A novel beamforming antenna array for 5G and beyond applications

Abstract

5G is supposed to be the solution of issues the current cellular network is facing like low data speed and higher latency, as the number of users comes online 4G and LTE gets unable to handle users. To enable a 5G compact size microstrip patch antenna plays an important role. A microstrip patch antenna array is being proposed in this paper which consists of six radiating patches and is fed using a microstrip line feeding technique. ROGER 3003 is employed as a dielectric material because of its advance and environment-friendly features which makes it suitable for the application of 5G and B5G.The designed antenna is evaluated based on its resonating frequency at 28.8GHz with a -10 dB impedance bandwidth of 1GHz. The antenna if offering a high gain of 9.19dBi. impedance and radiation coverage with a compact antenna array having low cost makes it to be a suitable candidate for 5G and beyond communication applications.