Author(s)

T. G. Shivapanchakshari¹, H. S. Aravinda²

¹Research Scholar, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Cambridge Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India; Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, India.
²Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore, India.

Today, the significance of the wireless communication is known all over the world. In order to achieve the better communication, many techniques and methods have been introduced. Among these techniques, smart/adaptive antennas are trending topic in the research domain. The smart antennas consist of various antennas arrays and have the ability to optimize the radia-tion and reception of the desired signals dynamically. Also, in order to avoid or mitigate the interferences, smart antennas can introduce nulls in the in-terferers direction by adaptive updating of the weights linked at every antenna element. The smart antennas can also enhance the quality of reception and reduce the dropped calls. This paper discusses the various survey topics related to smart antennas, Adaptive Beam Forming (ABF) algorithm etc. Also the various existing researches are discussed to know the research gap for future research scope.

Smart Antenna, Switched Antenna, Adaptive Antenna, Beam-Forming Mechanism, Single/Multi Direction

Shivapanchakshari, T. and Aravinda, H. (2017) Review of Research Techniques to Improve System Performance of Smart Antenna. Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 5, 83-98. doi: 10.4236/ojapr.2017.52007.