MIMO Antenna Design for 5G Communication Systems Using Salp Swarm Algorithm

Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antennas will be a part of every new user device in 5G networks. In this paper, we design a MIMO antenna for 5G networks using a nature-inspired algorithm, namely the Salp Swarm Algorithm (SSA). We select a bow tie antenna as the element of the MIMO operating in n257 frequency band (center frequency at 28GHz). Firstly, we design and optimize the antenna element using the SSA algorithm. Secondly, a MIMO antenna is designed using the optimal dimensions of the antenna element. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed MIMO antenna has a small size and exhibits wideband operation in the desired frequency band.