Design of Linear and Circular Antenna Arrays Using Cuckoo Optimization Algorithm

Abstract

Abstract-Cuckoo optimization Algorithm (COA) is employed for the optimization of linear and nonuniform circular antenna arrays. COA is a novel nature inspired computing algorithm which is motivated by the life of Cuckoo. Like other nature-inspired algorithms, COA is also a population-based method and uses a population of solutions to proceed to the global solution. The method of COA is used to determine a set of parameters of antenna elements that provide the required radiation pattern. The effectiveness of COA for the design of antenna arrays is shown by means of numerical results.Comparison of results of COA is made with that obtained using other popular methods. The results reveal the superior performance of COA as compared to other techniques both for design of linear and circular antenna arrays.

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“…The same synthesis problem was addressed in [21] using PSO, in [42] using CLPSO, in [40] using CS and in [6] using COA. Because of the symmetry, only the positions of 14 elements are used in optimization process.…”

“…Hence, designing array antennas with a desired radiation pattern has been extensively studied over the last few decades [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. In these problems, we need to control parameters which depend on the structure of an antenna, and they are required in order to achieve the desired radiation characteristics.…”

“…In these problems, we need to control parameters which depend on the structure of an antenna, and they are required in order to achieve the desired radiation characteristics. Among these parameters, we can refer to the number of elements [2][3][4][5], geometry of arrays [6][7][8], determination of the excitation of elements [9][10][11][12] and distance between the elements [13].…”

“…Besides these techniques, there are other evolutionary algorithms used in this manner [28][29][30]. In [6], the design of circular and linear antenna arrays using cuckoo search optimization algorithm is regarded. This algorithm is used to determine the position of the elements in order to obtain a desired radiation pattern.…”

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“…Also, deterministic approach (as opposed to random-based meta-heuristics) to sparse array synthesis is actively studied [22]. Further, Recent studies demonstrate that the circular array antenna performs better than other array geometries such as linear and planar array as reported in [11,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21].…”