Summary

• Antennas for user terminals: Small antennas
• Antennas for Wireless Systems: GSM, UMTS, WLAN, WI-max Systems
• Small Antennas
• Miniature and fractal geometries
• Antenna feeding geometries
• Antennas for Base Stations and Smart Antennas
• State of the art
• Multibeam systems
• Adaptative arrays
• Digital Signal Procesing: Hardware implementation.
• Design of antennas for mobile communications devices: Practical aspects
• Introduction and historical review
• Design considerations and antenna carachterization
• Mobile communications antennas and future requirements
• Practical aspects and design flow
• Advanced Methods for antenna design: Characteristic Modes
• Mathematical formulation of Characteristic Modes.
• Physical interpretation of Characteristic Modes
• Systematic analysis of basic structures using Characteristic Modes.
• Applications to antenna design.