Open AccessUnequally Spaced Antenna Array Synthesis Using Accelerating Gaussian Mutated Cat Swarm Optimization
Author(s) -
Praveen Kumar,
Lakshman Pappula,
B. T. P. Madhav,
V. S. V. Prabhakar
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of telecommunications and information technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.151
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1899-8852
pISSN - 1509-4553
DOI - 10.26636/jtit.2022.154821
Subject(s) - beamwidth , computer science , benchmark (surveying) , directivity , convergence (economics) , algorithm , gaussian , position (finance) , swarm behaviour , acceleration , antenna (radio) , antenna array , sensitivity (control systems)
Low peak sidelobe level (PSLL) and antenna arrays with high directivity are needed nowadays for reliable wireless communication systems. Controlling the PSLL is a major issue in designing effective antenna array systems. In this paper, a nature inspired technique, namely accelerating Gaussian mutated cat swarm optimization (AGMCSO) that attributes global search abilities, is proposed to control PSLL in the radiation pattern. In AGM-SCO, Gaussian mutation with an acceleration parameter is used in the position-updated equation, which allows the algorithm to search in a systematic way to prevent premature convergence and to enhance the speed of convergence. Experiments concerning several benchmark multimodal problems have been conducted and the obtained results illustrate that AGMCSO shows excellent performance concerning evolutionary speed and accuracy. To validate the overall efficacy of the algorithm, a sensitivity analysis was performed for different AGMCSO parameters. AGMCSO was researched on numerous linear, unequally spaced antenna arrays and the results show that in terms of generating low PSLL with a narrow first null beamwidth (FNBW), AGMCSO outperforms conventional algorithms.