Design of microstrip patch antenna to deploy unmanned aerial vehicle as UE in 5G wireless network

Abstract

The use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been increasing rapidly in the civilian and military applications, because of UAV's high-performance communication with ground clients, especially for its intrinsic properties such as adaptive altitude, mobility, and flexibility. UAV deployment can be monitored and controlled through 5G wireless network as user equipment (UE) along with other devices. A highly directive microstrip patch antenna (MPA) could establish long-distance communication by overcoming air attenuation and reduce co-channel interference in the limited region if UAV uses a specifically dedicated band, which might enhance spatially reuse of the spectrum. Also, MPA is highly recommended for UAV because of its low weight, low cost, compact size, and flat shape. In this paper, we have designed a highly directive single-band 2×2 and 4×4 antenna array for 5.8 GHz and 28 GHz frequency respectively for UAV application in a focus to deploy UAV through 5G wireless network. Here, The Roger RT5880 (lossy) material utilize as a substrate due to its lower dielectric constant which achieves higher directivity and good mechanical stability. Inset feed technique used to feed antenna for lowering input impedance which provides higher antenna efficiency. The results show a wider bandwidth of 702 MHz and 1.596 GHz for 5.8 GHz and 28 GHz antenna array correspondingly with a compact size.

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“…(5) dimana: RL = return loss  = koefisien refleksi Antena yang kami usulkan bentuknya sirkular elemen tunggal. Geometri antena ditunjukkan pada gambar 1 yang merupakan antena patch circular dengan pemotongan sudut untuk mencapai polarisasi melingkar [4]. Dalam desain antena kami gunakan perangkat lunak Ansys HFSS (high-frequency structure simulator).…”

“…Hasil rancangan antena UAV dalam penelitian ini diharapkan mampu memberikan kontribusi baru. Hal tersebut didasari dari perolehan parameter penting yang nilainya lebih baik dibandingkan penelitian sebelumnya [1], [4]. Perlu diingat bahwa bandwidth yang tersedia pada frekuensi ISM-band 5.8 GHz hanya 150 MHz.…”

“…Untuk parameter inpedansi dan lainnya sudah memenuhi persyaratan perancangan antena. Hasil perencanaan yang kami peroleh khususnya pada patch array 2×8 menghasilkan parameter yang lebih baik dibandingkan dengan jurnal referensi penelitian sebelumnya [1], [4], [10]. Hasil penelitian lain yang kami jadikan referensi dapat dilihat pada Tabel 1.…”

A Conformal Multi-Band MIMO Antenna for Vehicular Communications

“…It is designed to fit the regularly used shark fin radome. A compact, highly directive single-band 2 × 2 and 4 × 4 antenna arrays for 5.8 GHz and also for 28 GHz intended for UAV applications to install UAV by means of a 5G network is presented in [3]. This provides a wider bandwidth at both operating frequencies.…”

A compact miniaturized star fractal antenna for modern wireless applications

“…During the last decades, the means of telecommunication have experienced unprecedented growth in the use of data thanks to the explosion of uses and the multitude of applications such as, mobile internet, smart grid, intelligent transport, smart home, e-health, and other military applications such as weather radar or surveillance radar [5]- [9]. This growth is reflected in an enormous increase in mobile data traffic every year [10]. With this in mind, we can confirm that antennas play a very deterministic role in wireless communication by sending and receiving information [11], [12].…”