radio frequency (RF) chain. However …

Recently, a novel MIMO transmitter architecture has been introduced that requires only a
single radio‐frequency (RF) chain and is built on parasitic antenna arrays. MIMO …

An electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) transmitter, employing one
active and one parasitic antenna element, which can simultaneously transmit two orthogonal …

Due to the strict size and power constraints of wireless sensor nodes, the design of a
compact and energy efficient antenna module with adaptive directive gains is an extremely …

Continuous monitoring wireless sensor networks (WSN) are considered as one of the most
promising means to harvest information from large structures in order to assist in structural …

Single RF MIMO communication emerges a novel low cost communication method which
does not consume as much power as the conventional MIMO. The implementation of such …

Energy efficiency emerges as a big concern in wireless sensor networks, where the lifetime
of the system depends heavily on energy consumption. In a sensor network, the energy is …

This thesis explores a novel technique for transceiver design in future wireless systems,
which is cloud radio access networks (CRANs) with single radio frequency (RF) chain …

This chapter quotes a literature review on various transmission techniques that enable
single RF parasitic antenna arrays to support MIMO applications. Although commonly in the …