A real‐time approach to array control based on a learned genetic algorithm

In the framework of wireless communications, it is mandatory to guarantee the reliability of the receiver by assuring good quality at the end-user, in order to successfully decode transmitted signals. To this end, a method for the design of adaptive antenna arrays is described in this paper. The proposed procedure, based on a customized genetic algorithm, allows real-time control of the receiver's performance by acting on the discretized phase coefficients of the array elements. As a result, at the receiver, multiple and alternating interferences are considerably reduced with respect to the desired signal. In order to validate the proposed strategy, selected numerical results, concerning various environment conditions, are presented and deeply discussed. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 36: 235–238, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10731